AMD EPYC 7252 vs AMD EPYC 7702P

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 7252 and AMD EPYC 7702P 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, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

AMD EPYC 7252

AMD EPYC 7702P

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7252

Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 200 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 200 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7702P

56 more cores, run more applications at once: 64 vs 8
112 more threads: 128 vs 16
Around 5% higher clock speed: 3.35 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
8x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
8x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
4x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2110 vs 2095
Around 82% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 63633 vs 34911

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	64 vs 8
Number of threads	128 vs 16
Maximum frequency	3.35 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
L1 cache	4 MB vs 512 KB
L2 cache	32 MB vs 4 MB
L3 cache	256 MB vs 64 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2110 vs 2095
PassMark - CPU mark	63633 vs 34911

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 7252
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7702P

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2095

2110

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

34911

63633

Name	AMD EPYC 7252	AMD EPYC 7702P
PassMark - Single thread mark	2095	2110
PassMark - CPU mark	34911	63633
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		779
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		11436

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD EPYC 7252	AMD EPYC 7702P
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen 2	Zen 2
Launch date	7 Aug 2019	7 Aug 2019
Launch price (MSRP)	$475	$4425
OPN PIB	100-100000080WOF
OPN Tray	100-000000080
Place in performance rating	664	686
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		EPYC
Processor Number		7702P
Performance
Base frequency	3.1 GHz	2 GHz
L1 cache	512 KB	4 MB
L2 cache	4 MB	32 MB
L3 cache	64 MB	256 MB
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm, 14 nm
Maximum frequency	3.2 GHz	3.35 GHz
Number of cores	8	64
Number of threads	16	128
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	200 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
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™)