Intel Core i5-8260U vs AMD EPYC 3201

Comparative analysis of Intel Core i5-8260U and AMD EPYC 3201 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-8260U

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 95 °C
  • 2x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 30 Watt
  • Around 52% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2282 vs 1500
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 Oct 2019 vs 21 February 2018
Maximum core temperature 100°C vs 95 °C
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 30 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2282 vs 1500

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 3201

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
  • Around 79387% higher clock speed: 3100 MHz vs 3.90 GHz
  • 2.7x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 13% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 8545 vs 7577
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 8 vs 4
Maximum frequency 3100 MHz vs 3.90 GHz
L3 cache 16 MB vs 6 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 8545 vs 7577

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Core i5-8260U
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 3201

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2282
1500
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
7577
8545
Name Intel Core i5-8260U AMD EPYC 3201
PassMark - Single thread mark 2282 1500
PassMark - CPU mark 7577 8545

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Core i5-8260U AMD EPYC 3201

Essentials

Architecture codename Coffee Lake Zen
Launch date 1 Oct 2019 21 February 2018
Launch price (MSRP) $297
Place in performance rating 983 1442
Processor Number i5-8260U
Series 8th Generation Intel Core i5 Processors 3000
Status Launched
Vertical segment Mobile Embedded
Family EPYC Embedded

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 1.60 GHz 1500 MHz
Bus Speed 4 GT/s OPI
L3 cache 6 MB 16 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 100°C 95 °C
Maximum frequency 3.90 GHz 3100 MHz
Number of cores 4 8
Number of threads 8 8
L1 cache 768 KB
L2 cache 4 MB

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 37.5 GB/s 34.1 GB/s
Maximum memory size 64 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133 DDR4-2133
ECC memory support

Graphics

Device ID 0x3EA9
Graphics base frequency 300 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.10 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 32 GB
Processor graphics Intel UHD Graphics 620

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
DVI
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096x2304@24Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.5

Compatibility

Configurable TDP-down 10 Watt
Configurable TDP-down Frequency 800 MHz
Configurable TDP-up 25 Watt
Configurable TDP-up Frequency 1.80 GHz
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 46x24
Sockets supported FCBGA1528 BGA (SP4r2)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 30 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16 32
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
PCIe configurations 1x4, 2x2, 1x2+2x1 and 4x1 x16, x8, x4, x2
Integrated LAN
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports 8
Number of USB ports 4
UART
USB revision 3.0

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
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® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® My WiFi technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Smart Response technology
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Speed Shift technology
Thermal Monitoring
AMD SenseMI
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)

Virtualization

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