EPYC Embedded 3401 vs Xeon Gold 6144

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	860	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.55	no data
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	AMD EPYC Embedded
Power efficiency	2.89	no data
Designer	Intel	AMD
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2018)	Zen (2017−2020)
Release date	11 July 2017 (8 years ago)	21 February 2018 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,925	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 6144 and EPYC Embedded 3401 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)	16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads	16	16
Base clock speed	3.5 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	4.2 GHz	1.85 GHz
Multiplier	35	18.5
L1 cache	512 KB	1536 KB
L2 cache	8 MB	8 MB
L3 cache	24.75 MB	32 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Die size	no data	213 mm2
Maximum core temperature	75 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	9600 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6144 and EPYC Embedded 3401 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	4 (Multiprocessor)	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA3647	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	85 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6144 and EPYC Embedded 3401. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512	no data
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	+	-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6144 and EPYC Embedded 3401 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6144 and EPYC Embedded 3401 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 Gold 6144 and EPYC Embedded 3401. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size	768 GB	1 TiB
Max memory channels	6	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	128.001 GB/s	85.33 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6144 and EPYC Embedded 3401.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	48	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	11 July 2017	21 February 2018
Physical cores	8	16
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	85 Watt

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