Xeon W-1290 vs EPYC 7H12

General info

Comparing EPYC 7H12 and Xeon W-1290 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	39	521
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	5.02	19.92
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	AMD EPYC	no data
Architecture codename	Zen 2 (2019−2020)	Comet Lake (2020)
Release date	18 September 2019 (4 years old)	13 May 2020 (3 years old)
Current price	$6796	$803

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon W-1290 has 297% better value for money than EPYC 7H12.

Technical specs

EPYC 7H12 and Xeon W-1290 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	64 (Tetrahexaconta-Core)	10 (Deca-Core)
Threads	128	20
Base clock speed	2.6 GHz	3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.3 GHz	5.1 GHz
L1 cache	4 MB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	32 MB	256K (per core)
L3 cache	256 MB (shared)	20 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	7 nm, 14 nm	14 nm
Die size	192 mm2	206 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	70 °C
Number of transistors	4,800 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	Yes	No

Compatibility

Information on EPYC 7H12 and Xeon W-1290 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	2 (Multiprocessor)	1
Socket	TR4	FCLGA1200
Power consumption (TDP)	280 Watt	80 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by EPYC 7H12 and Xeon W-1290. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+
TSX	no data	-
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	no data	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	+
Status	no data	Discontinued

Security technologies

EPYC 7H12 and Xeon W-1290 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	+
EDB	no data	+
Secure Key	no data	+
Identity Protection	no data	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® ME
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by EPYC 7H12 and Xeon W-1290 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by EPYC 7H12 and Xeon W-1290. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4 Eight-channel	DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size	4 TiB	128 GB
Max memory channels	8	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	204.763 GB/s	45.8 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	no data	Intel UHD Graphics P630
Max video memory	no data	64 GB
Quick Sync Video	no data	+
Clear Video	no data	+
Clear Video HD	no data	+
Graphics max frequency	no data	1.2 GHz
InTru 3D	no data	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of EPYC 7H12 and Xeon W-1290 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

no data

3

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by EPYC 7H12 and Xeon W-1290 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	no data	+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	no data	4096x2160@30Hz
Max resolution over eDP	no data	4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	no data	4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by EPYC 7H12 and Xeon W-1290 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	12
OpenGL	no data	4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by EPYC 7H12 and Xeon W-1290.

PCIe version	no data	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	16

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.

EPYC 7H12 outperforms Xeon W-1290 by 246% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	45.03	13.01
Recency	18 September 2019	13 May 2020
Physical cores	64	10
Threads	128	20
Chip lithography	7 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	280 Watt	80 Watt

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