EPYC 7343 vs Turion II N550

Primary details

Comparing Turion II N550 and EPYC 7343 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2796	171
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	13.88
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	AMD Turion II	AMD EPYC
Architecture codename	Champlain (2010−2011)	Milan (2021−2023)
Release date	4 October 2010 (13 years ago)	12 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$1,565

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Turion II N550 and EPYC 7343 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)	16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads	2	32
Base clock speed	no data	3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.6 GHz	3.9 GHz
Bus rate	3600 MHz	no data
Multiplier	no data	32
L1 cache	265 KB	1 MB
L2 cache	2 MB	8 MB
L3 cache	no data	128 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	45 nm	7 nm+
Die size	no data	4x 81 mm2
Number of transistors	no data	16,600 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Turion II N550 and EPYC 7343 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
Socket	S1	SP3
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	190 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II N550 and EPYC 7343. 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	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion II N550 and EPYC 7343 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion II N550 and EPYC 7343. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size	no data	4 TiB
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	204.795 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Turion II N550 and EPYC 7343.

PCIe version	no data	4.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	128

Synthetic 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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Combined synthetic benchmark 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.

Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.57	28.12
Recency	4 October 2010	12 January 2021
Physical cores	2	16
Threads	2	32
Chip lithography	45 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	190 Watt

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