AMD EPYC 7272 vs AMD EPYC 7501

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 7272 and AMD EPYC 7501 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7272

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 7% higher clock speed: 3.2 GHz vs 3 GHz
  • Around 42% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 155/170 Watt
  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2019 vs 1925
  • Around 78% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 44270 vs 24925
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 Aug 2019 vs June 2017
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz vs 3 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt vs 155/170 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2019 vs 1925
PassMark - CPU mark 44270 vs 24925

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7501

  • Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
  • 20 more cores, run more applications at once: 32 vs 12
  • 40 more threads: 64 vs 24
  • 4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2.7x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores 32 vs 12
Number of threads 64 vs 24
L1 cache 96 KB (per core) vs 768 KB
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) vs 6 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 7272
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7501

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2019
1925
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
44270
24925
Name AMD EPYC 7272 AMD EPYC 7501
PassMark - Single thread mark 2019 1925
PassMark - CPU mark 44270 24925

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD EPYC 7272 AMD EPYC 7501

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Zen
Family AMD EPYC AMD EPYC
Launch date 7 Aug 2019 June 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $625
OPN PIB 100-100000079WOF
OPN Tray 100-000000079
Place in performance rating 574 890
Series AMD EPYC 7002 AMD EPYC 7000 Series
Vertical segment Server Server
Price now $4,389.87
Value for money (0-100) 1.27

Performance

Base frequency 2.9 GHz 2 GHz
L1 cache 768 KB 96 KB (per core)
L2 cache 6 MB 512 KB (per core)
L3 cache 64 MB 64 MB
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz 3 GHz
Number of cores 12 32
Number of threads 24 64
Unlocked
64 bit support
Die size 192 mm
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm
Transistor count 4800 million

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 8 8
Maximum memory bandwidth 190.7 GB/s 307/341 GB/s
Maximum memory size 4 TB
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4
Supported memory frequency 2400/2666 MHz

Compatibility

Socket Count 1P/2P 1P/2P
Sockets supported SP3, LGA-4094 TR4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt 155/170 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 128
PCI Express revision 4.0 x128
PCIe configurations x16, x8

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)