AMD EPYC 7542 vs Centaur CHA

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AMD EPYC 7542

VIA Centaur CHA

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7542 with 32 cores 2.9GHz and Centaur CHA with 8 cores 1.2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 7542 's Advantages

Released 118 years and 7 months late

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (2.9GHz vs 1.2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 16MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 16nm)

Centaur CHA 's Advantages

Lower TDP (70W vs 225W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7542 +75%

1376

Centaur CHA

786

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7542

2532

Centaur CHA +57%

3982

AMD EPYC 7542

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Centaur CHA

General Parameters

Aug 2019

Release Date

Jan 1901

AMD

Manufacturer

VIA

Server

Type

Server

Rome

Core Architecture

CHA

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

VIA Socket 2084

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Generation

CHA (CNS)

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

16 nm

225 W

Power Consumption

70 W

TSMC

Foundry

TSMC

74 mm²

Die Size

195 mm²

CPU Performance

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

1.2 GHz

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

2.5 GHz

32

Total Core Count

8

64

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

29.0

Multiplier

12.0

96 K per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 KB per core

128 MB shared

L3 Cache

16 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

8

Max Memory Channels

4

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

4

PCIe Version

3

-

PCIe Lanes

44

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