AMD EPYC 7501 vs AMD EPYC 7551

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 7501 and AMD EPYC 7551 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, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

AMD EPYC 7501

AMD EPYC 7551

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7501

Around 6% lower typical power consumption: 155/170 Watt vs 180 Watt
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1925 vs 1742

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	155/170 Watt vs 180 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1925 vs 1742

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7551

2.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 56671 vs 24925

Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	56671 vs 24925

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 7501
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7551

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1925

1742

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

24925

56671

Name	AMD EPYC 7501	AMD EPYC 7551
PassMark - Single thread mark	1925	1742
PassMark - CPU mark	24925	56671
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		2956
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		20125

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD EPYC 7501	AMD EPYC 7551
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen	Zen
Family	AMD EPYC	AMD EPYC
Launch date	June 2017	June 2017
Place in performance rating	891	232
Price now	$4,389.87	$3,813.99
Series	AMD EPYC 7000 Series	AMD EPYC 7000 Series
Value for money (0-100)	1.27	1.43
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2 GHz	2 GHz
Die size	192 mm	192 mm
L1 cache	96 KB (per core)	96 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB (per core)	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	64 MB	64 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum frequency	3 GHz	3 GHz
Number of cores	32	32
Number of threads	64	64
Transistor count	4800 million	4800 million
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	8	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	307/341 GB/s	341 GB/s
Supported memory frequency	2400/2666 MHz	2666 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR4
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2	2
Socket Count	1P/2P	1P/2P
Sockets supported	TR4	TR4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	155/170 Watt	180 Watt
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	x128	x128
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)