EPYC 7343: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
EPYC 7343 provides good benchmark performance at 28.04% of a leader's which is a 96-core Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX.
Summary
AMD started EPYC 7343 sales 12 January 2021 at a recommended price of $1,565. This is a Milan architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at professional systems. It has 16 cores and 32 threads, and is based on 7 nm+ manufacturing technology, with a max turbo frequency of 3900 MHz and an unlocked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket SP3 processor with a TDP of 190 Watt. It supports DDR4-3200 memory.
Primary details
EPYC 7343 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in performance ranking | 167 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 13.94 | |
| Market segment | Server | |
| Series | AMD EPYC | |
| Architecture codename | Milan (2021−2023) | |
| Release date | 12 January 2021 (3 years ago) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1,565 | of 17,906 (tray) (Xeon Platinum 8280L) |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
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 | 16 (Hexadeca-Core) | |
| Threads | 32 | |
| Base clock speed | 3.2 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (Ryzen 9 7900X) |
| Boost clock speed | 3.9 GHz | of 50 MHz (i486DX-50) |
| Multiplier | 32 | of 42 (Core i7-7700K) |
| L1 cache | 1 MB | of 7475.2 KB (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core) |
| L2 cache | 8 MB | of 98304 KB (EPYC 9654) |
| L3 cache | 128 MB (shared) | of 1179648 KB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm+ | of 0.18 µm (K6-2+/450ACZ) |
| Die size | 4x 81 mm2 | |
| Number of transistors | 16,600 million | of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | |
| Unlocked multiplier | + |
Compatibility
Information on EPYC 7343 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 | of 8 (Xeon Platinum 8454H) |
| Socket | SP3 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 190 Watt | of 462 Watt (Xeon w9-3595X) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by EPYC 7343. 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 7343's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-3200 | |
| Maximum memory size | 4 TiB | of 6 TiB (EPYC 9654) |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 204.795 GB/s | of 460.8 GB/s (EPYC 9654) |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into EPYC 7343.
| Integrated graphics card | N/A |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 4.0 | of 5.0 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX) |
| PCI Express lanes | 128 |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of EPYC 7343. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
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