AMD EPYC 7302 vs AMD EPYC 7601

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 7302 and AMD EPYC 7601 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 7302

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.3 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm, 14 nm vs 14 nm
  • 2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 16% lower typical power consumption: 155 Watt vs 180 Watt
  • Around 10% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1936 vs 1765
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 Aug 2019 vs June 2017
Maximum frequency 3.3 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm, 14 nm vs 14 nm
L3 cache 128 MB vs 64 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 155 Watt vs 180 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1936 vs 1765

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7601

  • Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
  • 16 more cores, run more applications at once: 32 vs 16
  • 32 more threads: 64 vs 32
  • 3x 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
  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 53737 vs 51405
Specifications (specs)
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores 32 vs 16
Number of threads 64 vs 32
L1 cache 96 KB (per core) vs 1 MB
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) vs 8 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 53737 vs 51405

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 7302
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7601

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1936
1765
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
51405
53737
Name AMD EPYC 7302 AMD EPYC 7601
PassMark - Single thread mark 1936 1765
PassMark - CPU mark 51405 53737

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD EPYC 7302 AMD EPYC 7601

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Zen
Launch date 7 Aug 2019 June 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $978
OPN PIB 100-100000043WOF
OPN Tray 100-000000043
Place in performance rating 619 661
Vertical segment Server Server
Family AMD EPYC
Series AMD EPYC 7000 Series

Performance

Base frequency 3.0 GHz 2.2 GHz
L1 cache 1 MB 96 KB (per core)
L2 cache 8 MB 512 KB (per core)
L3 cache 128 MB 64 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm, 14 nm 14 nm
Maximum frequency 3.3 GHz 3.2 GHz
Number of cores 16 32
Number of threads 32 64
Unlocked
64 bit support
Die size 192 mm
Transistor count 4800 million

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 8 8
Maximum memory bandwidth 204.8 GB/s 341 GB/s
Maximum memory size 4 TB
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4
Supported memory frequency 2666 MHz

Compatibility

Socket Count 1P/2P 1P/2P
Sockets supported SP3 TR4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 155 Watt 180 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

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™)