AMD EPYC 7542 vs Opteron 6344

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AMD EPYC 7542

AMD Opteron 6344

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7542 with 32 cores 2.9GHz and Opteron 6344 with 12 cores 2.6GHz . 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 6 years and 9 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 1866)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 2)

Higher base frequency (2.9GHz vs 2.6GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 32nm)

Opteron 6344 's Advantages

Lower TDP (115W vs 225W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7542 +228%

1376

Opteron 6344

419

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7542

2532

Opteron 6344 +26%

3209

AMD EPYC 7542

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Opteron 6344

General Parameters

Aug 2019

Release Date

Nov 2012

AMD

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Rome

Core Architecture

Abu Dhabi

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

AMD Socket G34

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Generation

Opteron (Abu Dhabi)

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

2.4 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

225 W

Power Consumption

115 W

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Peak Operating Temperature

70 °C

TSMC

Foundry

GlobalFoundries

74 mm²

Die Size

2x315 mm²

CPU Performance

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.6 GHz

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.2 GHz

32

Total Core Count

12

64

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

200 MHz

29.0

Multiplier

13.0

96 K per core

L1 Cache

576 KB

512 K per core

L2 Cache

2 MB per module

128 MB shared

L3 Cache

8 MB per die

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

4

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR3-1866

8

Max Memory Channels

4

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

4

PCIe Version

2

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