AMD EPYC 7H12 vs Intel Pentium Dual Core T4200

General info

Comparing Pentium Dual Core T4200 and EPYC 7H12 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2354	3
Value for money	no data	13.70
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	Intel Pentium Dual Core	AMD EPYC
Architecture codename	Penryn (2008−2011)	Zen 2 (2019−2020)
Release date	1 January 2009 (14 years old)	18 September 2019 (3 years old)
Current price	$79	$3787

Technical specs

Pentium Dual Core T4200 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	64 (Tetrahexaconta-Core)
Threads	2	128
Base clock speed	no data	2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	2 GHz	3.3 GHz
Bus support	800 MHz	no data
L1 cache	128 KB	96K (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	no data	256 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	45 nm	7 nm, 14 nm
Die size	107 mm2	192 mm2
Number of transistors	410 Million	4,800 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Dual Core T4200 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 configuration	no data	2 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	PG478	TR4
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	280 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Dual Core T4200 and EPYC 7H12. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Pentium Dual Core T4200 and EPYC 7H12 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

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no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Dual Core T4200 and EPYC 7H12 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

no data

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Dual Core T4200 and EPYC 7H12. Depending on the motherboards, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

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

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 7H12 outperforms Pentium Dual Core T4200 by 8689% in our combined benchmark results.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	0.91	79.98
Recency	1 January 2009	18 September 2019
Boost clock speed	2000	3300
Base clock speed	0	2600
Chip lithography	45 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	280 Watt

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