Poor | Average | Good | Excellent | |
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Processor lithography | 7 nm Best: HP AMD EPYC 7702 Processor lithography: 7 nm | |||
Number of cores | 6 Best: Intel Xeon Phi Coprocessor 7290 Number of cores: 72 | |||
Clock speed | 3.6 GHz Best: AMD FX 9590 Clock speed: 4.7 GHz | |||
Max turbo speed | 4.2 GHz Best: Cisco Intel Xeon E5-2609 Max turbo speed: 24 GHz |
Processor socket | AM4 |
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Component for | PC |
Operating modes | 64-bit |
On-board graphics adapter | no |
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Type | Not available |
Cooler included | yes |
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Clock speed | 3.6 GHz |
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Max turbo speed | 4.2 GHz |
Number of cores | 6 |
Number of threads | 12 |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 65.0 W |
Processor lithography | 0.0 in |
Cache | 32 MB |
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Cache type | L3 |
Memory clock speeds supported by processor | 3200.0 MHz |
Memory types supported by processor | DDR4 SDRAM |
Memory channels | Dual |
Maximum number of PCI Express lanes | 16 |
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Introduction and Technical Specifications
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