AMD EPYC 7542 vs Intel Xeon D 1520

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AMD EPYC 7542

Intel Xeon D-1520

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7542 with 32 cores 2.9GHz and Intel Xeon D 1520 with 4 cores 2.2GHz . 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 4 years and 5 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 4)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (2.9GHz vs 2.2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 1.5MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Intel Xeon D 1520 's Advantages

Lower TDP (45W vs 225W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7542 +57%

1376

Intel Xeon D 1520

875

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7542

2532

Intel Xeon D 1520 +21%

3086

AMD EPYC 7542

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Intel Xeon D 1520

General Parameters

Aug 2019

Release Date

Mar 2015

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Rome

Core Architecture

Broadwell

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel BGA 1667

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Generation

Xeon D (Broadwell-DE)

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

3.2 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

225 W

Power Consumption

45 W

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Peak Operating Temperature

80 °C

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

74 mm²

Die Size

246 mm²

CPU Performance

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.2 GHz

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

2.6 GHz

32

Total Core Count

4

64

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

29.0

Multiplier

22.0

96 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

128 MB shared

L3 Cache

1.5 MB per core

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR3,DDR4

8

Max Memory Channels

2

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

4

PCIe Version

3

-

PCIe Lanes

24

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