AMD EPYC 7542 vs AMD EPYC 7502

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 7542 and AMD EPYC 7502 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 7502

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 7502

Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 180 Watt vs 225 Watt
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2189 vs 2073
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 80680 vs 73885

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	180 Watt vs 225 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2189 vs 2073
PassMark - CPU mark	80680 vs 73885

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 7542
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7502

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2073

2189

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

73885

80680

Name	AMD EPYC 7542	AMD EPYC 7502
PassMark - Single thread mark	2073	2189
PassMark - CPU mark	73885	80680

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD EPYC 7542	AMD EPYC 7502
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen 2	Zen 2
Launch date	7 Aug 2019	7 Aug 2019
Launch price (MSRP)	$3400	$2600
OPN PIB	100-100000075WOF	100-100000054WOF
OPN Tray	100-000000075	100-000000054
Place in performance rating	242	168
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Family		EPYC
Processor Number		7502
Series		7002
Performance
Base frequency	2.9 GHz	2.5 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
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	204.8 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	180 Watt
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™)