AMD EPYC 7272 vs AMD EPYC 7402P

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 7272 and AMD EPYC 7402P 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 7272

  • Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 180 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt vs 180 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7402P

  • 12 more cores, run more applications at once: 24 vs 12
  • 24 more threads: 48 vs 24
  • Around 5% higher clock speed: 3.35 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2x 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 14% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2030 vs 1775
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 44070 vs 42832
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 24 vs 12
Number of threads 48 vs 24
Maximum frequency 3.35 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
L1 cache 1.5 MB vs 768 KB
L2 cache 12 MB vs 6 MB
L3 cache 128 MB vs 64 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2030 vs 1775
PassMark - CPU mark 44070 vs 42832

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 7272
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7402P

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1775
2030
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
42832
44070
Name AMD EPYC 7272 AMD EPYC 7402P
PassMark - Single thread mark 1775 2030
PassMark - CPU mark 42832 44070

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD EPYC 7272 AMD EPYC 7402P

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Zen 2
Family AMD EPYC
Launch date 7 Aug 2019 7 Aug 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $625 $1250
OPN PIB 100-100000079WOF 100-100000048WOF
OPN Tray 100-000000079 100-000000048
Place in performance rating 791 676
Series AMD EPYC 7002
Vertical segment Server Server

Performance

Base frequency 2.9 GHz 2.8 GHz
L1 cache 768 KB 1.5 MB
L2 cache 6 MB 12 MB
L3 cache 64 MB 128 MB
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz 3.35 GHz
Number of cores 12 24
Number of threads 24 48
Unlocked
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm, 14 nm

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, LGA-4094 SP3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt 180 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™)