EPYC 7H12 vs E1-2500

Primary details

Comparing E1-2500 and EPYC 7H12 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	37
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	24.24
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	AMD E-Series	AMD EPYC
Architecture codename	Kabini (2013−2014)	Zen 2 (2019−2020)
Release date	23 May 2013 (11 years ago)	18 September 2019 (4 years ago)
Current price	$200	$1750

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

E1-2500 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	1.4 GHz	3.3 GHz
L1 cache	no data	96K (per core)
L2 cache	1024 KB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	256 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	28 nm	7 nm, 14 nm
Die size	246 mm2	192 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	90 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,178 million	4,800 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	Yes

Compatibility

Information on E1-2500 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	2 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	FT3	TR4
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	280 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by E1-2500 and EPYC 7H12. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, DDR3L-1333	no data
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	FMA4	no data
AVX	+	+
PowerTune	-	no data
TrueAudio	-	no data
PowerNow	+	no data
PowerGating	+	no data
Out-of-band client management	-	no data
VirusProtect	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by E1-2500 and EPYC 7H12 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	+
IOMMU 2.0	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by E1-2500 and EPYC 7H12. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4 Eight-channel
Maximum memory size	no data	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	AMD Radeon HD 8240	no data
Enduro	+	no data
Switchable graphics	1	no data
UVD	+	no data
VCE	+	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of E1-2500 and EPYC 7H12 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	no data
HDMI	+	no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by E1-2500 and EPYC 7H12 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	no data
Vulkan	1	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by E1-2500 and EPYC 7H12.

PCIe version

2.0

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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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	23 May 2013	18 September 2019
Physical cores	2	64
Threads	2	128
Chip lithography	28 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	280 Watt

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