Athlon 3000G vs EPYC 7272

Primary details

Comparing EPYC 7272 and Athlon 3000G processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	423	1670
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	11.61	5.27
Market segment	Server	Desktop processor
Series	AMD EPYC	AMD Athlon
Power efficiency	12.49	7.62
Architecture codename	Zen 2 (2017−2020)	Zen+ (2018−2019)
Release date	7 August 2019 (5 years ago)	7 November 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$625	$49

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

EPYC 7272 has 120% better value for money than Athlon 3000G.

Detailed specifications

EPYC 7272 and Athlon 3000G 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	12 (Dodeca-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	24	4
Base clock speed	2.9 GHz	3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	3.5 GHz
Bus type	no data	PCIe 3.0
Multiplier	29	35
L1 cache	96 KB (per core)	192 KB
L2 cache	512 KB (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	64 MB (shared)	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	7 nm, 14 nm	14 nm
Die size	192 mm2	209.78 mm2?
Number of transistors	3,800 million	4940 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	-	+

Compatibility

Information on EPYC 7272 and Athlon 3000G 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)	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	SP3	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by EPYC 7272 and Athlon 3000G. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
PowerNow	-	+
Precision Boost 2	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by EPYC 7272 and Athlon 3000G are enumerated here.

AMD-V

+

+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by EPYC 7272 and Athlon 3000G. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4 Eight-channel	DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size	4 TiB	64 GB?
Max memory channels	8	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	204.763 GB/s	42.671 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

N/A

AMD Radeon RX Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by EPYC 7272 and Athlon 3000G.

PCIe version	4.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	128	6

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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	15.90	2.83
Recency	7 August 2019	7 November 2019
Physical cores	12	2
Threads	24	4
Chip lithography	7 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	35 Watt

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