EPYC 7H12 vs Celeron G3900E

Primary details

Comparing Celeron G3900E and EPYC 7H12 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2149	37
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.12	22.14
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	Intel Celeron	AMD EPYC
Architecture codename	Skylake (2015−2016)	Zen 2 (2019−2020)
Release date	2 January 2016 (8 years ago)	18 September 2019 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$107	no data
Current price	$135 (1.3x MSRP)	$1970

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

EPYC 7H12 has 18350% better value for money than Celeron G3900E.

Detailed specifications

Celeron G3900E 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	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	128 KB	96K (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	2 MB	256 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm, 14 nm
Die size	98.57 mm210.3 mm × 9.57 mm	192 mm2
Number of transistors	1750 Million	4,800 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	Yes

Compatibility

Information on Celeron G3900E 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	1 (Uniprocessor)	2 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	no data	TR4
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	280 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron G3900E and EPYC 7H12. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	+
AVX	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron G3900E and EPYC 7H12 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 Celeron G3900E and EPYC 7H12. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	LPDDR3-1866	DDR4 Eight-channel
Maximum memory size	64 GB	4 TiB
Max memory channels	2	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.134 GB/s	204.763 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

Intel HD Graphics 510

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron G3900E and EPYC 7H12.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	16	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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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

EPYC 7H12 outperforms Celeron G3900E by 3311% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	1.32	45.02
Recency	2 January 2016	18 September 2019
Physical cores	2	64
Threads	2	128
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	280 Watt

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