AMD EPYC 9224 vs AMD EPYC 7543

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 9224 and AMD EPYC 7543 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 9224

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 5 nm vs 7 nm+
  • Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 200 Watt vs 240 Watt
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2881 vs 2657
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 Nov 2022 vs 15 Mar 2021
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm vs 7 nm+
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 200 Watt vs 240 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2881 vs 2657

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7543

  • 8 more cores, run more applications at once: 32 vs 24
  • 16 more threads: 64 vs 48
  • Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 699050.7x 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 5% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 97348 vs 92518
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 32 vs 24
Number of threads 64 vs 48
L1 cache 2 MB vs 64K (per core)
L2 cache 16 MB vs 1MB (per core)
L3 cache 256 MB vs 64MB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 97348 vs 92518

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 9224
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7543

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2881
2657
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
92518
97348
Name AMD EPYC 9224 AMD EPYC 7543
PassMark - Single thread mark 2881 2657
PassMark - CPU mark 92518 97348

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD EPYC 9224 AMD EPYC 7543

Essentials

Launch date 10 Nov 2022 15 Mar 2021
Launch price (MSRP) $1825 $3761
Place in performance rating 70 75
Architecture codename Zen 3
OPN PIB 100-100000345WOF
OPN Tray 100-000000345
Vertical segment Server

Performance

Base frequency 2.5 GHz 2.8 GHz
Die size 4x 72 mm²
L1 cache 64K (per core) 2 MB
L2 cache 1MB (per core) 16 MB
L3 cache 64MB (shared) 256 MB
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm 7 nm+
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz 3.7 GHz
Number of cores 24 32
Number of threads 48 64
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 225-240 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)
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™)