EPYC 7H12 vs Core 2 Duo T5850

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo T5850 and EPYC 7H12 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated48
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesIntel Core 2 DuoAMD EPYC
Power efficiencyno data14.82
Architecture codenameMerom (2006−2008)Zen 2 (2017−2020)
Release date1 October 2008 (16 years ago)18 September 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo T5850 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 cores2 (Dual-core)64 (Tetrahexaconta-Core)
Threads2128
Base clock speedno data2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.1 GHz3.3 GHz
Bus rate667 MHzno data
Multiplierno data26
L1 cacheno data96K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB512K (per core)
L3 cacheno data256 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm7 nm, 14 nm
Die sizeno data192 mm2
Number of transistorsno data4,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T5850 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 configurationno data2 (Multiprocessor)
Socketno dataTR4
Power consumption (TDP)34 Watt280 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T5850 and EPYC 7H12. 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 Core 2 Duo T5850 and EPYC 7H12 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo T5850 and EPYC 7H12. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4 Eight-channel
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TiB
Max memory channelsno data8
Maximum memory bandwidthno data204.763 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

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.

Core 2 Duo T5850 687
EPYC 7H12 69633
+10036%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2008 18 September 2019
Physical cores 2 64
Threads 2 128
Chip lithography 65 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 34 Watt 280 Watt

Core 2 Duo T5850 has 723.5% lower power consumption.

EPYC 7H12, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, 3100% more physical cores and 6300% more threads, and a 828.6% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Duo T5850 and EPYC 7H12. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Core 2 Duo T5850 is a notebook processor while EPYC 7H12 is a server/workstation one.


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