AMD EPYC 7232P vs AMD EPYC 7501

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 7232P and AMD EPYC 7501 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7232P

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 7% higher clock speed: 3.2 GHz vs 3 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm, 14 nm vs 14 nm
  • Around 42% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 155/170 Watt
Launch date 7 Aug 2019 vs June 2017
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz vs 3 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm, 14 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt vs 155/170 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7501

  • Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
  • 24 more cores, run more applications at once: 32 vs 8
  • 48 more threads: 64 vs 16
  • 6x 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
  • 2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 9% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1925 vs 1767
  • Around 41% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 24925 vs 17731
Specifications (specs)
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores 32 vs 8
Number of threads 64 vs 16
L1 cache 96 KB (per core) vs 512 KB
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) vs 4 MB
L3 cache 64 MB vs 32 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1925 vs 1767
PassMark - CPU mark 24925 vs 17731

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 7232P
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7501

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1767
1925
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
17731
24925
Name AMD EPYC 7232P AMD EPYC 7501
PassMark - Single thread mark 1767 1925
PassMark - CPU mark 17731 24925

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD EPYC 7232P AMD EPYC 7501

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Zen
Launch date 7 Aug 2019 June 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $450
OPN PIB 100-100000081WOF
OPN Tray 100-000000081
Place in performance rating 1179 984
Vertical segment Server Server
Family AMD EPYC
Price now $4,389.87
Series AMD EPYC 7000 Series
Value for money (0-100) 1.27

Performance

Base frequency 3.1 GHz 2 GHz
L1 cache 512 KB 96 KB (per core)
L2 cache 4 MB 512 KB (per core)
L3 cache 32 MB 64 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm, 14 nm 14 nm
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz 3 GHz
Number of cores 8 32
Number of threads 16 64
Unlocked
64 bit support
Die size 192 mm
Transistor count 4800 million

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 8 8
Maximum memory bandwidth 190.7 GB/s 307/341 GB/s
Maximum memory size 4 TB
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4
Supported memory frequency 2400/2666 MHz

Compatibility

Socket Count 1P 1P/2P
Sockets supported SP3 TR4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt 155/170 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 128
PCI Express revision 4.0 x128
PCIe configurations x16, x8

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)