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AMD EPYC 7281

Benchmarks for the AMD EPYC 7281 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.
  • The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

AMD EPYC 7281

Description:

Class: Server

Socket: SP3

Clockspeed: 2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed: 2.7 GHz

Cores: 16 Threads: 32

Typical TDP: 155 W

TDP Up: 170 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 16 x 64 KB
L1 Data Cache: 16 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 16 x 512 KB
L3 Cache: 32 MB

Other names: AMD EPYC 7281 16-Core Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2017

CPUmark/$Price: 27.49

Overall Rank:
840th fastest in multithreading out of 5812 CPUs
2501st fastest in single threading out of 5812 CPUs
434th fastest in out of 1235 Server CPUs

Last Price Change: $786.61 USD (2025-12-17)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
21621
Single Thread Rating
1626

Samples: 3*
*Margin for error: High

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD EPYC 7281

Integer Math88,137 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math45,763 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers53 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting41,205 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption24,633 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression369,254 KBytes/Sec
Physics946 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions14,062 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,626 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 9th of March 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD EPYC 7281

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 4th of March 2026


Not Enough Data from Current Version of PerformanceTest to Create Distribution Graph.

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 4th of March 2026.

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Pricing History


CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Server CPUs
As of 10th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz
 39,780
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745
 34,824
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz
 34,788
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645
 27,565
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U
 23,985
AMD EPYC 7281
 21,621
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 17,228
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 14,255
Hygon C86-3G (OPN:3350)
 11,656
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz
 11,313
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz
 10,377
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 10th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 81.28
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 73.69
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645
 61.71
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745
 57.60
AMD EPYC 7281
 27.49
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz
 26.31
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
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840U
 NA
Single Thread Rating
As of 10th of March 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 7 PRO 8840U
 3,654
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v4 @ 3.60GHz
 2,367
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz
 2,122
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 1,931
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 1,780
Hygon C86-3G (OPN:3350)
 1,715
AMD EPYC 7281
 1,626
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz
 1,329
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz
 1,328
Last 5 Baselines for AMD EPYC 7281
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL5112852 - Feb 04 2026 [Excluded]
1279
BL2047070 - Mar 10 2024
20899
BL5043143 - Aug 02 2023 [Excluded]
2884
BL1798820 - Apr 19 2023 [Excluded]
13713
BL5019617 - Jul 26 2022
22733
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD EPYC 7281
As of 10th of March 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD EPYC 7281
 21,621
Intel Xeon Gold 6130 @ 2.10GHz vs AMD EPYC 7281
 21,253 (-1.7%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6136 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD EPYC 7281
 21,015 (-2.8%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6146 @ 3.20GHz vs AMD EPYC 7281
 22,415 (+3.7%)
Intel Xeon E5-2698 v4 @ 2.20GHz vs AMD EPYC 7281
 22,645 (+4.7%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4216 @ 2.10GHz vs AMD EPYC 7281
 21,074 (-2.5%)
Intel Xeon E5-2687W v4 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD EPYC 7281
 17,764 (-17.8%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6242 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD EPYC 7281
 24,303 (+12.4%)
Intel Xeon W-2265 @ 3.50GHz vs AMD EPYC 7281
 25,732 (+19.0%)
Intel Xeon Gold 5220 @ 2.20GHz vs AMD EPYC 7281
 24,480 (+13.2%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6208U @ 2.90GHz vs AMD EPYC 7281
 24,480 (+13.2%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6140 @ 2.30GHz vs AMD EPYC 7281
 24,187 (+11.9%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4310 @ 2.10GHz vs AMD EPYC 7281
 21,635 (+0.1%)