AMD EPYC 7642 vs AMD EPYC 7401
Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 7642 and AMD EPYC 7401 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 7642
- CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
- 24 more cores, run more applications at once: 48 vs 24
- 48 more threads: 96 vs 48
- Around 13% higher clock speed: 3.4 GHz vs 3 GHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 14 nm
- 2x 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
- 4x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
- Around 16% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2142 vs 1850
- Around 68% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 92995 vs 55280
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 7 Aug 2019 vs June 2017 |
Number of cores | 48 vs 24 |
Number of threads | 96 vs 48 |
Maximum frequency | 3.4 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 | 256 MB vs 64 MB |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - Single thread mark | 2142 vs 1850 |
PassMark - CPU mark | 92995 vs 55280 |
Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7401
- Around 32% lower typical power consumption: 155/170 Watt vs 225 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 155/170 Watt vs 225 Watt |
Compare benchmarks
CPU 1: AMD EPYC 7642
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7401
PassMark - Single thread mark |
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PassMark - CPU mark |
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Name | AMD EPYC 7642 | AMD EPYC 7401 |
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PassMark - Single thread mark | 2142 | 1850 |
PassMark - CPU mark | 92995 | 55280 |
Geekbench 4 - Single Core | 3541 | |
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core | 24681 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD EPYC 7642 | AMD EPYC 7401 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture codename | Zen 2 | Zen |
Launch date | 7 Aug 2019 | June 2017 |
Place in performance rating | 146 | 141 |
Vertical segment | Server | Server |
Family | AMD EPYC | |
Series | AMD EPYC 7000 Series | |
Performance |
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Base frequency | 2.4 GHz | 2 GHz |
L1 cache | 4.5 MB | 96 KB (per core) |
L2 cache | 24 MB | 512 KB (per core) |
L3 cache | 256 MB | 64 MB |
Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 14 nm |
Maximum frequency | 3.4 GHz | 3 GHz |
Number of cores | 48 | 24 |
Number of threads | 96 | 48 |
Unlocked | ||
64 bit support | ||
Die size | 192 mm | |
Transistor count | 4800 million | |
Memory |
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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 |
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Max number of CPUs in a configuration | 2 | 2 |
Sockets supported | SP3 | TR4 |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 225 Watt | 155/170 Watt |
Socket Count | 1P/2P | |
Peripherals |
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Max number of PCIe lanes | 128 | |
PCI Express revision | 4.0 | x128 |
PCIe configurations | x16, x8 | |
Advanced Technologies |
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AMD SenseMI | ||
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3) | ||
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) | ||
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2) | ||
Intel® AES New Instructions | ||
Virtualization |
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AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™) |