AMD EPYC 7H12 vs Intel Core 2 Duo T5250

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General info

Comparing Core 2 Duo T5250 and EPYC 7H12 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance rankingnot rated39
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for moneyno data5.01
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesCore 2 DuoAMD EPYC
Architecture codenameMerom-2048 (2006−2008)Zen 2 (2019−2020)
Release dateno data18 September 2019 (4 years old)
Current price$34 $6796
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Technical specs

Core 2 Duo T5250 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 cores2 (Dual-core)64 (Tetrahexaconta-Core)
Threads2128
Base clock speed1.5 GHz2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed1.5 GHz3.3 GHz
Bus support667 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data96K (per core)
L2 cacheno data512K (per core)
L3 cache2 MB L2 Cache256 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm7 nm, 14 nm
Die sizeno data192 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data4,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplierNoYes
VID voltage range1.075V-1.25Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T5250 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 configurationno data2 (Multiprocessor)
SocketPPGA478TR4
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt280 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T5250 and EPYC 7H12. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NIno data+
AVXno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
FSB parity-no data
StatusDiscontinuedno data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo T5250 and EPYC 7H12 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 Core 2 Duo T5250 and EPYC 7H12 are enumerated here.

AMD-Vno data+
VT-x-no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo T5250 and EPYC 7H12. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4 Eight-channel
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TiB
Max memory channelsno data8
Maximum memory bandwidthno data204.763 GB/s
ECC memory supportno 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%

Core 2 Duo T5250 552
EPYC 7H12 69633
+12515%

EPYC 7H12 outperforms Core 2 Duo T5250 by 12515% in Passmark.

Advantages and disadvantages


Physical cores 2 64
Threads 2 128
Chip lithography 65 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 280 Watt

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Duo T5250 and EPYC 7H12. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Core 2 Duo T5250 is a notebook processor while EPYC 7H12 is a server/workstation one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Core 2 Duo T5250 and EPYC 7H12, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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