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.

Intel Pentium Silver N6005

AMD EPYC 3201

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: 1765 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	1765 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 63% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 8672 vs 5320

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3100 MHz vs 3.30 GHz
L3 cache	16 MB vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	8672 vs 5320

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1765

1564

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

5320

8672

Name	Intel Pentium Silver N6005	AMD EPYC 3201
PassMark - Single thread mark	1765	1564
PassMark - CPU mark	5320	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	1422	1516
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™)