EPYC 7H12 vs Athlon II N350

Primary details

Comparing Athlon II N350 and EPYC 7H12 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	38
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	22.22
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	AMD Athlon II	AMD EPYC
Architecture codename	Champlain (2010−2011)	Zen 2 (2019−2020)
Release date	4 October 2010 (13 years ago)	18 September 2019 (4 years ago)
Current price	no data	$1970

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Athlon II N350 and EPYC 7H12 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	2 (Dual-core)	64 (Tetrahexaconta-Core)
Threads	2	128
Base clock speed	no data	2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	3.3 GHz
Bus support	3200 MHz	no data
L1 cache	256 KB	96K (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	no data	256 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	45 nm	7 nm, 14 nm
Die size	117.5 mm2	192 mm2
Number of transistors	234 Million	4,800 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	Yes

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II N350 and EPYC 7H12 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	no data	2 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	S1	TR4
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	280 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II N350 and EPYC 7H12. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	DDR3-1066 memory controller, MMX, 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization	no data
AES-NI	no data	+
AVX	no data	+
VirusProtect	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II N350 and EPYC 7H12 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II N350 and EPYC 7H12. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4 Eight-channel
Maximum memory size	no data	4 TiB
Max memory channels	no data	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	204.763 GB/s
ECC memory support	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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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	4 October 2010	18 September 2019
Physical cores	2	64
Threads	2	128
Chip lithography	45 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	280 Watt

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