AMD EPYC 3201 vs Intel Xeon E5-2658 v3

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 3201 and Intel Xeon E5-2658 v3 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

AMD EPYC 3201

Intel Xeon E5-2658 v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 3201

Around 106797% higher clock speed: 3100 MHz vs 2.90 GHz
Around 9% higher maximum core temperature: 95 °C vs 86.95
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
3.5x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 105 Watt

Maximum frequency	3100 MHz vs 2.90 GHz
Maximum core temperature	95 °C vs 86.95
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 105 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2658 v3

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 8
16 more threads: 24 vs 8
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1576 vs 1500
2.6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 21856 vs 8545

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	12 vs 8
Number of threads	24 vs 8
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1576 vs 1500
PassMark - CPU mark	21856 vs 8545

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 3201
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2658 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1500

1576

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

8545

21856

Name	AMD EPYC 3201	Intel Xeon E5-2658 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	1500	1576
PassMark - CPU mark	8545	21856
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		3093
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		22657

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD EPYC 3201	Intel Xeon E5-2658 v3
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen	Haswell
Family	EPYC Embedded
Launch date	21 February 2018	Q3'14
Place in performance rating	1441	347
Series	3000	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Vertical segment	Embedded	Embedded
Processor Number		E5-2658V3
Status		Launched
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1500 MHz	2.20 GHz
L1 cache	768 KB
L2 cache	4 MB
L3 cache	16 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	86.95
Maximum frequency	3100 MHz	2.90 GHz
Number of cores	8	12
Number of threads	8	24
Bus Speed		9.6 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links		2
VID voltage range		0.65V–1.30V
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.1 GB/s	68 GB/s
Supported memory types	DDR4-2133	DDR4 1600/1866/2133
Maximum memory size		768 GB
Compatibility
Sockets supported	BGA (SP4r2)	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt	105 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Package Size		52.5mm x 45mm
Peripherals
Integrated LAN
Max number of PCIe lanes	32	40
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	x4, x8, x16
UART
USB revision	3.0
Scalability		2S
Security & Reliability
Secure Boot
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
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® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		46-bit
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)