Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 vs AMD EPYC 7352

Last updated: 2023-05-08

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5		AMD EPYC 7352
CPU comparison Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 or AMD EPYC 7352 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.80 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 was released in Q4/2015. The AMD EPYC 7352 has 24 cores with 48 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.20 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 8 memory channels. The AMD EPYC 7352 was released in Q3/2019.

Intel Xeon E3 (43)	Family	AMD EPYC (129)
Intel Xeon E3 v5 (17)	CPU group	AMD EPYC 7002 (24)
5	Generation	2
Skylake S	Architecture	Rome (Zen 2)
Desktop / Server	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 is 3.40 GHz (3.80 GHz) while the AMD EPYC 7352 has 24 CPU cores and 48 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD EPYC 7352 is at 2.30 GHz (3.20 GHz).
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5	Characteristic	AMD EPYC 7352
4	Cores	24
8	Threads	48
normal	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
3.40 GHz	Frequency	2.30 GHz
3.80 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	3.20 GHz
3.60 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	2.70 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5	Characteristic	AMD EPYC 7352
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 or AMD EPYC 7352 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
no iGPU	GPU	no iGPU
	GPU frequency	--
--	GPU (Turbo)	--
--	GPU Generation	--
	Technology
	Max. displays
--	Compute units	--
--	Shader	--
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
--	Max. GPU Memory	--
--	DirectX Version	--

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
no iGPU	GPU	no iGPU
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
No	Codec h264	No
No	Codec VP9	No
No	Codec VP8	No
No	Codec AV1	No
No	Codec AVC	No
No	Codec VC-1	No
No	Codec JPEG	No

Memory & PCIe The Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 can use up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 34.1 GB/s. The AMD EPYC 7352 supports up to GB of memory in 8 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 51.2 GB/s.
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5	Characteristic	AMD EPYC 7352
DDR4-2133	Memory	DDR4-3200
64 GB	Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	8 (Octa Channel)
34.1 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	51.2 GB/s
Yes	ECC	Yes
--	L2 Cache	--
8.00 MB	L3 Cache	128.00 MB
3.0	PCIe version	4.0
16	PCIe lanes	128
15.8 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	252.0 GB/s
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 is 80 W, while the AMD EPYC 7352 has a TDP of 155 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5	Characteristic	AMD EPYC 7352
80 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	155 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
--	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details The Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 is manufactured in 14 nm and has 8.00 MB cache. The AMD EPYC 7352 is manufactured in 7 nm and has a 128.00 MB cache.
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5	Characteristic	AMD EPYC 7352
14 nm	Technology	7 nm
Monolithic	Chip design	Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
LGA 1151	Socket	SP3
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d	Virtualization	AMD-V, SVM
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Q4/2015	Release date	Q3/2019
--	Release price	2750 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 (100%)

AMD EPYC 7352 (76%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 (24%)

AMD EPYC 7352 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	1128 (100%)
	AMD EPYC 7352 24C 48T @ 3.20 GHz	861 (76%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	4362 (28%)
	AMD EPYC 7352 24C 48T @ 2.70 GHz	15345 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	7995 (19%)
	AMD EPYC 7352 24C 48T @ 2.70 GHz	41286 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	975 (100%)
	AMD EPYC 7352 24C 48T @ 3.20 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	4832 (100%)
	AMD EPYC 7352 24C 48T @ 2.70 GHz	0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	1402 (100%)
	AMD EPYC 7352 24C 48T @ 3.20 GHz	0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	4786 (100%)
	AMD EPYC 7352 24C 48T @ 2.70 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD EPYC 7352 24C 48T @ 3.20 GHz	375 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz	2048 (100%)
	AMD EPYC 7352 24C 48T @ 2.30 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	163 (100%)
	AMD EPYC 7352 24C 48T @ 3.20 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz	799 (100%)
	AMD EPYC 7352 24C 48T @ 2.70 GHz	0 (0%)

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