AMD EPYC 7502: specs and benchmarks

Summary

AMD started AMD EPYC 7502 sales 7 August 2019 at a recommended price of $2,600. This is Zen 2 architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at professional systems. It has 32 cores and 64 threads, and is based on 7 nm, 14 nm manufacturing technology, with a max turbo frequency of 3350 MHz and an unlocked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket TR4 processor with a TDP of 180 Watt. It supports DDR4 Eight-channel memory.

General info

EPYC 7502 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in performance rating	54
Value for money	7.63
Market segment	Server
Series	AMD EPYC
Architecture codename	Zen 2 (2019−2020)
Release date	7 August 2019 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,600	of 305 (Core i7-870)
Current price	$3299 (1.3x MSRP)	of 18995 (Xeon Platinum 8280L)

Technical specs

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	32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads	64
Base clock speed	2.5 GHz	of 4.7 (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed	3.35 GHz	of 5.8 (Core i9-13900K)
L1 cache	96K (per core)	of 1536 (EPYC Embedded 3401)
L2 cache	512K (per core)	of 12288 (Core 2 Quad Q9550)
L3 cache	128 MB (shared)	of 32 (Ryzen Threadripper 1998)
Chip lithography	7 nm, 14 nm	of 5 (Apple M1)
Die size	192 mm2
Number of transistors	4,800 million	of 9900000 (Ryzen 9 7950X)
64 bit support	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+
Unlocked multiplier	+

Compatibility

Information on EPYC 7502 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	TR4
Thermal design power (TDP)	180 Watt	of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by EPYC 7502. 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 7502's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4 Eight-channel	of 5200 (Ryzen 5 7600X)
Maximum memory size	4 TiB	of 786 (Xeon E5-2670 v3)
Max memory channels	8	of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
Maximum memory bandwidth	204.763 GB/s	of 281.6 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
ECC memory support	+

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of EPYC 7502. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Overall 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.

Relative perfomance

Overall EPYC 7502 performance compared to nearest competitors among server CPUs.

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