EPYC 7742 vs Atom N2600
Primary details
Comparing Atom N2600 and EPYC 7742 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | 39 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 24.21 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Series | Intel Atom | AMD EPYC |
| Architecture codename | Cedarview-M (2011−2012) | Zen 2 (2019−2020) |
| Release date | 1 December 2011 (12 years ago) | 7 August 2019 (4 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $47 | $6,950 |
| Current price | $251 (5.3x MSRP) | $1696 (0.2x MSRP) |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Atom N2600 and EPYC 7742 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 | 4 | 128 |
| Base clock speed | 1.6 GHz | 2.25 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.6 GHz | 3.4 GHz |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 96K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 256 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 7 nm, 14 nm |
| Die size | 66 mm2 | 192 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | 176 million | 4,800 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | Yes |
Compatibility
Information on Atom N2600 and EPYC 7742 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 (Multiprocessor) |
| Socket | FCBGA559 | TR4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 3.5 Watt | 225 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom N2600 and EPYC 7742. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3 | no data |
| AES-NI | no data | + |
| AVX | no data | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | no data |
| Demand Based Switching | - | no data |
| Status | Discontinued | no data |
Security technologies
Atom N2600 and EPYC 7742 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | no data |
| EDB | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom N2600 and EPYC 7742 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | no data | + |
| VT-d | - | no data |
| VT-x | - | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom N2600 and EPYC 7742. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR4 Eight-channel |
| Maximum memory size | 2.44 GB | 4 TiB |
| Max memory channels | 1 | 8 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 204.763 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | no data | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600 | 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.
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.
Benchmark coverage: 68%
EPYC 7742 outperforms Atom N2600 by 19118% in Passmark.
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
Benchmark coverage: 42%
EPYC 7742 outperforms Atom N2600 by 1505% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Benchmark coverage: 42%
EPYC 7742 outperforms Atom N2600 by 5510% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 December 2011 | 7 August 2019 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 64 |
| Threads | 4 | 128 |
| Cost | $47 | $6950 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 3 Watt | 225 Watt |
We couldn't decide between Atom N2600 and EPYC 7742. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Atom N2600 is a notebook processor while EPYC 7742 is a server/workstation one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Atom N2600 and EPYC 7742, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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