AMD EPYC 7313P vs Intel Xeon E3-1280 v3

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 7313P and Intel Xeon E3-1280 v3 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7313P

  • CPU is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • 12 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 4
  • 24 more threads: 32 vs 8
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm+ vs 22 nm
  • 4x 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
  • 16x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • 128x more maximum memory size: 4 TB vs 32 GB
  • Around 18% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2681 vs 2275
  • 5.6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 41609 vs 7393
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 15 Mar 2021 vs June 2013
Number of cores 16 vs 4
Number of threads 32 vs 8
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm+ vs 22 nm
L1 cache 1 MB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 8 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 128 MB vs 8192 KB (shared)
Maximum memory size 4 TB vs 32 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2681 vs 2275
PassMark - CPU mark 41609 vs 7393

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E3-1280 v3

  • Around 8% higher clock speed: 4.00 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
  • Around 89% lower typical power consumption: 82 Watt vs 155 Watt
Maximum frequency 4.00 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 82 Watt vs 155 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 7313P
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2681
2275
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
41609
7393
Name AMD EPYC 7313P Intel Xeon E3-1280 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark 2681 2275
PassMark - CPU mark 41609 7393
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 4056
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 13102

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD EPYC 7313P Intel Xeon E3-1280 v3

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 3 Haswell
Launch date 15 Mar 2021 June 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $913 $800
OPN PIB 100-100000339WOF
OPN Tray 100-000000339
Place in performance rating 431 427
Vertical segment Server Server
Price now $697.36
Processor Number E3-1280 v3
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 v3 Family
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 4.12

Performance

Base frequency 3.0 GHz 3.60 GHz
L1 cache 1 MB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 8 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 128 MB 8192 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm+ 22 nm
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz 4.00 GHz
Number of cores 16 4
Number of threads 32 8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI
Die size 160 mm
Number of QPI Links 0
Transistor count 1400 million

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 8 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 190.73 GB/s 25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 4 TB 32 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR3 and DDR3L 1333/1600 at 1.5V

Compatibility

Configurable TDP 155-180 Watt
Socket Count 1P
Sockets supported SP3 FCLGA1150
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 155 Watt 82 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Thermal Solution PCG 2013D

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 128 16
PCI Express revision 4.0 3.0
PCIe configurations 1x16, 2x8, 1x8/2x4
Scalability 1S Only

Advanced Technologies

AMD SenseMI
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® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
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

Processor graphics None

Security & Reliability

Anti-Theft technology
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)