AMD EPYC Embedded 3251 vs AMD EPYC 7281

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC Embedded 3251 and AMD EPYC 7281 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC Embedded 3251

  • CPU is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
  • Around 15% higher clock speed: 3.1 GHz vs 2.7 GHz
  • 3.4x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 155/170 Watt
  • Around 16% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1881 vs 1626
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 21 Feb 2018 vs June 2017
Maximum frequency 3.1 GHz vs 2.7 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 155/170 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1881 vs 1626

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7281

  • 8 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 8
  • 16 more threads: 32 vs 16
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 55% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 21621 vs 13912
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 16 vs 8
Number of threads 32 vs 16
L1 cache 96 KB (per core) vs 768 KB
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) vs 4 MB
L3 cache 32 MB vs 16 MB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 21621 vs 13912

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC Embedded 3251
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7281

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1881
1626
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
13912
21621
Name AMD EPYC Embedded 3251 AMD EPYC 7281
PassMark - Single thread mark 1881 1626
PassMark - CPU mark 13912 21621

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD EPYC Embedded 3251 AMD EPYC 7281

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen Zen
Launch date 21 Feb 2018 June 2017
Place in performance rating 1187 1190
Vertical segment Server Server
Family AMD EPYC
Series AMD EPYC 7000 Series

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.5 GHz 2.1 GHz
Die size 192 mm 192 mm
L1 cache 768 KB 96 KB (per core)
L2 cache 4 MB 512 KB (per core)
L3 cache 16 MB 32 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Maximum frequency 3.1 GHz 2.7 GHz
Number of cores 8 16
Number of threads 16 32
Transistor count 4800 million 4800 million
Unlocked

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2 8
Maximum memory bandwidth 39.74 GB/s 307/341 GB/s
Maximum memory size 512 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-2666 DDR4
Supported memory frequency 2400/2666 MHz

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 2
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 155/170 Watt
Socket Count 1P/2P
Sockets supported TR4

Peripherals

Integrated LAN
Max number of PCIe lanes 32
PCI Express revision 3.0 x128
PCIe configurations x16, x8, x4, x2
Total number of SATA ports 8
USB revision 3.0

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)