AMD EPYC 7H12 vs AMD EPYC 7742: comparison

Comparison of AMD EPYC 7H12 and AMD EPYC 7742: key differences and a full specification table.

Key differences

AMD EPYC 7H12 has a higher base clock (2.6 GHz vs 2.25 GHz).

At the same time, AMD EPYC 7742 has a higher maximum clock (3.4 GHz vs 3.3 GHz) and a lower TDP (225 W vs 280 W).

Both processors match on: core count (64), thread count (128), L3 cache (256 MB), memory channels (8), PCIe version (4).

These are specification values: they show differences between the models but do not determine a performance winner. For a specific workload, rely on independent benchmarks.

Key specifications

ParameterAMD EPYC 7H12AMD EPYC 7742
Cores / threads 64 / 128 64 / 128
Max boost clock 3.3 GHz 3.4 GHz
L3 cache 256 MB 256 MB
TDP 280 W 225 W

Full specification table

Differing values are highlighted. This is not a better/worse rating: numbers from different architectures are not always comparable.

Parameter AMD EPYC 7H12 AMD EPYC 7742
General
Segment Server Server
Product line AMD EPYC 7002 Series AMD EPYC 7002 Series
Product family AMD EPYC AMD EPYC
Recommended customer price 7.25 USD 6.95 USD
Target workloads Specialized CAE/CFD/FEA Analytics, Cache-sensitive scale-up/out, CAE/CFD/FEA, ERM/SCM/CRM apps, High capacity data mgmt (NR/RDBMS), VM Density
CPU
Cores 64 64
Threads 128 128
Base clock 2.6 GHz 2.25 GHz
Max boost clock 3.3 GHz 3.4 GHz
L3 cache 256 MB 256 MB
TDP 280 W 225 W
Memory
Memory types DDR4 DDR4
Memory channels 8 8
Max memory speed 3.2 GHz 3.2 GHz
Max memory bandwidth 204.8 GB/s 204.8 GB/s
Graphics
Has integrated graphics No No
I/O and interfaces
PCI Express revision 4 4
Package and thermal
Sockets supported SP3 SP3
Max CPU configuration 2 2
Security and virtualization
Supported technologies AMD Infinity Architecture AMD Infinity Architecture
Identifiers
Product ID (OEM) 100-000000055 100-000000053
Product ID (Box) 100-100000055WOF 100-100000053WOF

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