AMD EPYC 7542 vs Intel Xeon Phi 7290

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AMD EPYC 7542

Intel Xeon Phi 7290

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7542 with 32 cores 2.9GHz and Intel Xeon Phi 7290 with 72 cores 1.5GHz . 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 3 years and 2 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 4)

Higher base frequency (2.9GHz vs 1.5GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (225W vs 245W)

Score

AMD EPYC 7542

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Intel Xeon Phi 7290

General Parameters

Aug 2019

Release Date

Jun 2016

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Rome

Core Architecture

Knights Landing

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 3647

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Generation

Xeon Phi (Knights Landing)

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

8 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

225 W

Power Consumption

245 W

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

74 mm²

Die Size

-

CPU Performance

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

1.5 GHz

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

1.7 GHz

32

Total Core Count

72

64

Total Thread Count

288

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

29.0

Multiplier

15.0

96 K per core

L1 Cache

32 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

128 MB shared

L3 Cache

-

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4

8

Max Memory Channels

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

4

PCIe Version

-

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