AMD EPYC 7742 vs Intel Xeon D 1521

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AMD EPYC 7742 Intel Xeon D 1521

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7742 with 64 cores 2.25GHz and Intel Xeon D 1521 with 4 cores 2.4GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 7742 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 9 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR3)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (256MB vs 1.5MB)

Intel Xeon D 1521 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.4GHz vs 2.25GHz)

Lower TDP (45W vs 225W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7742

404

Intel Xeon D 1521 +121%

896

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7742

170

Intel Xeon D 1521 +1818%

3261

AMD EPYC 7742

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Intel Xeon D 1521

General Parameters

Aug 2019

Release Date

Nov 2015

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Rome

Core Architecture

Broadwell

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel BGA 1667

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Generation

Xeon D (Broadwell-DE)

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

3.2 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel BGA 1667

225 W

Power Consumption

45 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

80 °C

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

74 mm²

Die Size

246 mm²

FCLGA-4094

Package

FC-BGA14C

CPU Performance

2.25 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.4 GHz

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

2.7 GHz

64

Total Core Count

4

128

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

22.5

Multiplier

24.0

96 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

256 MB shared

L3 Cache

1.5 MB per core

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR3,

8

Max Memory Channels

2

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

4

PCIe Version

3

-

PCIe Lanes

24

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