AMD EPYC 72F3 vs AMD EPYC 7643

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 72F3 and AMD EPYC 7643 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 72F3

  • Around 14% higher clock speed: 4.1 GHz vs 3.6 GHz
  • Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 180 Watt vs 240 Watt
  • Around 58% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3034 vs 1915
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 4.1 GHz vs 3.6 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 180 Watt vs 240 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 3034 vs 1915

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7643

  • 40 more cores, run more applications at once: 48 vs 8
  • 80 more threads: 96 vs 16
  • 6x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 6x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 77% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 88348 vs 50017
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 48 vs 8
Number of threads 96 vs 16
L1 cache 3 MB vs 512 KB
L2 cache 24 MB vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 88348 vs 50017

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 72F3
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7643

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3034
1915
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
50017
88348
Name AMD EPYC 72F3 AMD EPYC 7643
PassMark - Single thread mark 3034 1915
PassMark - CPU mark 50017 88348

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD EPYC 72F3 AMD EPYC 7643

Essentials

Architecture codename Milan Zen 3
Launch date 15 Mar 2021 15 Mar 2021
Launch price (MSRP) $2468 $4995
Place in performance rating 235 224
OPN PIB 100-100000326WOF
OPN Tray 100-000000326
Vertical segment Server

Performance

Base frequency 3.7 GHz 2.3 GHz
Die size 81 mm²
L1 cache 512 KB 3 MB
L2 cache 4 MB 24 MB
L3 cache 256 MB 256 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 7 nm+
Maximum frequency 4.1 GHz 3.6 GHz
Number of cores 8 48
Number of threads 16 96
Transistor count 33200 million
Unlocked

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 8 8
Supported memory frequency 3200 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4 DDR4-3200
Maximum memory bandwidth 190.73 GB/s
Maximum memory size 4 TB

Compatibility

Configurable TDP 165-200 Watt 225-240 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2
Sockets supported SP3 SP3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 180 Watt 240 Watt
Socket Count 1P/2P

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 128 128
PCI Express revision 4.0 4.0

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™)