Celeron G6900E vs EPYC 7742

Primary details

Comparing EPYC 7742 and Celeron G6900E processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	39	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	25.69	no data
Market segment	Server	Desktop processor
Series	AMD EPYC	no data
Architecture codename	Zen 2 (2019−2020)	Alder Lake-S (2022)
Release date	7 August 2019 (4 years ago)	4 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$6,950	no data
Current price	$1656 (0.2x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

EPYC 7742 and Celeron G6900E 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)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	128	2
Base clock speed	2.25 GHz	3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.4 GHz	3 GHz
L1 cache	4 MB	80K (per core)
L2 cache	32 MB	1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache	256 MB (shared)	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	7 nm, 14 nm	10 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 7742 and Celeron G6900E 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
Socket	TR4	1700
Power consumption (TDP)	225 Watt	46 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by EPYC 7742 and Celeron G6900E. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

EPYC 7742 and Celeron G6900E technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

no data

+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by EPYC 7742 and Celeron G6900E 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 EPYC 7742 and Celeron G6900E. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4 Eight-channel	DDR4, DDR5 Dual-channel
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 710

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by EPYC 7742 and Celeron G6900E.

PCIe version

no data

5.0

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	7 August 2019	4 January 2022
Physical cores	64	2
Threads	128	2
Chip lithography	7 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	225 Watt	46 Watt

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