EPYC 7302 vs Phenom II X4 P920
Aggregate performance score
EPYC 7302 outperforms Phenom II X4 P920 by a whopping 2357% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2769 | 331 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 10.45 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Series | 4x AMD Phenom II | AMD EPYC |
| Power efficiency | 1.30 | 5.14 |
| Designer | AMD | AMD |
| Manufacturer | no data | TSMC |
| Architecture codename | Champlain (2010−2011) | Zen 2 (2017−2020) |
| Release date | 12 May 2010 (15 years ago) | 7 August 2019 (5 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $978 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Phenom II X4 P920 and EPYC 7302 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 | 4 (Quad-Core) | 16 (Hexadeca-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 32 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.6 GHz | 3.3 GHz |
| Bus rate | 3600 MHz | no data |
| Multiplier | no data | 30 |
| L1 cache | 512 KB | 1 MB |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 8 MB |
| L3 cache | no data | 128 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 7 nm, 14 nm |
| Die size | no data | 192 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | no data | 4,800 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
| Unlocked multiplier | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Phenom II X4 P920 and EPYC 7302 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 | S1 (S1g4) | TR4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 155 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X4 P920 and EPYC 7302. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | MMX, 3DNow, SSE (1,2,3,4A), AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, HyperTransport 3.0 | no data |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| VirusProtect | + | - |
| Precision Boost 2 | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X4 P920 and EPYC 7302 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X4 P920 and EPYC 7302. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | 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 | - | + |
Synthetic benchmark performance
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.
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.81 | 19.90 |
| Recency | 12 May 2010 | 7 August 2019 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 16 |
| Threads | 4 | 32 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 155 Watt |
Phenom II X4 P920 has 520% lower power consumption.
EPYC 7302, on the other hand, has a 2356.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.
The AMD EPYC 7302 is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Phenom II X4 P920 in performance tests.
Be aware that Phenom II X4 P920 is a notebook processor while EPYC 7302 is a server/workstation one.
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