Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5 vs AMD EPYC 7371

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5 and AMD EPYC 7371 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5

AMD EPYC 7371

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5

Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.90 GHz vs 3.8 GHz
4.4x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 200 Watt

Maximum frequency	3.90 GHz vs 3.8 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 200 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7371

12 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 4
24 more threads: 32 vs 8
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2320 vs 2307
6.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 54894 vs 8226

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	16 vs 4
Number of threads	32 vs 8
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2320 vs 2307
PassMark - CPU mark	54894 vs 8226

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7371

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2307

2320

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

8226

54894

Name	Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5	AMD EPYC 7371
PassMark - Single thread mark	2307	2320
PassMark - CPU mark	8226	54894
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	4423
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	14711

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E3-1260L v5	AMD EPYC 7371
Essentials
Architecture codename	Skylake
Launch date	Q4'15
Place in performance rating	319	406
Processor Number	E3-1260LV5
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 v5 Family	AMD EPYC 7000 Series
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD EPYC
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.90 GHz	3.1 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s DMI3
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm
Maximum frequency	3.90 GHz	3.8 GHz
Number of cores	4	16
Number of threads	8	32
VID voltage range	0.55V-1.52V
L3 cache		64 MB
Memory
Max memory channels	2	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.1 GB/s	341 GB/s
Maximum memory size	64 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.35V	DDR4
Supported memory frequency		2666 MHz
Graphics
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Graphics interfaces
Number of displays supported	0
Graphics image quality
4K resolution support
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1
Package Size	37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA1151
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	200 Watt
Socket Count		1P/2P
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	16
PCI Express revision	3.0	x128
PCIe configurations	1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability	1S Only
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® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)