EPYC 7401 vs Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
Aggregate performance score
EPYC 7401 outperforms Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U by a whopping 166% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U and EPYC 7401 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 605 | 118 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 9.14 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Series | no data | AMD EPYC |
| Power efficiency | 82.22 | 19.31 |
| Architecture codename | Rembrandt-U PRO (Zen 3+) (2022) | Naples (2017−2018) |
| Release date | 19 April 2022 (2 years ago) | 29 June 2017 (7 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $1,850 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U and EPYC 7401 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 | 8 (Octa-Core) | 24 (Tetracosa-Core) |
| Threads | 16 | 48 |
| Base clock speed | 2.7 GHz | 2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4.7 GHz | 3 GHz |
| Multiplier | no data | 20 |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | 96K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 16 MB (shared) | 64 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 6 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 208 mm2 | 192 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 95 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 4,800 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | - |
| Unlocked multiplier | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U and EPYC 7401 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 | 2 (Multiprocessor) |
| Socket | FP7 | TR4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 170 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U and EPYC 7401. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | PRO, MMX, SSE4A, BMI2, AES-NI, SSE4.1, ABM, RDRAND, SSE4.2, RDSEED, SSE, AVX, FMA, SMEP, SHA, SSE2, AVX2, ADX, SMAP, SMT, SSE3, CPB, SME, SSSE3 | no data |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | + | - |
| AVX | + | + |
| Precision Boost 2 | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U and EPYC 7401 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U and EPYC 7401. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR5 | DDR4 Eight-channel |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 2 TiB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 8 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 170.671 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon 680M ( - 2200 MHz) | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U and EPYC 7401.
| PCIe version | 4.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 20 | 128 |
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.
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
| Performance score | 12.95 | 34.46 |
| Recency | 19 April 2022 | 29 June 2017 |
| Physical cores | 8 | 24 |
| Threads | 16 | 48 |
| Chip lithography | 6 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 170 Watt |
Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U has an age advantage of 4 years, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 1033.3% lower power consumption.
EPYC 7401, on the other hand, has a 166.1% higher aggregate performance score, and 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads.
The EPYC 7401 is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U in performance tests.
Be aware that Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U is a notebook processor while EPYC 7401 is a server/workstation one.
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