Intel Pentium Silver N6005 vs AMD EPYC 3201

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium Silver N6005 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 Pentium Silver N6005

  • 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
  • 3x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 30 Watt
  • Around 13% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1768 vs 1564
Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature 105°C vs 95 °C
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt vs 30 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1768 vs 1564

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 3201

  • Around 93839% higher clock speed: 3100 MHz vs 3.30 GHz
  • 4x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 62% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 8672 vs 5367
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3100 MHz vs 3.30 GHz
L3 cache 16 MB vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 8672 vs 5367

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium Silver N6005
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 3201

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1768
1564
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
5367
8672
Name Intel Pentium Silver N6005 AMD EPYC 3201
PassMark - Single thread mark 1768 1564
PassMark - CPU mark 5367 8672

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Pentium Silver N6005 AMD EPYC 3201

Essentials

Architecture codename Jasper Lake Zen
Launch date Q1'21 21 February 2018
Place in performance rating 1414 1491
Processor Number N6005
Series Intel Pentium Silver Processor Series 3000
Status Launched
Vertical segment Mobile Embedded
Family EPYC Embedded

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.00 GHz 1500 MHz
L3 cache 4 MB 16 MB
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 105°C 95 °C
Maximum frequency 3.30 GHz 3100 MHz
L1 cache 768 KB
L2 cache 4 MB
Number of cores 8
Number of threads 8

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory size 16 GB
Supported memory frequency 2933 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4 LPDDR4x DDR4-2133
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth 34.1 GB/s

Graphics

Device ID 0x4E71
Execution Units 32
Graphics base frequency 450 MHz
Graphics max frequency 900 MHz
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics Intel UHD Graphics

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
eDP
HDMI
MIPI-DSI
Number of displays supported 3

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 4096x2160@60Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.5

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 35mm x 24mm
Sockets supported FCBGA1338 BGA (SP4r2)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt 30 Watt

Peripherals

Integrated LAN
Integrated Wireless Intel Wireless-AX MAC
Max number of PCIe lanes 8 32
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports 2 8
Number of USB ports 14 4
UART
USB revision 2.0/3.2 3.0
PCI Express revision 3.0
PCIe configurations x16, x8, x4, x2

Security & Reliability

Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
Secure Boot

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
General-Purpose Input/Output (GPIO)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Smart Response technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
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™)