EPYC 74F3 vs EPYC 7F72

Place in performance ranking	101	66
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	8.30	12.17
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	AMD EPYC	AMD EPYC
Architecture codename	Zen 2 (2019−2020)	Milan (2021)
Release date	14 April 2020 (4 years ago)	15 March 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,450	$2,900
Current price	$3606 (1.5x MSRP)	$2990 (1x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

EPYC 74F3 has 47% better value for money than EPYC 7F72.

Detailed specifications

EPYC 7F72 and EPYC 74F3 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	24 (Tetracosa-Core)	24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads	48	48
Base clock speed	3.2 GHz	2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	4 GHz
L1 cache	96K (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512K (per core)	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	192 MB (shared)	256 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	7 nm, 14 nm	7 nm+
Die size	74 mm²	4x 81 mm²
Number of transistors	3,800 million	33,200 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	Yes	Yes

Compatibility

Information on EPYC 7F72 and EPYC 74F3 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	2
Socket	SP3	SP3
Power consumption (TDP)	240 Watt	240 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by EPYC 7F72 and EPYC 74F3. 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 7F72 and EPYC 74F3 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by EPYC 7F72 and EPYC 74F3. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-3200	DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size	4 TiB	4 TiB
Max memory channels	8	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	204.763 GB/s	204.795 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

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N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by EPYC 7F72 and EPYC 74F3.

PCIe version	4.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	128

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 7F72 34.01

EPYC 74F3 39.22
+15.3%

EPYC 74F3 outperforms EPYC 7F72 by 15% based on our aggregate 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 7F72 52597

EPYC 74F3 60666
+15.3%

EPYC 74F3 outperforms EPYC 7F72 by 15% in Passmark.