AMD Ryzen 5 4500 vs AMD Epyc 7742

Let's find out which one of AMD Ryzen 5 4500 and AMD Epyc 7742 is of a more recent generation, and what segment it belongs to.

• Name
  AMD Ryzen 5 4500 AMD Epyc 7742
• Family
  AMD Ryzen 5 AMD Epyc
• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 4000G AMD Epyc 7002
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Generation
  3 2

In this block we are going to compare AMD Ryzen 5 4500 vs AMD Epyc 7742 by main technical specifications: number of cores and threads, base and maximum frequencies, process technology and cache size. The higher these specifications are, the more powerful your CPU will be.

• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Frequency
  3.60 GHz 2.25 GHz

Common specifications for integrated graphics cards in AMD Ryzen 5 4500 and AMD Epyc 7742 along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

• GPU name
  no iGPU no iGPU
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo

Let's compare the support of video codecs between AMD Ryzen 5 4500 and AMD Epyc 7742. Hardware support of video decoding by embedded graphics cards directly affects the speed and quality of rendering videos.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• h264
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  No No
• VC-1
  No No
• JPEG
  No No

To choose the best model between AMD Ryzen 5 4500 and AMD Epyc 7742 you need to pay special attention to memory type, clock frequency, multi-channel features, and PCIe version. The higher these numbers are, the better your CPU will be. Keep in mind that the maximum memory and frequency may also depend on the model of the motherboard.

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200 DDR4-3200
• Max. Memory
  32 GB
• Memory channels
  2 (Dual Channel) 8
• ECC
  Yes Yes

Let's find out what TDP value would be better for AMD Ryzen 5 4500 or AMD Epyc 7742? The Thermal Design Power (TDP) indicates the maximum amount of heat that should be dissipated by the chip cooling system. However, the value of TDP gives only a rough indication of the real power consumption of the CPU.

• TDP (PL1)
  65 W 225 W
• TDP down
  45 W --
• Tjunction max.
  100 \xc2\xb0C --

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for AMD Ryzen 5 4500 and AMD Epyc 7742 CPUs along with a list of ISA extensions.

• Technology
  7 nm 7 nm
• Socket
  AM4 (LGA 1331) SP3
• L2-Cache
  3.00 MB --
• L3-Cache
  8.00 MB 256.00 MB
• Architecture
  Renoir (Zen 2) Rome (Zen 2)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM AMD-V, SVM
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• Release date
  Q2/2022 Q3/2019