Athlon 3000G vs EPYC 9754

Primary details

Comparing EPYC 9754 and Athlon 3000G processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	10	1584
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	4.62	11.02
Market segment	Server	Desktop processor
Series	no data	AMD Athlon
Architecture codename	Bergamo	Zen+ (2018−2020)
Release date	13 June 2023 (1 year ago)	21 November 2019 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$49
Current price	$7724	$110 (2.2x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Athlon 3000G has 139% better value for money than EPYC 9754.

Detailed specifications

EPYC 9754 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	128	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	256	4
Base clock speed	2.25 GHz	3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.1 GHz	3.5 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	96K (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	512K (per core)
L3 cache	256 MB (shared)	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	5 nm	14 nm
Die size	8x 73 mm2	209.78 mm2?
Number of transistors	71,000 million	4,800 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	no data	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	Yes

Compatibility

Information on EPYC 9754 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	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	SP5	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	360 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by EPYC 9754 and Athlon 3000G. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
PowerNow	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by EPYC 9754 and Athlon 3000G are enumerated here.

AMD-V

+

+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by EPYC 9754 and Athlon 3000G. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR5	DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size	no data	64 GB?
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	42.671 GB/s

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 9754 and Athlon 3000G.

PCIe version	5.0	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.

EPYC 9754 outperforms Athlon 3000G by 2081% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	63.25	2.90
Recency	13 June 2023	21 November 2019
Physical cores	128	2
Threads	256	4
Chip lithography	5 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	360 Watt	35 Watt

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