EPYC 7H12 vs Turion II M500
Aggregated performance score
EPYC 7H12 outperforms Turion II M500 by 8085% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Turion II M500 and EPYC 7H12 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 2707 | 37 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 22.21 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Series | AMD Turion II | AMD EPYC |
| Architecture codename | Caspian (2009) | Zen 2 (2019−2020) |
| Release date | 10 September 2009 (14 years ago) | 18 September 2019 (4 years ago) |
| Current price | $100 | $1970 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Turion II M500 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 | 2.2 GHz | 3.3 GHz |
| Bus support | 3600 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | no data | 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 | no data | 192 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | no data | 4,800 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | Yes |
Compatibility
Information on Turion II M500 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 | Socket S1 (s1g3) 638-pin | TR4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 280 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II M500 and EPYC 7H12. 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 | no data | + |
| AVX | no data | + |
| PowerNow | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion II M500 and EPYC 7H12 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion II M500 and EPYC 7H12. 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 | no data | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.55 | 45.02 |
| Recency | 10 September 2009 | 18 September 2019 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 64 |
| Threads | 2 | 128 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 280 Watt |
The EPYC 7H12 is our recommended choice as it beats the Turion II M500 in performance tests.
Be aware that Turion II M500 is a notebook processor while EPYC 7H12 is a server/workstation one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Turion II M500 and EPYC 7H12, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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