EPYC Embedded 3101 vs Xeon E5-2630L v3

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2630L v3 and EPYC Embedded 3101 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1163	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	no data	AMD EPYC Embedded
Power efficiency	9.39	no data
Architecture codename	Haswell-EP (2014−2015)	Zen (2017−2020)
Release date	8 September 2014 (10 years ago)	21 February 2018 (6 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2630L v3 and EPYC Embedded 3101 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 cores	8 (Octa-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	16	4
Base clock speed	1.8 GHz	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.9 GHz	2.9 GHz
Bus rate	8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	no data	21
L1 cache	64K (per core)	96K (per core)
L2 cache	256K (per core)	512K (per core)
L3 cache	20 MB (shared)	8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Die size	356 mm2	213 mm2
Maximum core temperature	60 °C	no data
Number of transistors	2,600 million	4,800 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2630L v3 and EPYC Embedded 3101 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 configuration	2	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA2011	AMD BGA SP4r2
Power consumption (TDP)	55 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2630L v3 and EPYC Embedded 3101. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2	no data
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	46 Bit	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2630L v3 and EPYC Embedded 3101 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data
Secure Key	+	no data
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2630L v3 and EPYC Embedded 3101 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2630L v3 and EPYC Embedded 3101. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866	DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size	768 GB	512 GB
Max memory channels	4	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	59 GB/s	42.671 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2630L v3 and EPYC Embedded 3101.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	40	32

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	8 September 2014	21 February 2018
Physical cores	8	4
Threads	16	4
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	55 Watt	35 Watt

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