AMD EPYC 7502P vs AMD EPYC 7301

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 7502P and AMD EPYC 7301 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, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7502P

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • 16 more cores, run more applications at once: 32 vs 16
  • 32 more threads: 64 vs 32
  • Around 24% higher clock speed: 3.35 GHz vs 2.7 GHz
  • Around 33% 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 22% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2018 vs 1654
  • Around 49% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 50932 vs 34148
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 Aug 2019 vs June 2017
Number of cores 32 vs 16
Number of threads 64 vs 32
Maximum frequency 3.35 GHz vs 2.7 GHz
L1 cache 2 MB vs 96 KB (per core)
L2 cache 16 MB vs 512 KB (per core)
L3 cache 128 MB vs 64 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2018 vs 1654
PassMark - CPU mark 50932 vs 34148

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7301

  • Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
  • Around 6% lower typical power consumption: 155/170 Watt vs 180 Watt
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 155/170 Watt vs 180 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 7502P
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7301

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2018
1654
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
50932
34148
Name AMD EPYC 7502P AMD EPYC 7301
PassMark - Single thread mark 2018 1654
PassMark - CPU mark 50932 34148
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 2802
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 15384

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD EPYC 7502P AMD EPYC 7301

Essentials

Family EPYC AMD EPYC
Launch date 7 Aug 2019 June 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $2300
Place in performance rating 586 560
Processor Number 7502P
Series 7002 AMD EPYC 7000 Series
Vertical segment Server Server
Architecture codename Zen

Performance

Base frequency 2.5 GHz 2.2 GHz
L1 cache 2 MB 96 KB (per core)
L2 cache 16 MB 512 KB (per core)
L3 cache 128 MB 64 MB
Maximum frequency 3.35 GHz 2.7 GHz
Number of cores 32 16
Number of threads 64 32
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

Sockets supported SP3 TR4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 180 Watt 155/170 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2
Socket Count 1P/2P

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™)