EPYC 7251 vs Xeon 6741P

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon 6741P
2025
48 cores / 96 threads, 300 Watt
57.27
+574%

Xeon 6741P outperforms EPYC 7251 by a whopping 574% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking29979
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data1.92
Market segmentServerServer
Seriesno dataAMD EPYC
Power efficiency8.072.99
DesignerIntelAMD
Architecture codenameno dataNaples (2017−2018)
Release date1 January 2025 (less than a year ago)29 June 2017 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$574

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

Xeon 6741P and EPYC 7251 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 cores48 (Octatetraconta-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads9616
Base clock speed2.5 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz2.9 GHz
Multiplierno data21
L1 cacheno data96K (per core)
L2 cacheno data512K (per core)
L3 cache288 MB32 MB (shared)
Chip lithographyIntel 3 nm14 nm
Die sizeno data192 mm2
Maximum core temperature79 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data4,800 million
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibilityno data-
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon 6741P and EPYC 7251 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 configurationno data2 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFCLGA4710TR4
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt120 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon 6741P and EPYC 7251. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512no data
AES-NI++
AVX-+
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX+-
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Xeon 6741P and EPYC 7251 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data
SGX+no data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon 6741P and EPYC 7251 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon 6741P and EPYC 7251. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5(6400MT/s)DDR4 Eight-channel
Maximum memory size4 TB2 TiB
Max memory channels88
Maximum memory bandwidthno data153.652 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon 6741P and EPYC 7251.

PCIe version5.03.0
PCI Express lanes136128

Synthetic benchmarks

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.

Xeon 6741P 57.27
+574%
EPYC 7251 8.50

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.

Xeon 6741P 100660
+574%
Samples: 1
EPYC 7251 14935
Samples: 7

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 57.27 8.50
Recency 1 January 2025 29 June 2017
Physical cores 48 8
Threads 96 16
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 120 Watt

Xeon 6741P has a 573.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, and 500% more physical cores and 500% more threads.

EPYC 7251, on the other hand, has 150% lower power consumption.

The Intel Xeon 6741P is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD EPYC 7251 in performance tests.

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