EPYC 7H12 vs Pentium 4 1.4

Primary details

Comparing Pentium 4 1.4 and EPYC 7H12 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated46
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Seriesno dataAMD EPYC
Power efficiencyno data14.82
Architecture codenameWillamette (2000−2001)Zen 2 (2017−2020)
Release dateNovember 2000 (24 years ago)18 September 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium 4 1.4 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 cores1 (Single-Core)64 (Tetrahexaconta-Core)
Threads1128
Base clock speedno data2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed1.4 GHz3.3 GHz
Multiplierno data26
L1 cache8 KB96K (per core)
L2 cache256 KB512K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB256 MB (shared)
Chip lithography180 nm7 nm, 14 nm
Die size217 mm2192 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cno data
Number of transistors42 million4,800 million
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 4 1.4 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 configuration12 (Multiprocessor)
Socket423TR4
Power consumption (TDP)55 Watt280 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 4 1.4 and EPYC 7H12. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 4 1.4 and EPYC 7H12 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 4 1.4 and EPYC 7H12. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2DDR4 Eight-channel
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TiB
Max memory channelsno data8
Maximum memory bandwidthno data204.763 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 1 64
Threads 1 128
Chip lithography 180 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 55 Watt 280 Watt

Pentium 4 1.4 has 409.1% lower power consumption.

EPYC 7H12, on the other hand, has 6300% more physical cores and 12700% more threads, and a 2471.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Pentium 4 1.4 and EPYC 7H12. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Pentium 4 1.4 is a desktop processor while EPYC 7H12 is a server/workstation one.


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