AMD EPYC 7742 vs Xeon 6746E

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AMD EPYC 7742

Intel Xeon 6746E

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7742 with 64 cores 2.25GHz and Xeon 6746E with 112 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

Higher base frequency (2.25GHz vs 2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (256MB vs 96MB)

Lower TDP (225W vs 250W)

Xeon 6746E 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 10 months late

Higher specification of memory (5600 vs 3200)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 4)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 7nm)

Score

AMD EPYC 7742

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Xeon 6746E

General Parameters

Aug 2019

Release Date

Jun 2024

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Rome

Core Architecture

Sierra Forest

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 4710

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Generation

Xeon 6(Sierra Forest-SP)

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

225 W

Power Consumption

250 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

102°C

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

74 mm²

Die Size

-

I/O Process Size

10 nm

CPU Performance

2.25 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2 GHz

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

2.7 GHz

64

Total Core Count

112

128

Total Thread Count

112

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

22.5

Multiplier

20.0

96 K per core

L1 Cache

96 KB per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

4 MB per module

256 MB shared

L3 Cache

96 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

-

AVX-512 FMA Ports

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR5-5600

-

Max Memory Size

1 TB

8

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

4

PCIe Version

5

-

PCIe Lanes

88

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