3015e vs EPYC 7251

Primary details

Comparing EPYC 7251 and 3015e processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	805	2040
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.79	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	AMD EPYC	AMD Raven Ridge (Ryzen 2000 APU)
Power efficiency	7.41	26.97
Architecture codename	Naples (2017−2018)	Pollock (Zen) (2020)
Release date	20 June 2017 (7 years ago)	4 August 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$574	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

EPYC 7251 and 3015e 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)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	16	4
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	1.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.1 GHz	2.3 GHz
Multiplier	21	no data
L1 cache	768 KB	192 KB
L2 cache	4 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	32 MB (shared)	4 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Die size	213 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	no data	105 °C
Number of transistors	19200 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	+	-

Compatibility

Information on EPYC 7251 and 3015e 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 (Multiprocessor)	no data
Socket	TR4	FT5
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by EPYC 7251 and 3015e. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by EPYC 7251 and 3015e are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by EPYC 7251 and 3015e. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4 Eight-channel	DDR4
Maximum memory size	2 TiB	no data
Max memory channels	8	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	153.652 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon RX Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by EPYC 7251 and 3015e.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	128	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	9.40	1.71
Recency	20 June 2017	4 August 2020
Physical cores	8	2
Threads	16	4
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	6 Watt

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