EPYC 7232P vs Atom N450
Primary details
Comparing Atom N450 and EPYC 7232P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
Place in the ranking | not rated | 694 |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 9.89 |
Market segment | Laptop | Server |
Series | Intel Atom | AMD EPYC |
Power efficiency | no data | 8.80 |
Architecture codename | Pinetrail (2009−2011) | Zen 2 (2017−2020) |
Release date | 21 December 2009 (14 years ago) | 7 August 2019 (5 years ago) |
Launch price (MSRP) | $64 | $450 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Atom N450 and EPYC 7232P 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 | 1 (Single-Core) | 8 (Octa-Core) |
Threads | 2 | 16 |
Base clock speed | 1.66 GHz | 3.1 GHz |
Boost clock speed | 1.67 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
Bus rate | 533 MHz | no data |
Multiplier | no data | 31 |
L1 cache | 56 KB (per core) | 96K (per core) |
L2 cache | 512 KB (per core) | 512K (per core) |
L3 cache | 0 KB | 32 MB (shared) |
Chip lithography | 45 nm | 7 nm, 14 nm |
Die size | 66 mm2 | 192 mm2 |
Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | no data |
Number of transistors | 123 million | 4,800 million |
64 bit support | + | + |
Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Unlocked multiplier | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Atom N450 and EPYC 7232P 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 | 1 (Uniprocessor) |
Socket | FCBGA559 | TR4 |
Power consumption (TDP) | 5.5 Watt | 120 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom N450 and EPYC 7232P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3 | no data |
AES-NI | - | + |
AVX | - | + |
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
Turbo Boost Technology | - | no data |
Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
Demand Based Switching | - | no data |
Precision Boost 2 | no data | + |
Security technologies
Atom N450 and EPYC 7232P 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 Atom N450 and EPYC 7232P are enumerated here.
AMD-V | - | + |
VT-d | - | no data |
VT-x | - | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom N450 and EPYC 7232P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
Supported memory types | DDR2 | DDR4 Eight-channel |
Maximum memory size | 2 GB | 4 TiB |
Max memory channels | 1 | 8 |
Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 204.763 GB/s |
ECC memory support | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
Integrated graphics card | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) | 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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
Recency | 21 December 2009 | 7 August 2019 |
Physical cores | 1 | 8 |
Threads | 2 | 16 |
Chip lithography | 45 nm | 7 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 5 Watt | 120 Watt |
Atom N450 has 2300% lower power consumption.
EPYC 7232P, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 years, 700% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Atom N450 and EPYC 7232P. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Atom N450 is a notebook processor while EPYC 7232P is a server/workstation one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Atom N450 and EPYC 7232P, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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