AMD EPYC 3201 vs Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 3201 and Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD EPYC 3201

Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 3201

CPU is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
6 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 2
4 more threads: 8 vs 4
Around 193650% higher clock speed: 3100 MHz vs 1.6 GHz
6x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
8x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
8x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 72% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1500 vs 874
5.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 8545 vs 1592

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 February 2018 vs 21 April 2017
Number of cores	8 vs 2
Number of threads	8 vs 4
Maximum frequency	3100 MHz vs 1.6 GHz
L1 cache	768 KB vs 128 KB
L2 cache	4 MB vs 512 KB
L3 cache	16 MB vs 2 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1500 vs 874
PassMark - CPU mark	8545 vs 1592

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y

Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 95 °C
5x lower typical power consumption: 6 Watt vs 30 Watt

Maximum core temperature	100°C vs 95 °C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	6 Watt vs 30 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 3201
CPU 2: Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1500

874

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

8545

1592

Name	AMD EPYC 3201	Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y
PassMark - Single thread mark	1500	874
PassMark - CPU mark	8545	1592
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		368
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		886
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		18.267
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		201.508
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.262
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		12.298
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		22.529
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1341
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2395
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1341
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2395
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3354

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD EPYC 3201	Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen	Kaby Lake
Family	EPYC Embedded
Launch date	21 February 2018	21 April 2017
Place in performance rating	1442	1406
Series	3000	Intel® Pentium® Processor 4000 Series
Vertical segment	Embedded	Mobile
Launch price (MSRP)		$161
Processor Number		4415Y
Status		Launched
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1500 MHz	1.60 GHz
L1 cache	768 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	4 MB	512 KB
L3 cache	16 MB	2 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	100°C
Maximum frequency	3100 MHz	1.6 GHz
Number of cores	8	2
Number of threads	8	4
Bus Speed		4 GT/s QPI
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.1 GB/s	29.8 GB/s
Supported memory types	DDR4-2133	LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600
Maximum memory size		16 GB
Compatibility
Sockets supported	BGA (SP4r2)	FCBGA1515
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt	6 Watt
Configurable TDP-down		4.5 W
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Package Size		20mm X 16.5mm
Peripherals
Integrated LAN
Max number of PCIe lanes	32	10
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	8
Number of USB ports	4
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
PCIe configurations	x16, x8, x4, x2	1x4, 2x2, 1x2+2x1 and 4x1
UART
USB revision	3.0
Security & Reliability
Secure Boot
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
AMD SenseMI
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.1
Intel 64
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® My WiFi technology
Intel® Smart Response technology
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Speed Shift technology
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
Graphics
Device ID		0x591E
Graphics base frequency		300 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency		850 MHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory		16 GB
Processor graphics		Intel® HD Graphics 615
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
DVI
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported		3
Graphics image quality
4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort		4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP		4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4		4096x2304@24Hz
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
OpenGL		4.4