EPYC 7473X vs Athlon 600

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon 600 and EPYC 7473X processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated86
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Power efficiencyno data14.71
Architecture codenameThunderbird (1999−2000)Milan-X (2022)
Release date23 June 1999 (25 years ago)22 March 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$615no data

Detailed specifications

Athlon 600 and EPYC 7473X 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 cores1 (Single-Core)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads148
Base clock speedno data2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed0.6 GHz3.7 GHz
L1 cache128 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache512 KB512K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB768 MB (shared)
Chip lithography180 nm7 nm
Die size184 mm28x 81 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)70 °Cno data
Number of transistors22 million33,200 million
64 bit support--
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 600 and EPYC 7473X 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 configuration12
SocketASP3
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt240 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 600 and EPYC 7473X. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 600 and EPYC 7473X are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 600 and EPYC 7473X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1DDR4-3200

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/Ano data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 600 and EPYC 7473X.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data128

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 June 1999 22 March 2022
Physical cores 1 24
Threads 1 48
Chip lithography 180 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 240 Watt

Athlon 600 has 433.3% lower power consumption.

EPYC 7473X, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 22 years, 2300% more physical cores and 4700% more threads, and a 2471.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Athlon 600 and EPYC 7473X. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Athlon 600 is a desktop processor while EPYC 7473X is a server/workstation one.


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