AMD EPYC 4344P vs AMD EPYC 7742

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 4344P and AMD EPYC 7742 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 4344P

  • CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 56% higher clock speed: 5.3 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 5 nm vs 7 nm, 14 nm
  • 3.5x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 225 Watt
  • Around 85% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3781 vs 2046
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 21 May 2024 vs 7 Aug 2019
Maximum frequency 5.3 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm vs 7 nm, 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 225 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 3781 vs 2046

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7742

  • 56 more cores, run more applications at once: 64 vs 8
  • 112 more threads: 128 vs 16
  • 8x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 8x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • 2.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 94081 vs 34474
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 64 vs 8
Number of threads 128 vs 16
L1 cache 4 MB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 32 MB vs 1 MB (per core)
L3 cache 256 MB vs 32 MB (shared)
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 94081 vs 34474

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 4344P
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7742

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3781
2046
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
34474
94081
Name AMD EPYC 4344P AMD EPYC 7742
PassMark - Single thread mark 3781 2046
PassMark - CPU mark 34474 94081

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD EPYC 4344P AMD EPYC 7742

Essentials

Launch date 21 May 2024 7 Aug 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $329
Place in performance rating 180 160
Architecture codename Zen 2
Vertical segment Server

Performance

Base frequency 3.8 GHz 2.25 GHz
Die size 71 mm²
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) 4 MB
L2 cache 1 MB (per core) 32 MB
L3 cache 32 MB (shared) 256 MB
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm 7 nm, 14 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 61°C
Maximum core temperature 95°C
Maximum frequency 5.3 GHz 3.4 GHz
Number of cores 8 64
Number of threads 16 128
Transistor count 6,570 million
Unlocked

Memory

ECC memory support
Supported memory types DDR5 DDR4-3200
Max memory channels 8
Maximum memory bandwidth 190.7 GB/s
Maximum memory size 4 TB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 2
Sockets supported AM5 SP3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 225 Watt

Peripherals

PCIe configurations Gen 5, 28 Lanes, (CPU only) x16, x8
Max number of PCIe lanes 128
PCI Express revision 4.0

Advanced Technologies

AMD SenseMI
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)