EPYC 7H12 vs Xeon 5150

Place in performance ranking	2662	39
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	2.56	22.31
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	no data	AMD EPYC
Architecture codename	Woodcrest (2006)	Zen 2 (2019−2020)
Release date	June 2006 (17 years ago)	18 September 2019 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$16	no data
Current price	$26 (1.6x MSRP)	$1970

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

EPYC 7H12 has 771% better value for money than Xeon 5150.

Technical specs

Xeon 5150 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	2.66 GHz	2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.67 GHz	3.3 GHz
L1 cache	0 KB	96K (per core)
L2 cache	4 MB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	256 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	65 nm	7 nm, 14 nm
Die size	no data	192 mm²
Maximum core temperature	65 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	4,800 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	Yes
VID voltage range	B2=1.0V-1.5V, G0=.85V-1.5V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon 5150 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	1	2 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	LGA771	TR4
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	280 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon 5150 and EPYC 7H12. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	no data	+
AVX	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FSB parity	+	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Xeon 5150 and EPYC 7H12 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon 5150 and EPYC 7H12 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	no data	+
VT-x	+	no data
EPT	-	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon 5150 and EPYC 7H12. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR2	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	+

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. 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.

Xeon 5150 0.60

EPYC 7H12 45.03
+7405%

EPYC 7H12 outperforms Xeon 5150 by 7405% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Xeon 5150 924

EPYC 7H12 69633
+7436%

EPYC 7H12 outperforms Xeon 5150 by 7436% in Passmark.