[Manuel Calavera]

AMD Announces Their Fastest Clocked EPYC CPU Yet – The EPYC 7371 With Up To 3.8 GHz Clocks Across 16 Cores

Now if we compare the chip to the Ryzen Threadripper 2950X part, another 16 core configured chip which has virtually the same core specs as the EPYC 7371, we see much higher clocks at 3.5 GHz base and 4.4 GHz boost. The part isn’t a fair comparison though since AMD is using their slightly optimized Zen+ cores. So if we compare it to the same Zen core based Ryzen Threadripper 1950X, we still get higher clock speeds of 3.4 GHz base and 4 GHz boost.

The thing is that while enthusiast PCs make use of high-end cooling solutions, server platforms don’t get the same lucrative treatment and they have to operate 24/7. Stability matter more and the jump in clocks from their previous EPYC 16 core part (EPYC 7351) which was configured at 2.4 GHz base and 2.9 GHz boost are a great update.