AMD EPYC 7502P vs Intel Xeon E3-1285 v3

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 7502P and Intel Xeon E3-1285 v3 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7502P

  • CPU is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • 28 more cores, run more applications at once: 32 vs 4
  • 56 more threads: 64 vs 8
  • 8x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 16x 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
  • 7.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 50818 vs 6974
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 Aug 2019 vs June 2013
Number of cores 32 vs 4
Number of threads 64 vs 8
L1 cache 2 MB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 16 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 128 MB vs 8192 KB (shared)
Maximum memory size 4 TB vs 32 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 50818 vs 6974

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E3-1285 v3

  • Around 19% higher clock speed: 4.00 GHz vs 3.35 GHz
  • 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 84 Watt vs 180 Watt
  • Around 10% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2213 vs 2017
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 4.00 GHz vs 3.35 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 84 Watt vs 180 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2213 vs 2017

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 7502P
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E3-1285 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2017
2213
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
50818
6974
Name AMD EPYC 7502P Intel Xeon E3-1285 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark 2017 2213
PassMark - CPU mark 50818 6974
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 18.535
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 4234
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 13074

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD EPYC 7502P Intel Xeon E3-1285 v3

Essentials

Family EPYC
Launch date 7 Aug 2019 June 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $2300
Place in performance rating 595 601
Processor Number 7502P E3-1285 v3
Series 7002 Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 v3 Family
Vertical segment Server Server
Architecture codename Haswell
Status Discontinued

Performance

Base frequency 2.5 GHz 3.60 GHz
L1 cache 2 MB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 16 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 128 MB 8192 KB (shared)
Maximum frequency 3.35 GHz 4.00 GHz
Number of cores 32 4
Number of threads 64 8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI
Die size 160 mm
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm
Number of QPI Links 0
Transistor count 1400 million

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 8 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 190.7 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

Sockets supported SP3 FCLGA1150
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 180 Watt 84 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 x16, x8 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
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
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

Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.30 GHz
Graphics max frequency 1.3 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics Intel HD Graphics P4700

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 3

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)