AMD Phenom II N960 vs AMD EPYC 7261

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom II N960 and AMD EPYC 7261 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility.

AMD Phenom II N960

AMD EPYC 7261

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II N960

4.9x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 155/170 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 155/170 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7261

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
12 more threads: 16 vs 4

Number of cores	8 vs 4
Number of threads	16 vs 4

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Phenom II N960	AMD EPYC 7261
Essentials
Family	AMD Phenom	AMD EPYC
OPN Tray	HMP960SGR42GM	PS7261BEV8RAF
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Series	AMD Phenom II Quad-Core Mobile Processors	AMD EPYC 7000 Series
Vertical segment	Laptop	Server
Performance
Base frequency	1.8 GHz	2.5 GHz
L1 cache	512 KB
L2 cache	2 MB
Maximum core temperature	100°C
Number of cores	4	8
Number of threads	4	16
Unlocked
L3 cache		64 MB
Maximum frequency		2.9 GHz
Memory
Supported memory types	DDR3
Max memory channels		8
Supported memory frequency		2400 MHz/2666 MHz
Compatibility
Sockets supported	S1
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	155/170 Watt
Socket Count		1P/2P