AMD EPYC 7401 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3450U

Last updated: 2024-04-12

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD EPYC 7401		AMD Ryzen 5 3450U
CPU comparison AMD EPYC 7401 or AMD Ryzen 5 3450U - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The AMD EPYC 7401 has 24 cores with 48 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.00 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 8 memory channels. The AMD EPYC 7401 was released in Q3/2017. The AMD Ryzen 5 3450U has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 5 3450U was released in Q2/2020.

AMD EPYC (129)	Family	AMD Ryzen 5 (85)
AMD EPYC 7001 (12)	CPU group	AMD Ryzen 3000U (10)
1	Generation	2
Naples (Zen)	Architecture	Picasso (Zen+)
Desktop / Server	Segment	Mobile
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD EPYC 7401 has 24 CPU cores and can calculate 48 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD EPYC 7401 is 2.00 GHz (3.00 GHz) while the AMD Ryzen 5 3450U has 4 CPU cores and 8 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 5 3450U is at 2.10 GHz (3.50 GHz).
AMD EPYC 7401	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 5 3450U
24	Cores	4
48	Threads	8
normal	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
2.00 GHz	Frequency	2.10 GHz
3.00 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	3.50 GHz
2.80 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	3.10 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
AMD EPYC 7401	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 5 3450U
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The AMD EPYC 7401 or AMD Ryzen 5 3450U has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
no iGPU	GPU	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Raven Ridge)
	GPU frequency	1.20 GHz
--	GPU (Turbo)	--
--	GPU Generation	8
	Technology	14 nm
	Max. displays	3
--	Compute units	8
--	Shader	512
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
--	Max. GPU Memory	2 GB
--	DirectX Version	12

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
no iGPU	GPU	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Raven Ridge)
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode / Encode
No	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP9	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP8	Decode / Encode
No	Codec AV1	No
No	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VC-1	Decode
No	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The AMD EPYC 7401 can use up to GB of memory in 8 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 170.6 GB/s. The AMD Ryzen 5 3450U supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 38.4 GB/s.
AMD EPYC 7401	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 5 3450U
DDR4-2400, DDR4-2666	Memory	DDR4-2400
	Max. Memory	32 GB
8 (Octa Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
170.6 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	38.4 GB/s
Yes	ECC	Yes
--	L2 Cache	2.00 MB
64.00 MB	L3 Cache	4.00 MB
3.0	PCIe version	3.0
128	PCIe lanes	12
126.1 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	11.8 GB/s
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD EPYC 7401 is 170 W, while the AMD Ryzen 5 3450U has a TDP of 15 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
AMD EPYC 7401	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 5 3450U
170 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	15 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	35 W
--	TDP down	12 W
--	Tjunction max.	105 °C
Technical details The AMD EPYC 7401 is manufactured in 14 nm and has 64.00 MB cache. The AMD Ryzen 5 3450U is manufactured in 12 nm and has a 6.00 MB cache.
AMD EPYC 7401	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 5 3450U
14 nm	Technology	12 nm
Chiplet	Chip design	Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3	ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
SP3	Socket	FP5
AMD-V, SVM	Virtualization	AMD-V, SVM
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q3/2017	Release date	Q2/2020
1450 $	Release price	--

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

AMD EPYC 7401 (100%)

AMD Ryzen 5 3450U (99%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

AMD EPYC 7401 (100%)

AMD Ryzen 5 3450U (18%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD EPYC 7401 24C 48T @ 3.00 GHz	844 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 3450U 4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz	822 (97%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD EPYC 7401 24C 48T @ 2.80 GHz	14101 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 3450U 4C 8T @ 3.10 GHz	2745 (19%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD EPYC 7401 24C 48T @ 3.00 GHz	132 (99%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 3450U 4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz	134 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD EPYC 7401 24C 48T @ 2.80 GHz	3156 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 3450U 4C 8T @ 3.10 GHz	527 (17%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD EPYC 7401 24C 48T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 3450U 4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz	891 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD EPYC 7401 24C 48T @ 2.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 3450U 4C 8T @ 3.10 GHz	3197 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD EPYC 7401 24C 48T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 3450U 4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz	349 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD EPYC 7401 24C 48T @ 2.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 3450U 4C 8T @ 3.10 GHz	1246 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	AMD EPYC 7401 @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 3450U AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.20 GHz	1229 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	AMD EPYC 7401 24C 48T @ 2.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 3450U 4C 8T @ 3.10 GHz	6788 (100%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.


	AMD EPYC 7401 24C 48T @ 2.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 3450U 4C 8T @ 3.10 GHz	829 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	AMD EPYC 7401 24C 48T @ 2.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 3450U 4C 8T @ 2.10 GHz	1443 (100%)

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