EPYC 7473X: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
EPYC 7473X provides good benchmark performance at 36.95% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.
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Summary
AMD started EPYC 7473X sales 22 March 2022. This is a Milan-X 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 3700 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket SP3 processor with a TDP of 240 Watt. It supports DDR4-3200 memory.
Primary details
EPYC 7473X processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | 97 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Server | |
| Power efficiency | 14.78 | of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme) |
| Designer | AMD | |
| Manufacturer | TSMC | |
| Architecture codename | Milan-X (2022) | |
| Release date | 22 March 2022 (3 years ago) |
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 | 2.8 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 3.7 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | of 80 KB (EPYC 9965) |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
| L3 cache | 768 MB (shared) | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Die size | 8x 81 mm2 | |
| Number of transistors | 33,200 million | of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X) |
| 64 bit support | - |
Compatibility
Information on EPYC 7473X 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) | 240 Watt | of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by EPYC 7473X. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | + | |
| AVX | + | |
| Precision Boost 2 | + |
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 7473X's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-3200 |
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 7473X. 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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
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