AMD EPYC 7F52 vs AMD EPYC 7551

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 7F52 and AMD EPYC 7551 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 7F52

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 30% higher clock speed: 3.9 GHz vs 3 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm, 14 nm vs 14 nm
  • 4x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 36% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2439 vs 1789
  • Around 12% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 64806 vs 57865
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 14 Apr 2020 vs June 2017
Maximum frequency 3.9 GHz vs 3 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm, 14 nm vs 14 nm
L3 cache 256 MB vs 64 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2439 vs 1789
PassMark - CPU mark 64806 vs 57865

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7551

  • Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
  • 16 more cores, run more applications at once: 32 vs 16
  • 32 more threads: 64 vs 32
  • 3x 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 33% lower typical power consumption: 180 Watt vs 240 Watt
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores 32 vs 16
Number of threads 64 vs 32
L1 cache 96 KB (per core) vs 1 MB
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) vs 8 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 180 Watt vs 240 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 7F52
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7551

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2439
1789
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
64806
57865
Name AMD EPYC 7F52 AMD EPYC 7551
PassMark - Single thread mark 2439 1789
PassMark - CPU mark 64806 57865
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 2956
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 20125

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD EPYC 7F52 AMD EPYC 7551

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Zen
Launch date 14 Apr 2020 June 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $3100
OPN PIB 100-000000140WOF
OPN Tray 100-000000140
Place in performance rating 267 258
Vertical segment Server Server
Family AMD EPYC
Price now $3,813.99
Series AMD EPYC 7000 Series
Value for money (0-100) 1.43

Performance

Base frequency 3.5 GHz 2 GHz
L1 cache 1 MB 96 KB (per core)
L2 cache 8 MB 512 KB (per core)
L3 cache 256 MB 64 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm, 14 nm 14 nm
Maximum frequency 3.9 GHz 3 GHz
Number of cores 16 32
Number of threads 32 64
Unlocked
64 bit support
Die size 192 mm
Transistor count 4800 million

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 8 8
Maximum memory bandwidth 190.73 GB/s 341 GB/s
Maximum memory size 4 TB
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4
Supported memory frequency 2666 MHz

Compatibility

Socket Count 1P/2P 1P/2P
Sockets supported SP3 TR4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 240 Watt 180 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 128
PCI Express revision 4.0 x128
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™)