EPYC Embedded 3401 vs Pro A12-8800B

Primary details

Comparing Pro A12-8800B and EPYC Embedded 3401 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2077	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	AMD Carrizo	AMD EPYC Embedded
Power efficiency	4.40	no data
Architecture codename	Carrizo (2015−2018)	Zen (2017−2020)
Release date	3 June 2015 (9 years ago)	21 February 2018 (6 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pro A12-8800B and EPYC Embedded 3401 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	4 (Quad-Core)	16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads	4	16
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.4 GHz	1.85 GHz
Multiplier	no data	18.5
L1 cache	no data	1536 KB
L2 cache	2048 KB	8 MB
L3 cache	no data	32 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Die size	no data	213 mm2
Number of transistors	3100 Million	9600 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Pro A12-8800B and EPYC Embedded 3401 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	no data	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FP4	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	12-35 Watt	85 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pro A12-8800B and EPYC Embedded 3401. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	HSA 1.0	no data
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	FMA4	-
AVX	AVX	+
FreeSync	+	-
TrueAudio	+	-
PowerNow	+	-
PowerGating	+	-
Out-of-band client management	+	-
VirusProtect	+	-
RAID	+	-
HSA	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pro A12-8800B and EPYC Embedded 3401 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	+
IOMMU 2.0	+	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pro A12-8800B and EPYC Embedded 3401. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3/DDR3L-2133	DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size	no data	1 TiB
Max memory channels	2	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	85.33 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	AMD Radeon R7 Graphics	no data
iGPU core count	8	no data
Number of pipelines	512	no data
Enduro	+	-
Switchable graphics	+	-
UVD	+	-
VCE	+	-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pro A12-8800B and EPYC Embedded 3401 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pro A12-8800B and EPYC Embedded 3401 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX

DirectX® 12

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pro A12-8800B and EPYC Embedded 3401.

PCIe version

3.0

no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	3 June 2015	21 February 2018
Physical cores	4	16
Threads	4	16
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	12 Watt	85 Watt

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