AMD EPYC 3201 vs Intel Xeon E5-2658 v4

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 3201 and Intel Xeon E5-2658 v4 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 v4

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 3201

Around 110614% higher clock speed: 3100 MHz vs 2.80 GHz
Around 4% higher maximum core temperature: 95 °C vs 91°C
3.5x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 105 Watt

Maximum frequency	3100 MHz vs 2.80 GHz
Maximum core temperature	95 °C vs 91°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 105 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2658 v4

6 more cores, run more applications at once: 14 vs 8
20 more threads: 28 vs 8
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1748 vs 1500
3.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 27797 vs 8545

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	14 vs 8
Number of threads	28 vs 8
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1748 vs 1500
PassMark - CPU mark	27797 vs 8545

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 3201
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2658 v4

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1500

1748

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

8545

27797

Name	AMD EPYC 3201	Intel Xeon E5-2658 v4
PassMark - Single thread mark	1500	1748
PassMark - CPU mark	8545	27797
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		2744
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		22233

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD EPYC 3201	Intel Xeon E5-2658 v4
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen	Broadwell
Family	EPYC Embedded
Launch date	21 February 2018	Q1'16
Place in performance rating	1443	349
Series	3000	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 Family
Vertical segment	Embedded	Embedded
Processor Number		E5-2658V4
Status		Launched
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1500 MHz	2.30 GHz
L1 cache	768 KB
L2 cache	4 MB
L3 cache	16 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	91°C
Maximum frequency	3100 MHz	2.80 GHz
Number of cores	8	14
Number of threads	8	28
Bus Speed		9.6 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links		2
VID voltage range		0
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	2	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.1 GB/s	76.8 GB/s
Supported memory types	DDR4-2133	DDR4 1600/1866/2133/2400
Maximum memory size		1.5 TB
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		45mm x 52.5mm
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)