AMD EPYC 7252 vs AMD EPYC 7272

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 7252 and AMD EPYC 7272 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 18% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2095 vs 1775
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2095 vs 1775

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7272

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 8
  • 8 more threads: 24 vs 16
  • Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 23% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 42832 vs 34911
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 12 vs 8
Number of threads 24 vs 16
L1 cache 768 KB vs 512 KB
L2 cache 6 MB vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 42832 vs 34911

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 7252
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7272

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2095
1775
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
34911
42832
Name AMD EPYC 7252 AMD EPYC 7272
PassMark - Single thread mark 2095 1775
PassMark - CPU mark 34911 42832

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD EPYC 7252 AMD EPYC 7272

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Zen 2
Launch date 7 Aug 2019 7 Aug 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $475 $625
OPN PIB 100-100000080WOF 100-100000079WOF
OPN Tray 100-000000080 100-000000079
Place in performance rating 757 791
Vertical segment Server Server
Family AMD EPYC
Series AMD EPYC 7002

Performance

Base frequency 3.1 GHz 2.9 GHz
L1 cache 512 KB 768 KB
L2 cache 4 MB 6 MB
L3 cache 64 MB 64 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm, 14 nm
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz 3.2 GHz
Number of cores 8 12
Number of threads 16 24
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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 1P/2P
Sockets supported SP3 SP3, LGA-4094
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt 120 Watt

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™)