AMD Epyc 7251

The AMD Epyc 7251 operates with:

CPU Cores 8.

CPU Threads: 16.

Performance-enhancing, system-enhancing technology that works faster and saves battery with:

Turbo: 2.90 GHz base 2.90 GHz all cores.

TDP: 120 W.

The processor is attached to:

CPU socket: SP3.

This version includes

32.00 MB of L3 cache on one chip

Supports 8 memory channels to support DDR4-2666 RAM and features 3.0 PCIe Gen 128 lanes.

Tjunction keeps below -- degrees C.

In particular, Naples (Zen) Architecture is enhanced with:

Technology: 14 nm

Virtualization AMD-V, SVM.

The product was released on Q3/2017.

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CPU generation and family

Name:

AMD Epyc 7251

Family:

AMD Epyc

CPU group:

AMD Epyc 7001

Predecessor:

Segment:

Desktop / Server

Generation:

Successor:

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Frequency:

2.10 GHz

Turbo (1 Core):

2.90 GHz

Turbo (64 Cores)::

Hyperthreading:

Yes

Core architecture:

normal

CPU Cores:

CPU Threads:

Overclocking:

Memory & PCIe

Memory type:

DDR4-2666

PCIe version:

3.0

Memory channels:

PCIe version:

3.0

PCIe lanes:

128

Encryption

AES-NI:

Yes

Internal Graphics

Memory type:

DDR4-2666

GPU name:

no iGPU

GPU frequency:

GPU (Turbo):

No turbo

Generation:

DirectX Version:

Execution units:

Shader:

Max memory:

Max. displays:

Technology:

14 nm

Release date:

Technical details

Instruction set (ISA):

x86-64 (64 bit)

Architecture:

Naples (Zen)

L2-Cache:

Virtualization:

AMD-V, SVM

L3-Cache:

32.00 MB

Release date:

Q3/2017

Socket:

SP3

Thermal Management

TDP (PL1):

120 W

TDP (PL2):

TDP Up:

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.

Intel Core i7-4558U 129 (47%)

Intel Pentium G3258 129 (47%)

Intel Pentium G3420 129 (47%)

AMD Epyc 7251 128 (46%)

Intel Celeron G5900TE 128 (46%)

AMD Epyc 7351 128 (46%)

AMD Epyc 7351P 128 (46%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.

Intel Xeon E-2176M 1095 (10%)

AMD Ryzen 5 1600 1094 (10%)

AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 1600 1094 (10%)

AMD Epyc 7251 1093 (10%)

Intel Core i7-4960X 1092 (10%)

Intel Xeon E5-1660 v2 1092 (10%)

Intel Core i7-5820K 1085 (10%)

Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 3 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.

Intel Core i5-4590 3412 (49%)

Intel Core i5-4590S 3412 (49%)

Intel Core i3-4360T 3411 (49%)

AMD Epyc 7251 3410 (49%)

AMD Epyc 7351 3410 (49%)

AMD Epyc 7351P 3410 (49%)

Intel Core i3-8300T 3408 (49%)

Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 3 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.

Intel Xeon Silver 4108 19041 (20%)

Intel Core i5-8600 19037 (20%)

Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3 18984 (20%)

AMD Epyc 7251 18947 (20%)

Intel Core i5-8400 18923 (20%)

Intel Xeon E5-1660 v2 18720 (20%)

Intel Core i7-7700K 18702 (20%)

Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.

Intel Core i7-3960X 1.57 (60%)

Intel Xeon E5-2623 v3 1.57 (60%)

Intel Xeon E5-2630L v3 1.57 (60%)

AMD Epyc 7251 1.57 (60%)

Intel Xeon E3-1235L v5 1.56 (60%)

Intel Xeon Silver 4112 1.55 (59%)

Intel Core i7-5850EQ 1.55 (59%)

Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.

Intel Core i5-8600K 11.09 (20%)

Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2 11.07 (20%)

Intel Core i7-5820K 11.05 (20%)

AMD Epyc 7251 11.04 (20%)

Intel Core i7-7700K 10.94 (20%)

Intel Core i7-4930K 10.83 (20%)

Intel Core i7-7740X 10.73 (19%)

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Intel Core i5-9400 12051 (14%)

Intel Core i7-7740X 11855 (13%)

Intel Core i5-8600 11816 (13%)

AMD Epyc 7251 11809 (13%)

Intel Core i5-8400 11745 (13%)

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Intel Core i7-8700T 11653 (13%)