AMD EPYC 7252 vs AMD Opteron 848 HE

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 7252 and AMD Opteron 848 HE 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.

AMD EPYC 7252

AMD Opteron 848 HE

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7252

CPU is newer: launch date 14 year(s) 5 month(s) later
7 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 1
Around 45% higher clock speed: 3.2 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm, 14 nm vs 90 nm
4x 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

Launch date	7 Aug 2019 vs March 2005
Number of cores	8 vs 1
Maximum frequency	3.2 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm, 14 nm vs 90 nm
L1 cache	512 KB vs 128 KB
L2 cache	4 MB vs 1024 KB

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 848 HE

2.2x lower typical power consumption: 55 Watt vs 120 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	55 Watt vs 120 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 7252
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 848 HE

Name	AMD EPYC 7252	AMD Opteron 848 HE
PassMark - Single thread mark	1948
PassMark - CPU mark	32437

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD EPYC 7252	AMD Opteron 848 HE
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen 2	Athens
Launch date	7 Aug 2019	March 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$475
OPN PIB	100-100000080WOF
OPN Tray	100-000000080
Place in performance rating	923	not rated
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
Base frequency	3.1 GHz
L1 cache	512 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	4 MB	1024 KB
L3 cache	64 MB
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm, 14 nm	90 nm
Maximum frequency	3.2 GHz	2.2 GHz
Number of cores	8	1
Number of threads	16
Unlocked
64 bit support
Transistor count		106 million
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	190.7 GB/s
Maximum memory size	4 TB
Supported memory types	DDR4-3200
Compatibility
Socket Count	1P/2P
Sockets supported	SP3	940
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	55 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		8
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	128
PCI Express revision	4.0
PCIe configurations	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™)