AMD EPYC 7552 vs AMD EPYC 7301

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 7552 and AMD EPYC 7301 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7552

• CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
• 32 more cores, run more applications at once: 48 vs 16
• 64 more threads: 96 vs 32
• Around 24% higher clock speed: 3.35 GHz vs 2.7 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 14 nm
• 3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• 3x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• 3x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
• 2.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 72235 vs 34148

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7301

• Around 18% lower typical power consumption: 155/170 Watt vs 200 Watt
• Around 8% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1654 vs 1527

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 7552
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7301

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1527 1654
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	72235 34148

Compare specifications (specs)