AMD EPYC 9354P vs AMD EPYC 7401

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 9354P and AMD EPYC 7401 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 9354P

  • CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • 8 more cores, run more applications at once: 32 vs 24
  • 16 more threads: 64 vs 48
  • Around 27% higher clock speed: 3.8 GHz vs 3 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 5 nm vs 14 nm
  • Around 50% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2768 vs 1850
  • Around 35% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 74777 vs 55280
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 Nov 2022 vs June 2017
Number of cores 32 vs 24
Number of threads 64 vs 48
Maximum frequency 3.8 GHz vs 3 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm vs 14 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2768 vs 1850
PassMark - CPU mark 74777 vs 55280

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7401

  • Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
  • Around 13% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 393216x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 262144x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 65% lower typical power consumption: 155/170 Watt vs 280 Watt
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked
L1 cache 96 KB (per core) vs 64K (per core)
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) vs 1MB (per core)
L3 cache 64 MB vs 256MB (shared)
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 vs 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 155/170 Watt vs 280 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 9354P
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7401

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2768
1850
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
74777
55280
Name AMD EPYC 9354P AMD EPYC 7401
PassMark - Single thread mark 2768 1850
PassMark - CPU mark 74777 55280
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 3541
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 24681

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD EPYC 9354P AMD EPYC 7401

Essentials

Launch date 10 Nov 2022 June 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $2730
Place in performance rating 131 142
Architecture codename Zen
Family AMD EPYC
Series AMD EPYC 7000 Series
Vertical segment Server

Performance

Base frequency 3.25 GHz 2 GHz
Die size 8x 72 mm² 192 mm
L1 cache 64K (per core) 96 KB (per core)
L2 cache 1MB (per core) 512 KB (per core)
L3 cache 256MB (shared) 64 MB
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm 14 nm
Maximum frequency 3.8 GHz 3 GHz
Number of cores 32 24
Number of threads 64 48
Unlocked
64 bit support
Transistor count 4800 million

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 12 8
Supported memory types DDR5-4800 DDR4
Maximum memory bandwidth 307/341 GB/s
Supported memory frequency 2400/2666 MHz

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 2
Sockets supported SP5 TR4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 280 Watt 155/170 Watt
Socket Count 1P/2P

Peripherals

Integrated Wireless 128
PCIe configurations 5.0
PCI Express revision x128

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)