AMD EPYC 7742 vs Intel Xeon Max 9462

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AMD EPYC 7742

Intel Xeon Max 9462

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7742 with 64 cores 2.25GHz and Intel Xeon Max 9462 with 32 cores 2.7GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 7742 's Advantages

Larger L3 cache size (256MB vs 75MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 10nm)

Lower TDP (225W vs 350W)

Intel Xeon Max 9462 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 5 months late

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 3200)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 4)

Higher base frequency (2.7GHz vs 2.25GHz)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7742

404

Intel Xeon Max 9462 +283%

1548

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7742

170

Intel Xeon Max 9462 +7583%

13062

AMD EPYC 7742

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Intel Xeon Max 9462

General Parameters

Aug 2019

Release Date

Jan 2023

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Rome

Core Architecture

Sapphire Rapids HBM

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 4677

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Generation

Xeon Max (Sapphire Rapids)

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

225 W

Power Consumption

350 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

77 °C

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

74 mm²

Die Size

4x477 mm²

CPU Performance

2.25 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.7 GHz

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.5 GHz

64

Total Core Count

32

128

Total Thread Count

64

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

22.5

Multiplier

27.0

96 K per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

2 MB per core

256 MB shared

L3 Cache

75 MB

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

-

AVX-512 FMA Ports

2

-

HBM

up to 64GB

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR5-4800

8

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

4

PCIe Version

5

-

PCIe Lanes

80

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