AMD EPYC 7742 vs Intel Xeon D 1540

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AMD EPYC 7742

Intel Xeon D-1540

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7742 with 64 cores 2.25GHz and Intel Xeon D 1540 with 8 cores 2GHz . 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 4 years and 5 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 4)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (2.25GHz vs 2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (256MB vs 1.5MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Intel Xeon D 1540 's Advantages

Lower TDP (45W vs 225W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7742 +73%

997

Intel Xeon D 1540

574

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7742 +884%

54063

Intel Xeon D 1540

5490

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7742

404

Intel Xeon D 1540 +106%

834

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7742

170

Intel Xeon D 1540 +2537%

4483

AMD EPYC 7742

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Intel Xeon D 1540

General Parameters

Aug 2019

Release Date

Mar 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

225 W

Power Consumption

45 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

80 °C

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

74 mm²

Die Size

246 mm²

CPU Performance

2.25 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2 GHz

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

2.6 GHz

64

Total Core Count

8

128

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

22.5

Multiplier

20.0

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,DDR4

8

Max Memory Channels

2

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

4

PCIe Version

3

-

PCIe Lanes

24

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