EPYC 7551P: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
EPYC 7551P provides good benchmark performance at 24.00% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.
Summary
AMD started EPYC 7551P sales 29 June 2017 at a recommended price of $2,100. 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.
Primary details
EPYC 7551P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | 212 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 4.18 | |
| Market segment | Server | |
| Series | AMD EPYC | |
| Power efficiency | 12.55 | of 100.00 (Core Ultra 7 164U) |
| Architecture codename | Naples (2017−2018) | |
| Release date | 29 June 2017 (7 years ago) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $2,100 | of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L) |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
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 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 3 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| Multiplier | 20 | of 42 (Core i7-7700K) |
| L1 cache | 96K (per core) | of 80 KB (EPYC 9965) |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
| L3 cache | 64 MB (shared) | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Die size | 192 mm2 | |
| Number of transistors | 4,800 million | of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | |
| Unlocked multiplier | + |
Compatibility
Information on EPYC 7551P 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 | 1 (Uniprocessor) | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | TR4 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 180 Watt | of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by EPYC 7551P. 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 7551P's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 Eight-channel | |
| Maximum memory size | 2 TiB | of 6 TiB (EPYC 9124) |
| Max memory channels | 8 | of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221) |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 170.671 GB/s | of 460.8 GB/s (EPYC 9124) |
| ECC memory support | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K) |
| PCI Express lanes | 128 |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of EPYC 7551P. 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.
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.
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.
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.
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