AMD Epyc 7551 vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  AMD Epyc AMD Ryzen
• Generation
  1 2
• CPU group
  AMD Epyc 7001 AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2000
• Successor
  AMD Epyc 7552 --

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  2.00 GHz 3.00 GHz
• CPU Cores
  32 32
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.00 GHz 4.20 GHz
• CPU Threads
  64 64
• Turbo (32 Cores)
  2.55 GHz 3.00 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Core architecture
  normal normal

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.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• h264
  No No
• VP9
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  No No
• VC-1
  No No
• JPEG
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX and AMD Epyc 7551. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-2666 DDR4-2933
• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Memory channels
  8 4
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0
• PCIe lanes
  128 64

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Epyc 7551 and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  180 W 250 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Epyc 7551 and AMD Epyc 7551, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM AMD-V, SVM
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L3-Cache
  64.00 MB 64.00 MB
• Architecture
  Naples (Zen) Colfax (Zen+)
• Technology
  14 nm 12 nm
• Socket
  SP3 TR4 (SP3r2)
• Release date
  Q3/2017 Q3/2018