Intel Xeon E5-2628 v3 vs AMD EPYC 3201

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2628 v3 and AMD EPYC 3201 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

Intel Xeon E5-2628 v3

AMD EPYC 3201

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2628 v3

Around 12% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1754 vs 1564

Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1754 vs 1564

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 3201

Around 103233% higher clock speed: 3100 MHz vs 3.00 GHz
Around 9% higher maximum core temperature: 95 °C vs 87.025°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
2.8x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 85 Watt
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 8672 vs 8447

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3100 MHz vs 3.00 GHz
Maximum core temperature	95 °C vs 87.025°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 85 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	8672 vs 8447

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2628 v3
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 3201

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1754

1564

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

8447

8672

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2628 v3	AMD EPYC 3201
PassMark - Single thread mark	1754	1564
PassMark - CPU mark	8447	8672

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E5-2628 v3	AMD EPYC 3201
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell	Zen
Launch date	Q3'14	21 February 2018
Place in performance rating	1350	1492
Processor Number	E5-2628 V3
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family	3000
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Embedded	Embedded
Family		EPYC Embedded
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.50 GHz	1500 MHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	87.025°C	95 °C
Maximum frequency	3.00 GHz	3100 MHz
Number of cores	8	8
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	8	8
VID voltage range	0.65V–1.30V
L1 cache		768 KB
L2 cache		4 MB
L3 cache		16 MB
Memory
Max memory channels	4	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	68.3 GB/s	34.1 GB/s
Maximum memory size	768 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-2133	DDR4-2133
ECC memory support
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2
Package Size	52.5mm x 45mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011-3	BGA (SP4r2)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt	30 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	40	32
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
PCIe configurations	x4, x8, x16	x16, x8, x4, x2
Scalability	2S
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® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)	46-bit
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™)