Intel N50 vs AMD EPYC 3201

Comparative analysis of Intel N50 and AMD EPYC 3201 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel N50

  • CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 11% higher maximum core temperature: 105°C vs 95 °C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 10 nm vs 14 nm
  • 5x lower typical power consumption: 6 Watt vs 30 Watt
  • Around 14% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1790 vs 1564
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 Jan 2023 vs 21 February 2018
Maximum core temperature 105°C vs 95 °C
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 6 Watt vs 30 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1790 vs 1564

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 3201

  • 6 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 2
  • 6 more threads: 8 vs 2
  • Around 91076% higher clock speed: 3100 MHz vs 3.4 GHz
  • 4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2097152x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2796202.7x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • 3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 8672 vs 2907
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 8 vs 2
Number of threads 8 vs 2
Maximum frequency 3100 MHz vs 3.4 GHz
L1 cache 768 KB vs 96K (per core)
L2 cache 4 MB vs 2MB (shared)
L3 cache 16 MB vs 6MB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 8672 vs 2907

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel N50
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 3201

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1790
1564
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2907
8672
Name Intel N50 AMD EPYC 3201
PassMark - Single thread mark 1790 1564
PassMark - CPU mark 2907 8672

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel N50 AMD EPYC 3201

Essentials

Launch date 3 Jan 2023 21 February 2018
Place in performance rating 1460 1491
Architecture codename Zen
Family EPYC Embedded
Series 3000
Vertical segment Embedded

Performance

Base frequency 1000 MHz 1500 MHz
L1 cache 96K (per core) 768 KB
L2 cache 2MB (shared) 4 MB
L3 cache 6MB (shared) 16 MB
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 105°C 95 °C
Maximum frequency 3.4 GHz 3100 MHz
Number of cores 2 8
Number of threads 2 8
Unlocked
64 bit support

Memory

ECC memory support
Supported memory types DDR4, DDR5, 4800 MHz, Single-channel DDR4-2133
Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 34.1 GB/s

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Sockets supported Intel BGA 1264 BGA (SP4r2)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 6 Watt 30 Watt

Peripherals

PCIe configurations Gen 3, 9 Lanes, (CPU only) x16, x8, x4, x2
Integrated LAN
Max number of PCIe lanes 32
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports 8
Number of USB ports 4
PCI Express revision 3.0
UART
USB revision 3.0

Security & Reliability

Secure Boot

Advanced Technologies

AMD SenseMI
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)