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EPYC 7281 16-Core

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Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

Average Bench: 55% (680th of 1442)

Based on 13 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00800F12 Model: AMD EPYC 7281 16-Core Processor
Poor: 46%Average: 55% Great: 68%
Gaming
Gaming 55%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 56%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 65%
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Average average bench

The AMD EPYC 7281 16-Core averaged 45.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Multi Core Speed 1,546Pts
Avg. Memory Latency 59.2Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD EPYC 7281 16-Core is 22.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD EPYC 7281 16-Core performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Octa Core Speed 459Pts
Avg. Single Core Speed 71.6Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 13 samples)
Rank 68055%
Min Avg Max
44.2 Memory 59.2 74.4
35.9 1-Core 71.6 83.6
74.7 2-Core 143 167
52.2% 91.4 Pts
Min Avg Max
149 4-Core 274 332
238 8-Core 459 582
44.5% 366 Pts
Min Avg Max
239 64-Core 1,546 1,842
95.7% 1,546 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
CPU1, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads
Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg)
65.6% Good
Memory 71.7
1-Core 83.6
2-Core 167
62% 107 Pts
4-Core 321
8-Core 484
50% 403 Pts
64-Core 1,715
106% 1,715 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads
Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg)
63.9% Good
Memory 72.6
1-Core 83
2-Core 164
62% 107 Pts
4-Core 298
8-Core 461
47% 379 Pts
64-Core 1,788
111% 1,788 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads
Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg)
52.6% Above average
Memory 52
1-Core 83.1
2-Core 160
54% 98.4 Pts
4-Core 285
8-Core 522
48% 404 Pts
64-Core 1,698
105% 1,698 Pts
CPU1, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads
Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg)
52.4% Above average
Memory 49.7
1-Core 81.6
2-Core 158
53% 96.3 Pts
4-Core 296
8-Core 527
50% 411 Pts
64-Core 1,583
98% 1,583 Pts
CPU1, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads
Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg)
48.7% Average
Memory 44.2
1-Core 72.2
2-Core 145
48% 87 Pts
4-Core 284
8-Core 540
49% 412 Pts
64-Core 1627
101% 1627 Pts
None, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 2.1 GHz (avg)
38.2% Below average
Memory 48.9
1-Core 35.9
2-Core 74.7
33% 53.2 Pts
4-Core 149
8-Core 238
24% 194 Pts
64-Core 239
15% 239 Pts
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