Athlon 300U vs EPYC 7401

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Aggregate performance score

EPYC 7401
2017
24 cores / 48 threads, 170 Watt
36.12
+1328%

EPYC 7401 outperforms Athlon 300U by a whopping 1328% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing EPYC 7401 and Athlon 300U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1041751
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation9.90no data
Market segmentServerLaptop
SeriesAMD EPYCAMD Athlon
Power efficiency19.3715.38
Architecture codenameNaples (2017−2018)Raven Ridge 2 (2019)
Release date29 June 2017 (7 years ago)6 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,850no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

EPYC 7401 and Athlon 300U 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 cores24 (Tetracosa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads484
Base clock speed2 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz3.3 GHz
Bus typeno dataPCIe 3.0
Multiplier2024
L1 cache96K (per core)128K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache64 MB (shared)4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size192 mm2209.78 mm2
Number of transistors4,800 million4940 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on EPYC 7401 and Athlon 300U 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 configuration2 (Multiprocessor)1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketTR4FP5
Power consumption (TDP)170 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by EPYC 7401 and Athlon 300U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI++
AVX++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by EPYC 7401 and Athlon 300U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by EPYC 7401 and Athlon 300U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Eight-channelDDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size2 TiB64 GB
Max memory channels82
Maximum memory bandwidth170.671 GB/s38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon RX Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by EPYC 7401 and Athlon 300U.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes12812

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


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 7401 36.12
+1328%
Athlon 300U 2.53

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.

EPYC 7401 55280
+1330%
Athlon 300U 3867

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 36.12 2.53
Recency 29 June 2017 6 January 2019
Physical cores 24 2
Threads 48 4
Power consumption (TDP) 170 Watt 15 Watt

EPYC 7401 has a 1327.7% higher aggregate performance score, and 1100% more physical cores and 1100% more threads.

Athlon 300U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 1033.3% lower power consumption.

The EPYC 7401 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon 300U in performance tests.

Be aware that EPYC 7401 is a server/workstation processor while Athlon 300U is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between EPYC 7401 and Athlon 300U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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