AMD EPYC 7H12 vs Ryzen 5 3450U

General info

Comparing Ryzen 5 3450U and EPYC 7H12 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance rating	1053	2
Value for money	no data	9.46
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)	AMD EPYC
Architecture codename	Zen+ (2018−2020)	Zen 2 (2019−2020)
Release date	1 May 2020 (2 years old)	18 September 2019 (3 years old)
Current price	no data	$4250

Technical specs

Ryzen 5 3450U 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	4 (Quad-Core)	64 (Tetrahexaconta-Core)
Threads	8	128
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.5 GHz	3.3 GHz
L1 cache	384 KB	4 MB
L2 cache	2 MB	32 MB
L3 cache	4 MB	256 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	12 nm	7 nm, 14 nm
Die size	no data	192 mm2
Number of transistors	4500 Million	4,800 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	no data	+

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 3450U 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	AM4	TR4
Thermal design power (TDP)	15 Watt	280 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 3450U and EPYC 7H12. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT	no data
AES-NI	no data	+
AVX	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 3450U and EPYC 7H12 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 3450U 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	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)

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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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Overall 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.

Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance rating	5.39	79.98
Recency	1 May 2020	18 September 2019
Boost clock speed	3500	3300
Base clock speed	2100	2600
Chip lithography	12 nm	7 nm
Thermal design power (TDP)	15 Watt	280 Watt

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