AMD EPYC 7352 vs Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 7352 and Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. 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 7352

  • 20 more cores, run more applications at once: 24 vs 4
  • 40 more threads: 48 vs 8
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm, 14 nm vs 14 nm
  • 64x more maximum memory size: 4 TB vs 64 GB
  • 8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 65921 vs 8226
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 24 vs 4
Number of threads 48 vs 8
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm, 14 nm vs 14 nm
Maximum memory size 4 TB vs 64 GB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 65921 vs 8226

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5

  • Around 22% higher clock speed: 3.90 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
  • 3.4x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 155 Watt
  • Around 13% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2307 vs 2040
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.90 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt vs 155 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2307 vs 2040

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 7352
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2040
2307
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
65921
8226
Name AMD EPYC 7352 Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5
PassMark - Single thread mark 2040 2307
PassMark - CPU mark 65921 8226
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 4423
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 14711

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD EPYC 7352 Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Skylake
Launch date 7 Aug 2019 Q4'15
Launch price (MSRP) $1350
OPN PIB 100-100000077WOF
OPN Tray 100-000000077
Place in performance rating 382 319
Vertical segment Server Server
Processor Number E3-1260LV5
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 v5 Family
Status Launched

Performance

Base frequency 2.3 GHz 2.90 GHz
L1 cache 1.5 MB
L2 cache 12 MB
L3 cache 128 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm, 14 nm 14 nm
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz 3.90 GHz
Number of cores 24 4
Number of threads 48 8
64 bit support
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI3
VID voltage range 0.55V-1.52V

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 8 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 190.7 GB/s 34.1 GB/s
Maximum memory size 4 TB 64 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.35V

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 1
Socket Count 1P/2P
Sockets supported SP3 FCLGA1151
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 155 Watt 45 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm

Peripherals

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

Graphics

Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 0

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support

Security & Reliability

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)
Secure Boot

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)