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 ranking	960	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.28	no data
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	Intel Xeon E5	AMD EPYC Embedded
Power efficiency	9.86	no data
Architecture codename	Broadwell (2015−2019)	Zen (2017−2020)
Release date	20 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.

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 cores	10 (Deca-Core)	12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads	20	12
Boost clock speed	2.2 GHz	2 GHz
Bus type	QPI	no data
Bus rate	2 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	22	20
L1 cache	no data	1152 KB
L2 cache	2.5 MB	6 MB
L3 cache	25 MB	32 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Die size	246.24 mm2	213 mm2
Number of transistors	3200 Million	9600 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 configuration	2 (Multiprocessor)	1 (Uniprocessor)
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	65 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 types	no data	DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size	1,536 GB	1 TiB
Max memory channels	no data	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	85.33 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Peripherals

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

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	40	no data

Pros & cons summary

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

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