AMD EPYC 9124 vs AMD EPYC 7F52

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 9124 and AMD EPYC 7F52 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.

AMD EPYC 9124

AMD EPYC 7F52

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 9124

CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 5 nm vs 7 nm, 14 nm
Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 200 Watt vs 240 Watt

Launch date	10 Nov 2022 vs 14 Apr 2020
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 7 nm, 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt vs 240 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7F52

Around 5% higher clock speed: 3.9 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
524288x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
4194304x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2439 vs 2346
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 64806 vs 63027

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.9 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
L2 cache	8 MB vs 1MB (per core)
L3 cache	256 MB vs 64MB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2439 vs 2346
PassMark - CPU mark	64806 vs 63027

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 9124
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7F52

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2346

2439

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

63027

64806

Name	AMD EPYC 9124	AMD EPYC 7F52
PassMark - Single thread mark	2346	2439
PassMark - CPU mark	63027	64806

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD EPYC 9124	AMD EPYC 7F52
Essentials
Launch date	10 Nov 2022	14 Apr 2020
Launch price (MSRP)	$1083	$3100
Place in performance rating	314	266
Architecture codename		Zen 2
OPN PIB		100-000000140WOF
OPN Tray		100-000000140
Vertical segment		Server
Performance
Base frequency	3 GHz	3.5 GHz
Die size	4x 72 mm²
L1 cache	64K (per core)	1 MB
L2 cache	1MB (per core)	8 MB
L3 cache	64MB (shared)	256 MB
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	7 nm, 14 nm
Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz	3.9 GHz
Number of cores	16	16
Number of threads	32	32
Transistor count	26,280 million
Unlocked
Memory
ECC memory support
Supported memory types	DDR5-4800 MHz, Twelve-channel	DDR4-3200
Max memory channels		8
Maximum memory bandwidth		190.73 GB/s
Maximum memory size		4 TB
Compatibility
Configurable TDP	200-240 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2
Sockets supported	SP5	SP3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt	240 Watt
Socket Count		1P/2P
Peripherals
PCIe configurations	Gen 5, 128 Lanes, (CPU only)	x16, x8
Max number of PCIe lanes		128
PCI Express revision		4.0
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™)