AMD EPYC 9124 vs AMD EPYC 7351

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 9124 and AMD EPYC 7351 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, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 9124

  • CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 28% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 2.9 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 5 nm vs 14 nm
  • Around 34% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2346 vs 1747
  • 2.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 63027 vs 25431
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 Nov 2022 vs June 2017
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz vs 2.9 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm vs 14 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2346 vs 1747
PassMark - CPU mark 63027 vs 25431

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7351

  • Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
  • Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 524288x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 1048576x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 18% lower typical power consumption: 155/170 Watt vs 200 Watt
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked
L1 cache 96 KB (per core) vs 64K (per core)
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) vs 1MB (per core)
L3 cache 64 MB vs 64MB (shared)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 155/170 Watt vs 200 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 9124
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7351

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2346
1747
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
63027
25431
Name AMD EPYC 9124 AMD EPYC 7351
PassMark - Single thread mark 2346 1747
PassMark - CPU mark 63027 25431
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 3547
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 23587

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD EPYC 9124 AMD EPYC 7351

Essentials

Launch date 10 Nov 2022 June 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $1083
Place in performance rating 310 263
Architecture codename Zen
Family AMD EPYC
Series AMD EPYC 7000 Series
Vertical segment Server

Performance

Base frequency 3 GHz 2.4 GHz
Die size 4x 72 mm² 192 mm
L1 cache 64K (per core) 96 KB (per core)
L2 cache 1MB (per core) 512 KB (per core)
L3 cache 64MB (shared) 64 MB
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm 14 nm
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz 2.9 GHz
Number of cores 16 16
Number of threads 32 32
Transistor count 26,280 million 4800 million
Unlocked
64 bit support

Memory

ECC memory support
Supported memory types DDR5-4800 MHz, Twelve-channel DDR4
Max memory channels 8
Maximum memory bandwidth 307/341 GB/s
Supported memory frequency 2400/2666 MHz

Compatibility

Configurable TDP 200-240 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 2
Sockets supported SP5 TR4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 200 Watt 155/170 Watt
Socket Count 1P/2P

Peripherals

PCIe configurations Gen 5, 128 Lanes, (CPU only)
PCI Express revision x128

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)