AMD EPYC 7542 vs Xeon L5639

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AMD EPYC 7542

Intel Xeon L5639

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7542 with 32 cores 2.9GHz and Xeon L5639 with 6 cores 2.133GHz . 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 8 years and 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 1333)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 2)

Higher base frequency (2.9GHz vs 2.133GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 12MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 32nm)

Xeon L5639 's Advantages

Lower TDP (60W vs 225W)

Score

AMD EPYC 7542

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Xeon L5639

General Parameters

Aug 2019

Release Date

Feb 2011

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Rome

Core Architecture

Westmere-EP

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 1366

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Generation

Xeon(Westmere-EP)

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

1.17 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

32 nm

225 W

Power Consumption

60 W

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

74 mm²

Die Size

239 mm²

CPU Performance

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.133 GHz

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

2.667 GHz

32

Total Core Count

6

64

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

133 MHz

29.0

Multiplier

16.0

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

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR3-1333

8

Max Memory Channels

3

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

4

PCIe Version

2

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