EPYC 7371 vs Atom N270

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	3722	454
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	3.93
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	Intel Atom	AMD EPYC
Power efficiency	1.35	4.28
Designer	Intel	AMD
Architecture codename	DiamondVille (2008−2009)	Naples (2017−2018)
Release date	2 April 2008 (18 years ago)	16 November 2018 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$44	$1,550

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

Atom N270 and EPYC 7371 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	1 (Single-Core)	16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads	2	32
Base clock speed	1.6 GHz	3.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	0.1 GHz	3.8 GHz
Bus type	FSB	no data
Bus rate	533.33 MT/s	no data
Multiplier	12	31
L1 cache	56 KB	96K (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	64 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Die size	25.9638 mm2	192 mm2
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	no data
Number of transistors	47 Million	4,800 million
64 bit support	-	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	-	+
VID voltage range	0.9V-1.1625V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Atom N270 and EPYC 7371 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 (Uniprocessor)	2 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	PBGA437	TR4
Power consumption (TDP)	2.5 Watt	170 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom N270 and EPYC 7371. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE, Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3	no data
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	-	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FSB parity	-	no data

Security technologies

Atom N270 and EPYC 7371 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 N270 and EPYC 7371 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-d	-	no data
VT-x	-	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom N270 and EPYC 7371. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	no data	DDR4 Eight-channel
Maximum memory size	8 GB	2 TiB
Max memory channels	no data	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	170.671 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom N270 and EPYC 7371.

PCIe version	no data	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	128

Synthetic benchmarks

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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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.08	17.23
Recency	2 April 2008	16 November 2018
Physical cores	1	16
Threads	2	32
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	2 Watt	170 Watt