AMD EPYC 7F52 vs AMD EPYC 7542

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 7F52 and AMD EPYC 7542 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 7F52

  • CPU is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
  • Around 15% higher clock speed: 3.9 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
  • 2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 18% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2439 vs 2073
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 14 Apr 2020 vs 7 Aug 2019
Maximum frequency 3.9 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
L3 cache 256 MB vs 128 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2439 vs 2073

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7542

  • 16 more cores, run more applications at once: 32 vs 16
  • 32 more threads: 64 vs 32
  • 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
  • Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 225 Watt vs 240 Watt
  • Around 14% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 73885 vs 64806
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 32 vs 16
Number of threads 64 vs 32
L1 cache 2 MB vs 1 MB
L2 cache 16 MB vs 8 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 225 Watt vs 240 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 73885 vs 64806

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 7F52
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7542

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2439
2073
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
64806
73885
Name AMD EPYC 7F52 AMD EPYC 7542
PassMark - Single thread mark 2439 2073
PassMark - CPU mark 64806 73885

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD EPYC 7F52 AMD EPYC 7542

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Zen 2
Launch date 14 Apr 2020 7 Aug 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $3100 $3400
OPN PIB 100-000000140WOF 100-100000075WOF
OPN Tray 100-000000140 100-000000075
Place in performance rating 267 292
Vertical segment Server Server

Performance

Base frequency 3.5 GHz 2.9 GHz
L1 cache 1 MB 2 MB
L2 cache 8 MB 16 MB
L3 cache 256 MB 128 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm, 14 nm 7 nm, 14 nm
Maximum frequency 3.9 GHz 3.4 GHz
Number of cores 16 32
Number of threads 32 64
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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

Socket Count 1P/2P 1P/2P
Sockets supported SP3 SP3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 240 Watt 225 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™)