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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: 72.32

Overall Rank:
798th fastest in multithreading out of 5478 CPUs
2420th fastest in single threading out of 5478 CPUs
416th fastest in out of 1184 Server CPUs

Last Price Change: $298.95 USD (2025-10-27)

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 7th of December 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD EPYC 7281

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 3rd of December 2025


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

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 3rd of December 2025.

MerchantPricePurchase
Amazon.com$298.95 USDBuy Now!
NewEgg.com$769.13 USDBuy Now!
BestBuy.comNACPU Not Available. See Other Models
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Pricing History


CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Server CPUs
As of 8th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
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
AMD EPYC 7281
 21,621
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 17,281
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 14,263
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 8th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 81.54
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 73.73
AMD EPYC 7281
 72.32
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645
 61.71
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7745
 57.60
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 8th 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
 2,124
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz
 2,038
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz
 1,932
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz
 1,784
AMD EPYC 7281
 1,626
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 AMD EPYC 7281
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2047070 - Mar 10 2024
20899
BL5043143 - Aug 02 2023 [Excluded]
2884
BL1798820 - Apr 19 2023 [Excluded]
13713
BL5019617 - Jul 26 2022
22733
BL1290878 - Sep 04 2020
21230
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for AMD EPYC 7281
As of 8th of December 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD EPYC 7281
 21,621
Intel Xeon E5-2683 v4 @ 2.10GHz vs AMD EPYC 7281
 17,442 (-19.3%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6230 @ 2.10GHz vs AMD EPYC 7281
 26,076 (+20.6%)
Intel Xeon E5-2696 v4 @ 2.20GHz vs AMD EPYC 7281
 24,845 (+14.9%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4214 @ 2.20GHz vs AMD EPYC 7281
 16,472 (-23.8%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6148 @ 2.40GHz vs AMD EPYC 7281
 29,021 (+34.2%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6150 @ 2.70GHz vs AMD EPYC 7281
 26,447 (+22.3%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6140 @ 2.30GHz vs AMD EPYC 7281
 24,187 (+11.9%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6138 @ 2.00GHz vs AMD EPYC 7281
 24,108 (+11.5%)
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.40GHz vs AMD EPYC 7281
 17,281 (-20.1%)
Intel Xeon E5-2695 v3 @ 2.30GHz vs AMD EPYC 7281
 16,528 (-23.6%)
AMD EPYC 7351P vs AMD EPYC 7281
 24,871 (+15.0%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6130 @ 2.10GHz vs AMD EPYC 7281
 21,253 (-1.7%)