Xeon Gold 6544Y vs EPYC Embedded 3401

Primary details

Comparing EPYC Embedded 3401 and Xeon Gold 6544Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesAMD EPYC Embeddedno data
Architecture codenameZen (2017−2020)Emerald Rapids (2023)
Release date21 February 2018 (6 years ago)14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$3,622

Detailed specifications

EPYC Embedded 3401 and Xeon Gold 6544Y basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads1632
Base clock speedno data3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed1.85 GHz4.1 GHz
Multiplier18.5no data
L1 cache1536 KB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache8 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache32 MB45 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size213 mm22x 763 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data75 °C
Number of transistors9600 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on EPYC Embedded 3401 and Xeon Gold 6544Y compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1 (Uniprocessor)2
Socketno dataFCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)85 Watt270 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by EPYC Embedded 3401 and Xeon Gold 6544Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

EPYC Embedded 3401 and Xeon Gold 6544Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by EPYC Embedded 3401 and Xeon Gold 6544Y are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by EPYC Embedded 3401 and Xeon Gold 6544Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR5-5200
Maximum memory size1 TiB4 TB
Max memory channels48
Maximum memory bandwidth85.33 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by EPYC Embedded 3401 and Xeon Gold 6544Y.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data80

Pros & cons summary


Recency 21 February 2018 14 December 2023
Threads 16 32
Power consumption (TDP) 85 Watt 270 Watt

EPYC Embedded 3401 has 217.6% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6544Y, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, and 100% more threads.

We couldn't decide between EPYC Embedded 3401 and Xeon Gold 6544Y. We've got no test results to judge.


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