Intel Xeon E3-1265L v4 vs AMD EPYC 7301

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E3-1265L v4 and AMD EPYC 7301 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

Intel Xeon E3-1265L v4

AMD EPYC 7301

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E3-1265L v4

Around 22% higher clock speed: 3.30 GHz vs 2.7 GHz
4.9x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 155/170 Watt
Around 25% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2073 vs 1654

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.30 GHz vs 2.7 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 155/170 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2073 vs 1654

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7301

Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
12 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 4
24 more threads: 32 vs 8
4.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 34148 vs 6954

Specifications (specs)
Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores	16 vs 4
Number of threads	32 vs 8
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	34148 vs 6954

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E3-1265L v4
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7301

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2073

1654

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

6954

34148

Name	Intel Xeon E3-1265L v4	AMD EPYC 7301
PassMark - Single thread mark	2073	1654
PassMark - CPU mark	6954	34148
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	29.922
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	442.578
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.456
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	25.79
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	62.686
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		2802
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		15384

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E3-1265L v4	AMD EPYC 7301
Essentials
Architecture codename	Broadwell	Zen
Launch date	Q2'15	June 2017
Place in performance rating	470	560
Processor Number	E3-1265LV4
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 v4 Family	AMD EPYC 7000 Series
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		AMD EPYC
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.30 GHz	2.2 GHz
Bus Speed	5 GT/s DMI
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum frequency	3.30 GHz	2.7 GHz
Number of cores	4	16
Number of QPI Links	0
Number of threads	8	32
Die size		192 mm
L1 cache		96 KB (per core)
L2 cache		512 KB (per core)
L3 cache		64 MB
Transistor count		4800 million
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	2	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	29.8 GB/s	307/341 GB/s
Maximum memory size	32 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3 and DDR3L 1333/1600/1866 at 1.5V	DDR4
Supported memory frequency		2400/2666 MHz
Graphics
eDRAM	128 MB
Execution Units	48
Graphics base frequency	300 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency	1.05 GHz
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory	32 GB
Graphics interfaces
Number of displays supported	3
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	2
Package Size	37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA1150	TR4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	155/170 Watt
Thermal Solution	PCG 2013B
Socket Count		1P/2P
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	16
PCI Express revision	3.0	x128
PCIe configurations	1x16
Scalability	1S Only
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
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
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™)