AMD EPYC 7552 vs AMD EPYC 7501

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 7552 and AMD EPYC 7501 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7552

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • 16 more cores, run more applications at once: 48 vs 32
  • 32 more threads: 96 vs 64
  • Around 12% higher clock speed: 3.35 GHz vs 3 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 14 nm
  • Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 50% 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
  • Around 17% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 72235 vs 61517
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 Aug 2019 vs June 2017
Number of cores 48 vs 32
Number of threads 96 vs 64
Maximum frequency 3.35 GHz vs 3 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm
L1 cache 4.5 MB vs 96 KB (per core)
L2 cache 24 MB vs 512 KB (per core)
L3 cache 192 MB vs 64 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 72235 vs 61517

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7501

  • Around 18% lower typical power consumption: 155/170 Watt vs 200 Watt
  • Around 17% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1782 vs 1527
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 155/170 Watt vs 200 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1782 vs 1527

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 7552
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7501

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1527
1782
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
72235
61517
Name AMD EPYC 7552 AMD EPYC 7501
PassMark - Single thread mark 1527 1782
PassMark - CPU mark 72235 61517

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD EPYC 7552 AMD EPYC 7501

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Zen
Launch date 7 Aug 2019 June 2017
Place in performance rating 632 649
Family AMD EPYC
Price now $4,389.87
Series AMD EPYC 7000 Series
Value for money (0-100) 1.27
Vertical segment Server

Performance

Base frequency 2.2 GHz 2 GHz
Die size 74 mm² 192 mm
L1 cache 4.5 MB 96 KB (per core)
L2 cache 24 MB 512 KB (per core)
L3 cache 192 MB 64 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 14 nm
Maximum frequency 3.35 GHz 3 GHz
Number of cores 48 32
Number of threads 96 64
Transistor count 3800 million 4800 million
Unlocked
64 bit support

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 8 8
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4
Maximum memory bandwidth 307/341 GB/s
Supported memory frequency 2400/2666 MHz

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 2
Sockets supported SP3 TR4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 200 Watt 155/170 Watt
Socket Count 1P/2P

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 4.0 x128

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)