AMD EPYC 9255 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y

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AMD EPYC 9255

Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 9255 with 24 cores 3.25GHz and Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y with 24 cores 2.9GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 9255 's Advantages

Released 10 months late

Higher specification of memory (6000 vs 5200)

Higher base frequency (3.25GHz vs 2.9GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 60MB)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 10nm)

Lower TDP (200W vs 250W)

Score

AMD EPYC 9255

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Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y

General Parameters

Oct 2024

Release Date

Dec 2023

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Turin

Core Architecture

Emerald Rapids

AMD Socket SP5

Socket

Intel Socket 4677

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC(Zen 5 (Turin))

Generation

Xeon Gold (Emerald Rapids-SP)

Package

33.26 billions

Transistor Count

-

4 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

200 W

Power Consumption

250 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

83 °C

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

4x70.6 mm²

Die Size

2x763 mm²

6 nm

I/O Process Size

-

mm²

I/O Die Size

-

CPU Performance

24

Performance Cores

-

48

Performance Core Threads

-

3.25 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.9 GHz

4.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.1 GHz

24

Total Core Count

24

48

Total Thread Count

48

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

32.5

Multiplier

29.0

80 KB per core

L1 Cache

80 KB per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

2 MB per core

128 MB shared

L3 Cache

60 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

-

AVX-512 FMA Ports

2

Memory Parameters

DDR5-6000

Memory Types

DDR5-5200

6 TB

Max Memory Size

-

12

Max Memory Channels

8

576 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

-

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

AMD EPYC 9255

Official Website

-

5

PCIe Version

5

128

PCIe Lanes

80

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