EPYC 9745 vs Pentium E6600

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium E6600 and EPYC 9745 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2712not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.02no data
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Power efficiency1.03no data
Architecture codenameWolfdale (2008−2010)Turin (2024)
Release date17 January 2010 (14 years ago)10 October 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$16$12,141

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium E6600 and EPYC 9745 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 cores2 (Dual-core)128
Threads2256
Base clock speed3.06 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed0.07 GHz3.7 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)80 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB (shared)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB256 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm3 nm
Die size82 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature74 °Cno data
Number of transistors228 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
VID voltage range0.85V – 1.3625Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium E6600 and EPYC 9745 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
SocketLGA775SP5
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt400 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium E6600 and EPYC 9745. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Demand Based Switching-no data
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Pentium E6600 and EPYC 9745 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium E6600 and EPYC 9745 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d-no data
VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium E6600 and EPYC 9745. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium E6600 and EPYC 9745.

PCIe version2.05.0
PCI Express lanesno data128

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 January 2010 10 October 2024
Physical cores 2 128
Threads 2 256
Chip lithography 45 nm 3 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 400 Watt

Pentium E6600 has 515.4% lower power consumption.

EPYC 9745, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 14 years, 6300% more physical cores and 12700% more threads, and a 1400% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Pentium E6600 and EPYC 9745. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Pentium E6600 is a desktop processor while EPYC 9745 is a server/workstation one.


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