AMD EPYC 7F32 vs Intel Xeon E3-1265L v4

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 7F32 and Intel Xeon E3-1265L v4 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7F32

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
  • 8 more threads: 16 vs 8
  • Around 18% higher clock speed: 3.9 GHz vs 3.30 GHz
  • 128x more maximum memory size: 4 TB vs 32 GB
  • Around 17% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2426 vs 2073
  • 5.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 40000 vs 6954
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 8 vs 4
Number of threads 16 vs 8
Maximum frequency 3.9 GHz vs 3.30 GHz
Maximum memory size 4 TB vs 32 GB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2426 vs 2073
PassMark - CPU mark 40000 vs 6954

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E3-1265L v4

  • 5.1x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 180 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 180 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 7F32
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E3-1265L v4

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2426
2073
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
40000
6954
Name AMD EPYC 7F32 Intel Xeon E3-1265L v4
PassMark - Single thread mark 2426 2073
PassMark - CPU mark 40000 6954
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 29.922
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 442.578
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.456
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 25.79
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 62.686

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD EPYC 7F32 Intel Xeon E3-1265L v4

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Broadwell
Launch date 14 Apr 2020 Q2'15
Launch price (MSRP) $2100
OPN PIB 100-000000139WOF
OPN Tray 100-000000139
Place in performance rating 550 507
Vertical segment Server Server
Processor Number E3-1265LV4
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 v4 Family
Status Launched

Performance

Base frequency 3.7 GHz 2.30 GHz
L1 cache 512 KB
L2 cache 4 MB
L3 cache 128 MB
Maximum frequency 3.9 GHz 3.30 GHz
Number of cores 8 4
Number of threads 16 8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm
Number of QPI Links 0

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 8 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 190.7 GB/s 29.8 GB/s
Maximum memory size 4 TB 32 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR3 and DDR3L 1333/1600/1866 at 1.5V

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 1
Socket Count 1P/2P
Sockets supported SP3 FCLGA1150
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 180 Watt 35 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Thermal Solution PCG 2013B

Peripherals

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

Graphics

eDRAM 128 MB
Execution Units 48
Graphics base frequency 300 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.05 GHz
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 32 GB

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 3

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

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

Virtualization

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