EPYC 7443: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
EPYC 7443 provides good benchmark performance at 35.73% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.
Summary
AMD started EPYC 7443 sales 15 March 2021 at a recommended price of $2,010. This is a Milan architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at professional systems. It has 24 cores and 48 threads, and is based on 7 nm+ manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 4000 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket SP3 processor with a TDP of 200 Watt. It supports DDR4-3200 memory.
Primary details
EPYC 7443 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | 104 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 16.00 | |
| Market segment | Server | |
| Series | AMD EPYC | |
| Power efficiency | 16.91 | of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme) |
| Architecture codename | Milan (2021−2023) | |
| Release date | 15 March 2021 (3 years ago) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $2,010 | of 17,906 (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 | 24 (Tetracosa-Core) | |
| Threads | 48 | |
| Base clock speed | 2.85 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 4 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| Multiplier | 28.5 | of 42 (Core i7-7700K) |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | of 80 KB (EPYC 9965) |
| L2 cache | 512 KB (per core) | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
| L3 cache | 128 MB (shared) | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm+ | of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Die size | 4x 81 mm2 | |
| Number of transistors | 16,600 million | of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + |
Compatibility
Information on EPYC 7443 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 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | SP3 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 200 Watt | of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by EPYC 7443. 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 7443'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 9124) |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 204.795 GB/s | of 460.8 GB/s (EPYC 9124) |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into EPYC 7443.
| Integrated graphics card | N/A |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 4.0 | of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K) |
| PCI Express lanes | 128 |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of EPYC 7443. 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.
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