AMD EPYC 7542 vs Intel Xeon Gold 5318Y

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AMD EPYC 7542

Intel Xeon Gold 5318Y

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7542 with 32 cores 2.9GHz and Intel Xeon Gold 5318Y with 24 cores 2.1GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 7542 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 2933)

Higher base frequency (2.9GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 36MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 10nm)

Intel Xeon Gold 5318Y 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 8 months late

Lower TDP (165W vs 225W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7542 +15%

1376

Intel Xeon Gold 5318Y

1190

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7542

2532

Intel Xeon Gold 5318Y +446%

13846

AMD EPYC 7542

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Intel Xeon Gold 5318Y

General Parameters

Aug 2019

Release Date

Apr 2021

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Rome

Core Architecture

Ice Lake-SP

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 4189

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Generation

Xeon Gold (Ice Lake-SP)

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

225 W

Power Consumption

165 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

87 °C

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

74 mm²

Die Size

-

CPU Performance

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.1 GHz

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.4 GHz

32

Total Core Count

24

64

Total Thread Count

48

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

29.0

Multiplier

21.0

96 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

128 MB shared

L3 Cache

36 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2933

8

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

4

PCIe Version

4

-

PCIe Lanes

64

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