EPYC 7261: specs and benchmarks
Summary
AMD started EPYC 7261 sales 14 June 2018. This is a Naples architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at professional systems. It has 8 cores and 16 threads, and is based on 14 nm manufacturing technology, with a max turbo frequency of 2900 MHz and an unlocked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket SP3 processor with a TDP of 170 Watt and a maximum temperature of 81 °C. It supports DDR4-2666 memory.
Primary Details
EPYC 7261 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Server | |
| Series | AMD EPYC | |
| Architecture codename | Naples (2017−2018) | |
| Release date | 14 June 2018 (5 years ago) | |
| Current price | $13.29 | of 15701 (Xeon Platinum 8276L) |
Detailed Specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 8 (Octa-Core) | |
| Threads | 16 | |
| Base clock speed | 2.5 GHz | of 4.7 (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 2.9 GHz | of 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L1 cache | 96K (per core) | of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core) |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | of 98304 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX) |
| L3 cache | 32 MB (shared) | of 768 (EPYC 7373X) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | of 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Die size | 213 mm2 | |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 81 °C | of 105 (Core i7-5950HQ) |
| Number of transistors | 4,800 million | of 9900000 (Ryzen 5 7645HX) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | |
| Unlocked multiplier | Yes |
Compatibility
Information on EPYC 7261 compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | 2 (Multiprocessor) | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | SP3 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 170 Watt | of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by EPYC 7261. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | + | |
| AVX | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| AMD-V | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by EPYC 7261's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2666 | |
| Maximum memory size | 2 TiB | of 786 (Xeon E5-2670 v3) |
| Max memory channels | 8 | of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221) |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 170.671 GB/s | of 460.8 (EPYC 9124) |
| ECC memory support | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | of 5 (Core i9-12900K) |
| PCI Express lanes | 128 |
