Intel Xeon E-2278GEL vs AMD EPYC 3201

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E-2278GEL 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 Xeon E-2278GEL

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • 8 more threads: 16 vs 8
  • Around 62% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2428 vs 1500
  • Around 41% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 12024 vs 8545
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 27 May 2019 vs 21 February 2018
Number of threads 16 vs 8
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2428 vs 1500
PassMark - CPU mark 12024 vs 8545

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 3201

  • Around 79387% higher clock speed: 3100 MHz vs 3.90 GHz
  • Around 50% 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
  • Around 17% lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 35 Watt
Maximum frequency 3100 MHz vs 3.90 GHz
L1 cache 768 KB vs 512 KB
L2 cache 4 MB vs 2 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt vs 35 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E-2278GEL
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 3201

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2428
1500
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
12024
8545
Name Intel Xeon E-2278GEL AMD EPYC 3201
PassMark - Single thread mark 2428 1500
PassMark - CPU mark 12024 8545

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon E-2278GEL AMD EPYC 3201

Essentials

Architecture codename Coffee Lake Zen
Launch date 27 May 2019 21 February 2018
Launch price (MSRP) $494
Place in performance rating 841 1442
Processor Number E-2278GEL
Series Intel Xeon E Processor 3000
Status Launched
Vertical segment Embedded Embedded
Family EPYC Embedded

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.00 GHz 1500 MHz
Bus Speed 8 GT/s
L1 cache 512 KB 768 KB
L2 cache 2 MB 4 MB
L3 cache 16 MB 16 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Maximum frequency 3.90 GHz 3100 MHz
Number of cores 8 8
Number of threads 16 8
Maximum core temperature 95 °C

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 41.6 GB/s 34.1 GB/s
Maximum memory size 128 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-2666 DDR4-2133

Graphics

Device ID 0x3E9A
Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.20 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 128 GB
Processor graphics Intel UHD Graphics 630

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 4096x2160@30Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.5

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA1151 BGA (SP4r2)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 30 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16 32
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
PCIe configurations Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4 x16, x8, x4, x2
Scalability 1S Only
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® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
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® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
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™)