AMD EPYC 7542 vs Intel Xeon W 2140B

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AMD EPYC 7542

Intel Xeon W-2140B

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7542 with 32 cores 2.9GHz and Intel Xeon W 2140B with 8 cores 3.2GHz . 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 1 years and 8 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 2666)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 11MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Intel Xeon W 2140B 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.2GHz vs 2.9GHz)

Lower TDP (120W vs 225W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7542 +8%

1376

Intel Xeon W 2140B

1264

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7542

2532

Intel Xeon W 2140B +179%

7083

AMD EPYC 7542

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Intel Xeon W 2140B

General Parameters

Aug 2019

Release Date

Dec 2017

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Rome

Core Architecture

Skylake-W

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 2066

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Generation

Xeon W (Skylake-W)

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

225 W

Power Consumption

120 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

70 °C

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

74 mm²

Die Size

484 mm²

CPU Performance

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.2 GHz

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.2 GHz

32

Total Core Count

8

64

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

29.0

Multiplier

32.0

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

11 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

1

-

AVX-512 FMA Ports

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

8

Max Memory Channels

4

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

4

PCIe Version

3

-

PCIe Lanes

48

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