AMD EPYC 7542 vs Xeon E 2246G

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AMD EPYC 7542

Intel Xeon E-2246G

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7542 with 32 cores 2.9GHz and Xeon E 2246G with 6 cores 3.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 7542 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 2666)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 12MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Xeon E 2246G 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 2.9GHz)

Lower TDP (80W vs 225W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7542 +15%

1376

Xeon E 2246G

1196

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7542 +15%

2532

Xeon E 2246G

2191

AMD EPYC 7542

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Xeon E 2246G

General Parameters

Aug 2019

Release Date

May 2019

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Rome

Core Architecture

Coffee Lake-S WS

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 1151

N/A

Integrated Graphics

HD Graphics P630

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Generation

Xeon E (Coffee Lake)

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

225 W

Power Consumption

80 W

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

74 mm²

Die Size

154 mm²

CPU Performance

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.8 GHz

32

Total Core Count

6

64

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

29.0

Multiplier

36.0

96 K per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 KB per core

128 MB shared

L3 Cache

12 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

8

Max Memory Channels

2

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

4

PCIe Version

3

-

PCIe Lanes

16

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