EPYC 7542 vs EPYC 7502

Place in performance ranking	119	115
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	7.88	13.19
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	AMD EPYC	AMD EPYC
Architecture codename	Zen 2 (2019−2020)	Zen 2 (2019−2020)
Release date	7 August 2019 (4 years old)	7 August 2019 (4 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,600	$3,400
Current price	$3299 (1.3x MSRP)	$2009 (0.6x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

EPYC 7542 has 67% better value for money than EPYC 7502.

Technical specs

EPYC 7502 and EPYC 7542 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	32 (Dotriaconta-Core)	32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads	64	64
Base clock speed	2.5 GHz	2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.35 GHz	3.4 GHz
L1 cache	96K (per core)	96K (per core)
L2 cache	512K (per core)	512K (per core)
L3 cache	128 MB (shared)	128 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	7 nm, 14 nm	7 nm, 14 nm
Die size	192 mm²	192 mm²
Number of transistors	4,800 million	4,800 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	Yes	Yes

Compatibility

Information on EPYC 7502 and EPYC 7542 compatibility with other computer components: 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)	2 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	TR4	SP3
Power consumption (TDP)	180 Watt	225 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by EPYC 7502 and EPYC 7542. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by EPYC 7502 and EPYC 7542 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by EPYC 7502 and EPYC 7542. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4 Eight-channel	DDR4 Eight-channel
Maximum memory size	4 TiB	4 TiB
Max memory channels	8	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	204.763 GB/s	204.763 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score 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.

EPYC 7502 30.70

EPYC 7542 31.09
+1.3%

EPYC 7542 outperforms EPYC 7502 by 1% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

EPYC 7502 47021

EPYC 7542 47626
+1.3%

EPYC 7542 outperforms EPYC 7502 by 1% in Passmark.