AMD EPYC 7542 vs AMD EPYC 7452

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 7542 and AMD EPYC 7452 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.

AMD EPYC 7542

AMD EPYC 7452

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7542

Around 1% higher clock speed: 3.4 GHz vs 3.35 GHz

Maximum frequency	3.4 GHz vs 3.35 GHz

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7452

Around 45% lower typical power consumption: 155 Watt vs 225 Watt
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2160 vs 2073
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 77746 vs 73885

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	155 Watt vs 225 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2160 vs 2073
PassMark - CPU mark	77746 vs 73885

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 7542
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7452

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2073

2160

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

73885

77746

Name	AMD EPYC 7542	AMD EPYC 7452
PassMark - Single thread mark	2073	2160
PassMark - CPU mark	73885	77746

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD EPYC 7542	AMD EPYC 7452
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen 2	Zen 2
Launch date	7 Aug 2019	7 Aug 2019
Launch price (MSRP)	$3400	$2025
OPN PIB	100-100000075WOF	100-100000057WOF
OPN Tray	100-000000075	100-000000057
Place in performance rating	247	199
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
Base frequency	2.9 GHz	2.35 GHz
L1 cache	2 MB	2 MB
L2 cache	16 MB	16 MB
L3 cache	128 MB	128 MB
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm, 14 nm	7 nm, 14 nm
Maximum frequency	3.4 GHz	3.35 GHz
Number of cores	32	32
Number of threads	64	64
Unlocked
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	8	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	190.7 GB/s	190.7 GB/s
Maximum memory size	4 TB	4 TB
Supported memory types	DDR4-3200	DDR4-3200
Compatibility
Socket Count	1P/2P	1P/2P
Sockets supported	SP3	SP3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	155 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	128	128
PCI Express revision	4.0	4.0
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™)