EPYC 74F3 vs A4-5100
Aggregate performance score
EPYC 74F3 outperforms A4-5100 by a whopping 4580% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2925 | 131 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 10.90 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Series | AMD A-Series | AMD EPYC |
| Power efficiency | 2.08 | 6.09 |
| Designer | AMD | AMD |
| Manufacturer | GlobalFoundries | TSMC |
| Architecture codename | Kabini (2013−2014) | Milan (2021−2023) |
| Release date | 4 November 2013 (12 years ago) | 15 March 2021 (4 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $2,900 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
A4-5100 and EPYC 74F3 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 | 4 (Quad-Core) | 24 (Tetracosa-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 48 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 2.8 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.55 GHz | 4 GHz |
| Multiplier | no data | 32 |
| L1 cache | no data | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 2048 KB | 512 KB (per core) |
| L3 cache | no data | 256 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 7 nm+ |
| Die size | 107 mm2 | 4x 81 mm2 |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 90 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 33,200 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on A4-5100 and EPYC 74F3 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 | 1 | 2 |
| Socket | FT3 | SP3 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 240 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A4-5100 and EPYC 74F3. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | 86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX | no data |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | FMA4 | - |
| AVX | + | + |
| PowerNow | + | - |
| PowerGating | + | - |
| VirusProtect | + | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A4-5100 and EPYC 74F3 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
| IOMMU 2.0 | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A4-5100 and EPYC 74F3. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR4-3200 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 4 TiB |
| Max memory channels | 1 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 204.795 GB/s |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon HD 8330 | N/A |
| Enduro | + | - |
| Switchable graphics | + | - |
| UVD | + | - |
| VCE | + | - |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of A4-5100 and EPYC 74F3 integrated GPUs.
| DisplayPort | + | - |
| HDMI | + | - |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by A4-5100 and EPYC 74F3 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | DirectX® 12 | no data |
| Vulkan | + | - |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A4-5100 and EPYC 74F3.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 8 | 128 |
Synthetic benchmarks
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.74 | 34.63 |
| Recency | 4 November 2013 | 15 March 2021 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 24 |
| Threads | 4 | 48 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 240 Watt |
A4-5100 has 1500% lower power consumption.
EPYC 74F3, on the other hand, has a 4579.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, 500% more physical cores and 1100% more threads, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.
The AMD EPYC 74F3 is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD A4-5100 in performance tests.
Be aware that A4-5100 is a notebook processor while EPYC 74F3 is a server/workstation one.
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