EPYC 7702 vs Turion II M500
Aggregate performance score
EPYC 7702 outperforms Turion II M500 by a whopping 7792% 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 | 3186 | 97 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 4.33 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Series | AMD Turion II | AMD EPYC |
| Power efficiency | 0.60 | 8.32 |
| Designer | AMD | AMD |
| Manufacturer | no data | TSMC |
| Architecture codename | Caspian (2009) | Zen 2 (2019−2020) |
| Release date | 10 September 2009 (16 years ago) | 7 August 2019 (6 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $6,450 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Basic parameters of Turion II M500 and EPYC 7702: 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 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.2 GHz | 3.35 GHz |
| Bus rate | 3600 MHz | no data |
| Multiplier | no data | 20 |
| L1 cache | no data | 4 MB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 32 MB |
| L3 cache | no data | 256 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 Turion II M500 and EPYC 7702 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 | Socket S1 (s1g3) 638-pin | TR4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 200 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II M500 and EPYC 7702. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization | no data |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| PowerNow | + | - |
| Precision Boost 2 | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion II M500 and EPYC 7702 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion II M500 and EPYC 7702. Depending on the motherboard, 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 | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.50 | 39.46 |
| Recency | 10 September 2009 | 7 August 2019 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 64 |
| Threads | 2 | 128 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 200 Watt |
Turion II M500 has 471% lower power consumption.
EPYC 7702, on the other hand, has a 7792% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, 3100% more physical cores and 6300% more threads, and a 543% more advanced lithography process.
The AMD EPYC 7702 is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Turion II M500 in performance tests.
Be aware that Turion II M500 is a notebook processor while EPYC 7702 is a server/workstation one.
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