EPYC 7543P vs Pentium A1018
Aggregate performance score
EPYC 7543P outperforms Pentium A1018 by a whopping 5482% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2904 | 84 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 14.08 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Series | no data | AMD EPYC |
| Power efficiency | 0.82 | 7.12 |
| Designer | Intel | AMD |
| Manufacturer | no data | TSMC |
| Architecture codename | no data | Milan (2021−2023) |
| Release date | 1 July 2013 (12 years ago) | 15 March 2021 (4 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $2,730 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Pentium A1018 and EPYC 7543P 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) | 32 (Dotriaconta-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 64 |
| Base clock speed | 2.1 GHz | 2.8 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 3.7 GHz |
| Bus rate | 5 GT/s | no data |
| Multiplier | no data | 28 |
| L1 cache | no data | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | no data | 512 KB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 1 MB Intel® Smart Cache | 256 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 7 nm+ |
| Die size | no data | 8x 81 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 105 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 33,200 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium A1018 and EPYC 7543P 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 | 1 |
| Socket | FCPGA988 | SP3 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 225 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium A1018 and EPYC 7543P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2 | no data |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| My WiFi | - | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | no data |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
| Flex Memory Access | + | no data |
| FDI | + | no data |
| Fast Memory Access | + | no data |
Security technologies
Pentium A1018 and EPYC 7543P technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | no data |
| EDB | + | no data |
| Anti-Theft | - | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium A1018 and EPYC 7543P are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
| VT-d | - | no data |
| VT-x | + | no data |
| EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium A1018 and EPYC 7543P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3/L/-RS 1333/1600 | DDR4-3200 |
| Maximum memory size | 32 GB | 4 TiB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | 204.795 GB/s |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel HD Graphics for 3rd Generation Intel Processors | N/A |
| Graphics max frequency | 1 GHz | no data |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Pentium A1018 and EPYC 7543P integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | 3 | no data |
| eDP | + | no data |
| DisplayPort | + | - |
| HDMI | + | - |
| SDVO | + | no data |
| CRT | + | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium A1018 and EPYC 7543P.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 16 | 128 |
Synthetic benchmarks
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.68 | 37.96 |
| Recency | 1 July 2013 | 15 March 2021 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 32 |
| Threads | 2 | 64 |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 225 Watt |
Pentium A1018 has 542.9% lower power consumption.
EPYC 7543P, on the other hand, has a 5482.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, 1500% more physical cores and 3100% more threads, and a 214.3% more advanced lithography process.
The AMD EPYC 7543P is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium A1018 in performance tests.
Be aware that Pentium A1018 is a notebook processor while EPYC 7543P is a server/workstation one.
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