EPYC 7702 vs Athlon 900

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon 900 and EPYC 7702 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated45
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data3.87
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Seriesno dataAMD EPYC
Power efficiencyno data20.89
Architecture codenameThunderbird (1999−2000)Zen 2 (2017−2020)
Release date6 March 2000 (24 years ago)7 August 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$899$6,450

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Athlon 900 and EPYC 7702 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)64 (Tetrahexaconta-Core)
Threads1128
Base clock speedno data2 GHz
Boost clock speed0.9 GHz3.35 GHz
Multiplierno data20
L1 cache128 KB96K (per core)
L2 cache512 KB512K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB256 MB (shared)
Chip lithography180 nm7 nm, 14 nm
Die size102 mm2192 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)70 °Cno data
Number of transistors22 million4,800 million
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 900 and EPYC 7702 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 (Multiprocessor)
SocketATR4
Power consumption (TDP)60 Watt200 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 900 and EPYC 7702. 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 900 and EPYC 7702 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 900 and EPYC 7702. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1DDR4 Eight-channel
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TiB
Max memory channelsno data8
Maximum memory bandwidthno data204.763 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/Ano data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 March 2000 7 August 2019
Physical cores 1 64
Threads 1 128
Chip lithography 180 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 60 Watt 200 Watt

Athlon 900 has 233.3% lower power consumption.

EPYC 7702, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 19 years, 6300% more physical cores and 12700% more threads, and a 2471.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Athlon 900 and EPYC 7702. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Athlon 900 is a desktop processor while EPYC 7702 is a server/workstation one.


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