AMD EPYC 9254 vs Xeon E7540

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AMD EPYC 9254

Intel Xeon E7540

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 9254 with 24 cores 2.9GHz and Xeon E7540 with 6 cores 2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 9254 's Advantages

Released 12 years and 8 months late

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 1333)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 2)

Higher base frequency (2.9GHz vs 2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 18MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 45nm)

Xeon E7540 's Advantages

Lower TDP (105W vs 200W)

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AMD EPYC 9254

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Xeon E7540

General Parameters

Nov 2022

Release Date

Mar 2010

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Genoa

Core Architecture

Nehalem-EX

AMD Socket SP5

Socket

Intel Socket 1567

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen 4 (Genoa))

Generation

Xeon(Beckton)

Package

26.28 billions

Transistor Count

2.3 billions

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

45 nm

200 W

Power Consumption

105 W

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

4x72 mm²

Die Size

684 mm²

6 nm

I/O Process Size

-

397 mm²

I/O Die Size

-

CPU Performance

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2 GHz

4.15 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

2.266 GHz

24

Total Core Count

6

48

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

133 MHz

29.0

Multiplier

15.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

256 KB per core

128 MB shared

L3 Cache

18 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

8

Memory Parameters

DDR5-4800

Memory Types

DDR3-1333

12

Max Memory Channels

4

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

5

PCIe Version

2

128

PCIe Lanes

-

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