AMD EPYC 7551: specs and benchmarks

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Summary

AMD started EPYC 7551 sales 29 June 2017 at a recommended price of $3,400. This is a Naples architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 32 cores and 64 threads, and is based on 14 nm manufacturing technology, with a max turbo frequency of 3000 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.

It provides poor benchmark performance at 14.63% of a leader's which is AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX.

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General info

EPYC 7551 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in performance ranking435
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Value for money21.14
Market segmentServer
SeriesAMD EPYC
Architecture codenameNaples (2017−2018)
Release date29 June 2017 (6 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$3,400of 305 (Core i7-870)
Current price$251 (0.1x MSRP)of 17802 (Threadripper PRO 7995WX)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

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 cores32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads64
Base clock speed2 GHzof 4.7 (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed3 GHzof 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS)
L1 cache96K (per core)of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core)
L2 cache512K (per core)of 36864 (Apple M2 Max)
L3 cache64 MB (shared)of 768 (EPYC 7373X)
Chip lithography14 nmof 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size192 mm2
Number of transistors4,800 millionof 9900000 (Ryzen 5 7645HX)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility-
Unlocked multiplierYes

Compatibility

Information on EPYC 7551 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 configuration2 (Multiprocessor)of 8 (Opteron 842)
SocketTR4
Power consumption (TDP)180 Wattof 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by EPYC 7551. 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 7551's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Eight-channelof 5600 (Ryzen 9 7940HS)
Maximum memory size2 TiBof 786 (Xeon E5-2670 v3)
Max memory channels8of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
Maximum memory bandwidth170.671 GB/sof 460.8 (EPYC 9124)
ECC memory support+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version3.0of 5 (Core i9-12900K)
PCI Express lanes128

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of EPYC 7551. 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.

EPYC 7551 14.63

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 7551 22463

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

EPYC 7551 942

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

EPYC 7551 5942

Gaming performance

Relative perfomance

Overall EPYC 7551 performance compared to nearest competitors among server CPUs.


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