Intel Xeon E3-1265L v4 vs AMD EPYC 7371

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E3-1265L v4 and AMD EPYC 7371 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).

Intel Xeon E3-1265L v4

AMD EPYC 7371

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E3-1265L v4

5.7x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 200 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 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 15% higher clock speed: 3.8 GHz vs 3.30 GHz
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2377 vs 2073
4.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 31094 vs 6954

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	16 vs 4
Number of threads	32 vs 8
Maximum frequency	3.8 GHz vs 3.30 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2377 vs 2073
PassMark - CPU mark	31094 vs 6954

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E3-1265L v4
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7371

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2073

2377

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

6954

31094

Name	Intel Xeon E3-1265L v4	AMD EPYC 7371
PassMark - Single thread mark	2073	2377
PassMark - CPU mark	6954	31094
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

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E3-1265L v4	AMD EPYC 7371
Essentials
Architecture codename	Broadwell
Launch date	Q2'15
Place in performance rating	445	589
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	3.1 GHz
Bus Speed	5 GT/s DMI
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm
Maximum frequency	3.30 GHz	3.8 GHz
Number of cores	4	16
Number of QPI Links	0
Number of threads	8	32
L3 cache		64 MB
Memory
Max memory channels	2	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	29.8 GB/s	341 GB/s
Maximum memory size	32 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3 and DDR3L 1333/1600/1866 at 1.5V	DDR4
Supported memory frequency		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
Package Size	37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA1150
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	200 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)