Core i9-10880H vs EPYC 7H12

General info

Comparing EPYC 7H12 and Core i9-10880H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	39	729
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	5.00	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	AMD EPYC	Intel Comet Lake
Architecture codename	Zen 2 (2019−2020)	Comet Lake-H (2020)
Release date	18 September 2019 (4 years old)	2 April 2020 (4 years old)
Current price	$6796	no data

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Technical specs

EPYC 7H12 and Core i9-10880H 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	64 (Tetrahexaconta-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	128	16
Base clock speed	2.6 GHz	2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.3 GHz	5.1 GHz
L1 cache	96K (per core)	512 KB
L2 cache	512K (per core)	2 MB
L3 cache	256 MB (shared)	16 MB
Chip lithography	7 nm, 14 nm	14 nm
Die size	192 mm2	no data
Number of transistors	4,800 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-
Unlocked multiplier	Yes	No

Compatibility

Information on EPYC 7H12 and Core i9-10880H 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	2 (Multiprocessor)	no data
Socket	TR4	FCBGA1440
Power consumption (TDP)	280 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by EPYC 7H12 and Core i9-10880H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by EPYC 7H12 and Core i9-10880H are enumerated here.

AMD-V

+

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by EPYC 7H12 and Core i9-10880H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4 Eight-channel	DDR4
Maximum memory size	4 TiB	no data
Max memory channels	8	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	204.763 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

Intel UHD Graphics 630

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 Core i9-10880H by 376% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	45.46	9.56
Recency	18 September 2019	2 April 2020
Physical cores	64	8
Threads	128	16
Chip lithography	7 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	280 Watt	45 Watt

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