AMD Epyc 7542 vs AMD Epyc 7552. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  AMD Epyc 7002 AMD Epyc 7002
• Family
  AMD Epyc AMD Epyc
• Generation
  2 2
• Predecessor
  - AMD Epyc 7551
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  2.9 GHz 2.2 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  32 48
• CPU Threads
  64 96
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.4 GHz 3.3 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (32 Cores)
  3.2 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (48 Cores)
  - 2.5 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  no iGPU no iGPU
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  No No
• VC-1
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Epyc 7552 and AMD Epyc 7542. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Memory channels
  8 8
• Memory type
  DDR4-3200 DDR4-3200
• PCIe lanes
  128 128
• PCIe version
  4.0 4.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Epyc 7542 and AMD Epyc 7552 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  225 W 200 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Epyc 7542 and AMD Epyc 7552, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Rome (Zen 2) Rome (Zen 2)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L3-Cache
  128.00 MB 192.00 MB
• Release date
  Q3/2019 Q3/2019
• Socket
  SP3 SP3
• Technology
  7 nm 7 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM AMD-V, SVM