EPYC Embedded 3301 vs Xeon E5-2618L v4

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2618L v4 and EPYC Embedded 3301 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking948not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.28no data
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesIntel Xeon E5AMD EPYC Embedded
Power efficiency9.87no data
Architecture codenameBroadwell (2015−2019)Zen (2017−2020)
Release date20 June 2016 (8 years ago)21 February 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$779$450

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2618L v4 and EPYC Embedded 3301 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 cores10 (Deca-Core)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads2012
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz2 GHz
Bus typeQPIno data
Bus rate2 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier2220
L1 cacheno data1152 KB
L2 cache2.5 MB6 MB
L3 cache25 MB32 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size246.24 mm2213 mm2
Number of transistors3200 Million9600 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2618L v4 and EPYC Embedded 3301 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 configuration2 (Multiprocessor)1 (Uniprocessor)
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2618L v4 and EPYC Embedded 3301. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
TSX+-

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2618L v4 and EPYC Embedded 3301 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2618L v4 and EPYC Embedded 3301 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2618L v4 and EPYC Embedded 3301. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4-2666
Maximum memory size1,536 GB1 TiB
Max memory channelsno data4
Maximum memory bandwidthno data85.33 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2618L v4 and EPYC Embedded 3301.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes40no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 June 2016 21 February 2018
Physical cores 10 12
Threads 20 12
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 65 Watt

Xeon E5-2618L v4 has 66.7% more threads.

EPYC Embedded 3301, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, 20% more physical cores, and 15.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E5-2618L v4 and EPYC Embedded 3301. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E5-2618L v4 is a mobile workstation processor while EPYC Embedded 3301 is a server/workstation one.


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