AMD EPYC 7773X vs AMD EPYC 7742

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 7773X and AMD EPYC 7742 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7773X

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.5 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
  • 3x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 19% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2430 vs 2046
  • Around 16% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 109334 vs 94081
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 22 Mar 2022 vs 7 Aug 2019
Maximum frequency 3.5 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
L3 cache 768 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2430 vs 2046
PassMark - CPU mark 109334 vs 94081

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7742

  • Around 24% lower typical power consumption: 225 Watt vs 280 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 225 Watt vs 280 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 7773X
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7742

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2430
2046
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
109334
94081
Name AMD EPYC 7773X AMD EPYC 7742
PassMark - Single thread mark 2430 2046
PassMark - CPU mark 109334 94081

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD EPYC 7773X AMD EPYC 7742

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 3 Zen 2
Launch date 22 Mar 2022 7 Aug 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $8800
OPN PIB 100-100000504WOF
OPN Tray 100-000000504
Place in performance rating 97 216
Vertical segment Server Server

Performance

Base frequency 2.2 GHz 2.25 GHz
L1 cache 4 MB 4 MB
L2 cache 32 MB 32 MB
L3 cache 768 MB 256 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 7 nm, 14 nm
Maximum frequency 3.5 GHz 3.4 GHz
Number of cores 64 64
Number of threads 128 128
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Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 8 8
Maximum memory bandwidth 190.73 GB/s 190.7 GB/s
Maximum memory size 4 TB 4 TB
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4-3200

Compatibility

Configurable TDP 225-280 Watt
Socket Count 1P/2P
Sockets supported SP3 SP3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 280 Watt 225 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™)