EPYC 7H12 vs Athlon PRO 200GE

Primary details

Comparing Athlon PRO 200GE and EPYC 7H12 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1655	37
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	10.10	21.95
Market segment	Desktop processor	Server
Series	AMD Athlon	AMD EPYC
Architecture codename	Zen (2017−2020)	Zen 2 (2019−2020)
Release date	6 September 2018 (5 years ago)	18 September 2019 (4 years ago)
Current price	$70	$1970

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

EPYC 7H12 has 117% better value for money than Athlon PRO 200GE.

Detailed specifications

Athlon PRO 200GE 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	4	128
Base clock speed	3.2 GHz	2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	3.3 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB	4 MB
L2 cache	1 MB	32 MB
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	256 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm, 14 nm
Die size	209.78 mm2	192 mm2
Number of transistors	4950 Million	4,800 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	Yes

Compatibility

Information on Athlon PRO 200GE 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 (Uniprocessor)	2 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	AM4	TR4
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	280 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon PRO 200GE and EPYC 7H12. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	no data
AVX	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon PRO 200GE and EPYC 7H12 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon PRO 200GE and EPYC 7H12. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4 Dual-channel	DDR4 Eight-channel
Maximum memory size	64 GB	4 TiB
Max memory channels	2	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	42.671 GB/s	204.763 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon RX Vega 3

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.

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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 Athlon PRO 200GE by 1672% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	2.54	45.02
Recency	6 September 2018	18 September 2019
Physical cores	2	64
Threads	4	128
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	280 Watt

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