AMD EPYC 72F3 Benchmark, Test and specs

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The AMD EPYC 72F3 has 8 cores with 16 threads and is based on the 3. gen of the AMD EPYC series. The processor uses a mainboard with the SP3 socket and was released in Q1/2021. The AMD EPYC 72F3 scores 1,512 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 13,080 points.
AMD EPYC 72F3

At a glance

Name: AMD EPYC 72F3
Family: AMD EPYC (145)
CPU group: AMD EPYC 7003 (29)
Architecture: Milan (Zen 3)
Technology: 7 nm
Segment: Server
Generation: 3
Predecessor: --
Successor: --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD EPYC 72F3 has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 16 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD EPYC 72F3 is 3.70 GHz (4.10 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads: 8 / 16
Core architecture: normal
Cores: 8x Zen 3
Hyperthreading / SMT: Yes
Overclocking: No
Frequency: 3.70 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core): 4.10 GHz
Turbo Frequency (8 Cores): 3.90 GHz

Memory & PCIe

The processor can use up to 4096 GB memory in 8 (Octa Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 204.8 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
DDR4-3200
204.8 GB/s
Max. Memory: 4096 GB
Memory channels: 8 (Octa Channel)
ECC: Yes
PCIe: 4.0 x 128
PCIe Bandwidth: 252.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 180 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP): 180 W
TDP (PL2): --
TDP up: 200 W
TDP down: 165 W
Tjunction max.: --

Technical details

The AMD EPYC 72F3 is made in 7 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 256.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology: 7 nm
Chip design: Chiplet
Socket: SP3
L2-Cache: --
L3-Cache: 256.00 MB
AES-NI: Yes
Operating systems: Windows 10, Linux
Virtualization: AMD-V, SVM
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
Release date: Q1/2021
Release price: 2468 $
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet

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Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the AMD EPYC 72F3 have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.


Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD EPYC 9554 AMD EPYC 9554
64C 128T @ 3.75 GHz
1568
AMD EPYC 9654 AMD EPYC 9654
96C 192T @ 3.70 GHz
1529
AMD EPYC 9654P AMD EPYC 9654P
96C 192T @ 3.70 GHz
1529
AMD EPYC 72F3 AMD EPYC 72F3
8C 16T @ 4.10 GHz
1512
AMD EPYC 75F3 AMD EPYC 75F3
32C 64T @ 4.00 GHz
1458
AMD EPYC 74F3 AMD EPYC 74F3
24C 48T @ 4.00 GHz
1436
AMD EPYC 7443P AMD EPYC 7443P
24C 48T @ 4.00 GHz
1436

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD EPYC 7F52 AMD EPYC 7F52
16C 32T @ 3.70 GHz
14477
AMD EPYC 7401 AMD EPYC 7401
24C 48T @ 2.80 GHz
14101
AMD EPYC 7401P AMD EPYC 7401P
24C 48T @ 2.80 GHz
13986
AMD EPYC 72F3 AMD EPYC 72F3
8C 16T @ 3.90 GHz
13080
AMD EPYC 7351P AMD EPYC 7351P
16C 32T @ 2.90 GHz
12186
AMD EPYC 7272 AMD EPYC 7272
12C 24T @ 3.10 GHz
11189
AMD EPYC 7F32 AMD EPYC 7F32
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
10947

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
AMD EPYC 7302P AMD EPYC 7302P
16C 32T @ 3.20 GHz
32547
AMD EPYC 7282 AMD EPYC 7282
16C 32T @ 3.00 GHz
29488
AMD EPYC 7401P AMD EPYC 7401P
24C 48T @ 2.80 GHz
28283
AMD EPYC 72F3 AMD EPYC 72F3
8C 16T @ 3.90 GHz
27253
AMD EPYC 7272 AMD EPYC 7272
12C 24T @ 3.10 GHz
25571
AMD EPYC 7351P AMD EPYC 7351P
16C 32T @ 2.90 GHz
25488
AMD EPYC 7501 AMD EPYC 7501
32C 64T @ 2.60 GHz
24936

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