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[Dual CPU] AMD EPYC 7542

Benchmarks for the [Dual CPU] AMD EPYC 7542 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.

[Dual CPU] AMD EPYC 7542

Description:

Class: Server

Socket: SP3

Clockspeed: 2.9 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.4 GHz

Cores: 32# Threads: 64#

Typical TDP: 225 W#

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 512 KB
L3 Cache: 16 MB

Other names: AMD EPYC 7542 32-Core Processor

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2019

CPUmark/$Price: 54.51

Overall Rank:
140th fastest in multithreading out of all multi-CPU CPUs

Last Price Change: $1,353.18 USD Total for 2 CPUs (2025-12-09)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
73758
Single Thread Rating
2011

Samples: 15*
*Margin for error: Medium

#The number of cores/threads and TDP is per CPU. To determine the total, multiply by the total CPU count.

CPU Test Suite Average Results for [Dual CPU] AMD EPYC 7542

Integer Math414,579 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math247,274 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers552 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting177,688 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption123,553 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression1,825,629 KBytes/Sec
Physics7,857 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions109,365 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread2,011 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 11th of December 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for [Dual CPU] AMD EPYC 7542

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 6th of December 2025
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 6th of December 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

MerchantPricePurchase
Amazon.com$668.79 USDBuy Now!
NewEgg.comNACPU Not Available. See Other Models
BestBuy.comNACPU Not Available. See Other Models
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Pricing History


CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Server CPUs
As of 11th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
[Dual CPU] AMD EPYC 7542
 73,758
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX
 39,929
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz
 39,780
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz
 34,975
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745
 34,827
ARM Neoverse-N1 64 Core 0 MHz
 28,040
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645
 27,565
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 17,267
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 14,250
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz
 10,386
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz
 9,307
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 11th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 81.47
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 73.67
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645
 61.71
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745
 57.60
[Dual CPU] AMD EPYC 7542
 54.51
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz
 40.47
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX
 36.30
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz
 7.29
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz
 NA
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz
 NA
ARM Neoverse-N1 64 Core 0 MHz
 NA
Single Thread Rating
As of 11th of December 2025 - 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
 2,679
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 @ 3.50GHz
 2,123
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz
 2,038
[Dual CPU] AMD EPYC 7542
 2,011
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 1,932
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 1,784
ARM Neoverse-N1 128 Core 3000 MHz
 1,329
ARM Neoverse-N1 80 Core 3000 MHz
 1,328
ARM Neoverse-N1 64 Core 0 MHz
 1,093
Last 5 Baselines for [Dual CPU] AMD EPYC 7542
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL3068715 - Nov 20 2025 [Excluded]
7651
BL3068564 - Nov 20 2025 [Excluded]
7785
BL2996019 - Oct 22 2025 [Excluded]
8032
BL2707299 - Jun 19 2025
73275
BL2705497 - Jun 18 2025
72161
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD EPYC 7542
As of 11th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD EPYC 7542
 73,758
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX vs AMD EPYC 7542
 62,261 (-15.6%)
AMD EPYC 7513 vs AMD EPYC 7542
 59,745 (-19.0%)
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX vs AMD EPYC 7542
 66,638 (-9.7%)
AMD EPYC 7702P vs AMD EPYC 7542
 63,692 (-13.6%)
Intel Xeon Gold 5512U vs AMD EPYC 7542
 60,367 (-18.2%)
AMD EPYC 7443P vs AMD EPYC 7542
 56,808 (-23.0%)
AMD EPYC 7502P vs AMD EPYC 7542
 51,206 (-30.6%)
AMD EPYC 7452 vs AMD EPYC 7542
 45,764 (-38.0%)
AMD EPYC 7643 vs AMD EPYC 7542
 76,050 (+3.1%)
AMD EPYC 7H12 vs AMD EPYC 7542
 69,633 (-5.6%)
AMD EPYC 7642 vs AMD EPYC 7542
 59,333 (-19.6%)
AMD EPYC 7552 vs AMD EPYC 7542
 57,414 (-22.2%)