AMD EPYC 3251

Benchmarks for the AMD EPYC 3251 can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
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AMD EPYC 3251

Description:

Class: Server

Socket: SP4r2

Clockspeed: 2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.1 GHz

Cores: 8 Threads: 16

Typical TDP: 50 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 16 x 64 KB
L1 Data Cache: 16 x 64 KB
L2 Cache: 16 x 512 KB
L3 Cache: 256 MB

Other names: AMD EPYC 3251 8-Core Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2019

CPUmark/$Price: 43.51

Overall Rank:
1306th fastest in multithreading out of 5790 CPUs
2167th fastest in single threading out of 5790 CPUs
585th fastest in out of 1229 Server CPUs

Last Price Change: $315.00 USD (1970-01-01)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

13705

Single Thread Rating

1820

Samples: 22*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 11,690
Thread: 1,440

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD EPYC 3251

Integer Math	48,393 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	25,468 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	37 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	23,242 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	13,741 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	195,936 KBytes/Sec
Physics	780 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	7,106 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,820 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 17th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD EPYC 3251

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 12th of February 2026

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From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 12th of February 2026.

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Server CPUs
As of 18th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX		39,928
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		39,780
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745		34,826
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		34,788
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645		27,565
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		17,233
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		14,252
AMD EPYC 3251		13,705
Hygon C86-3G (OPN:3350)		11,656
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz		11,328
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		10,378

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 18th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		81.31
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		73.68
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645		61.71
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745		57.60
AMD EPYC 3251		43.51
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX		39.93
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz		26.35
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		7.28
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		NA
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		NA
Hygon C86-3G (OPN:3350)		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 18th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745		4,117
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645		3,954
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX		2,680
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz		2,369
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz		2,122
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz		1,931
AMD EPYC 3251		1,820
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz		1,780
Hygon C86-3G (OPN:3350)		1,715
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz		1,329
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz		1,328

Last 5 Baselines for AMD EPYC 3251
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3219144 - Jan 16 2026		13953
BL3218808 - Jan 16 2026		13840
BL3189139 - Jan 05 2026		13751
BL2878099 - Sep 01 2025		12389
BL5095391 - May 28 2025		13989

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for AMD EPYC 3251
As of 18th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD EPYC 3251		13,705
Intel Xeon E-2246G @ 3.60GHz vs AMD EPYC 3251		13,885 (+1.3%)
Intel Xeon W-1250 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD EPYC 3251		13,650 (-0.4%)
Intel Xeon E5-1660 v4 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD EPYC 3251		13,282 (-3.1%)
Intel Xeon E5-2667 v3 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD EPYC 3251		12,399 (-9.5%)
Intel Xeon E5-2667 v2 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD EPYC 3251		12,164 (-11.2%)
Intel Xeon W-1250P @ 4.10GHz vs AMD EPYC 3251		14,383 (+4.9%)
Intel Xeon W-1270TE @ 2.00GHz vs AMD EPYC 3251		13,553 (-1.1%)
Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4 @ 2.20GHz vs AMD EPYC 3251		11,391 (-16.9%)
Intel Xeon E-2226G @ 3.40GHz vs AMD EPYC 3251		11,167 (-18.5%)
Intel Xeon E5-4650 v2 @ 2.40GHz vs AMD EPYC 3251		10,946 (-20.1%)
Intel Xeon W-1270TE @ 2.00GHz vs AMD EPYC 3251		13,553 (-1.1%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6234 @ 3.30GHz vs AMD EPYC 3251		17,274 (+26.0%)

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