AMD releases higher clocked Epyc server processors with 8, 16 and 24 cores

AMD adds the Epyc 7F32, 7F52 and 7F72 to its lineup. The CPUs for servers with turbo speeds of up to 3.9GHz are clocked considerably higher than previous models. The CPUs are used by manufacturers such as Dell, HPE, IBM and Lenovo.

The Epyc 7F32 and 7F52, with 8 and 16 cores, are equipped with 16MB L3 cache per core. The Epyc 7F72 is a 24 core variant with less L3 cache; 8MB per core. As a result, that variant is also cheaper than the 7F52 with fewer cores. The three new Epyc processors all have more cache than the models that AMD released earlier with the same number of cores.

The maximum turbo speed of the new CPUs is between 400 and 600MHz higher than previous Epyc CPUs with similar core numbers. The F models are the fastest clocked Epyc CPUs to date. The base clock is also much higher. The CPUs can be used in two-socket systems.

According to AMD, the new Epyc CPUs are particularly suitable for working with databases and other workloads that benefit from high clock speeds. In the announcement AMD mentions a list of companies that will use the CPUs in servers. It lists Dell Technologies, HPE, IBM Cloud, Lenovo, Microsoft, Nutanix, Supermicro and VMware. Reviews of the Epyc 7F52 have appeared on AnandTech and ServeTheHome.

The new server processors are an addition to the original lineup, which was announced last August. In the meantime, AMD also came up with a higher clocked Epyc processor with 64 cores, the 7H12. In addition, the manufacturer presented a number of cheaper variants of Epyc CPUs with 64 cores.