AMD EPYC 7252 vs AMD EPYC 7262

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 7252 and AMD EPYC 7262 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 7252

  • Around 29% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 155 Watt
  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2095 vs 2023
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 34911 vs 34227
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt vs 155 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2095 vs 2023
PassMark - CPU mark 34911 vs 34227

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7262

  • Around 6% higher clock speed: 3.4 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
  • 2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Maximum frequency 3.4 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
L3 cache 128 MB vs 64 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 7252
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7262

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2095
2023
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
34911
34227
Name AMD EPYC 7252 AMD EPYC 7262
PassMark - Single thread mark 2095 2023
PassMark - CPU mark 34911 34227

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD EPYC 7252 AMD EPYC 7262

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Zen 2
Launch date 7 Aug 2019 7 Aug 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $475 $575
OPN PIB 100-100000080WOF 100-100000041WOF
OPN Tray 100-000000080 100-000000041
Place in performance rating 759 810
Vertical segment Server Server

Performance

Base frequency 3.1 GHz 3.2 GHz
L1 cache 512 KB 512 KB
L2 cache 4 MB 4 MB
L3 cache 64 MB 128 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm, 14 nm 7 nm, 14 nm
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz 3.4 GHz
Number of cores 8 8
Number of threads 16 16
Unlocked

Memory

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

Compatibility

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

Peripherals

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

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™)