AMD EPYC 7542 vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8470N

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AMD EPYC 7542

Intel Xeon Platinum 8470N

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7542 with 32 cores 2.9GHz and Intel Xeon Platinum 8470N with 52 cores 1.7GHz . 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 base frequency (2.9GHz vs 1.7GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 97.5MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 10nm)

Lower TDP (225W vs 300W)

Intel Xeon Platinum 8470N 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 5 months late

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 3200)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 4)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7542

1376

Intel Xeon Platinum 8470N +25%

1727

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7542

2532

Intel Xeon Platinum 8470N +126%

5743

AMD EPYC 7542

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Intel Xeon Platinum 8470N

General Parameters

Aug 2019

Release Date

Jan 2023

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Rome

Core Architecture

Sapphire Rapids

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 4677

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Generation

Xeon Platinum (Sapphire Rapids-SP)

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

225 W

Power Consumption

300 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

76 °C

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

74 mm²

Die Size

4x477 mm²

CPU Performance

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

1.7 GHz

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.6 GHz

32

Total Core Count

52

64

Total Thread Count

104

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

29.0

Multiplier

17.0

96 K per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

2 MB per core

128 MB shared

L3 Cache

97.5 MB

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

-

AVX-512 FMA Ports

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR5-4800

8

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

4

PCIe Version

5

-

PCIe Lanes

80

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