AMD EPYC 7542 vs Xeon Platinum 8280

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AMD EPYC 7542

Intel Xeon Platinum 8280

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7542 with 32 cores 2.9GHz and Xeon Platinum 8280 with 28 cores 2.7GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 7542 's Advantages

Released 8 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 4)

Higher base frequency (2.9GHz vs 2.7GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 38.5MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Xeon Platinum 8280 's Advantages

Lower TDP (205W vs 225W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7542 +6%

1376

Xeon Platinum 8280

1286

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7542 +64%

2532

Xeon Platinum 8280

1535

AMD EPYC 7542

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Xeon Platinum 8280

General Parameters

Aug 2019

Release Date

Dec 2018

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Rome

Core Architecture

Cascade Lake-SP

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 3647

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Generation

Xeon Platinum(Cascade Lake-SP)

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

8 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

225 W

Power Consumption

205 W

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

74 mm²

Die Size

-

CPU Performance

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.7 GHz

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4 GHz

32

Total Core Count

28

64

Total Thread Count

56

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

29.0

Multiplier

27.0

96 K per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

128 MB shared

L3 Cache

38.5 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

8

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4

8

Max Memory Channels

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

4

PCIe Version

-

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