AMD EPYC Embedded 3251 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y

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AMD EPYC Embedded 3251

Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC Embedded 3251 with 8 cores 2.5GHz 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 Embedded 3251 's Advantages

Lower TDP (55W vs 250W)

Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y 's Advantages

Released 5 years and 10 months late

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 2666)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (2.9GHz vs 2.5GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (60MB vs 16MB)

More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 14nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC Embedded 3251

870

Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y +155%

2224

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC Embedded 3251

4939

Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y +331%

21322

AMD EPYC Embedded 3251

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Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y

General Parameters

Feb 2018

Release Date

Dec 2023

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Zen

Core Architecture

Emerald Rapids

AMD BGA SP4r2

Socket

Intel Socket 4677

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC Embedded (Zen (Snowy Owl))

Generation

Xeon Gold (Emerald Rapids-SP)

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

55 W

Power Consumption

250 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

83 °C

GlobalFoundries

Foundry

Intel

213 mm²

Die Size

2x763 mm²

CPU Performance

2.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.9 GHz

3.1 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.1 GHz

8

Total Core Count

24

16

Total Thread Count

48

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

25.0

Multiplier

29.0

96 K per core

L1 Cache

80 KB per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

2 MB per core

16 MB shared

L3 Cache

60 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

2

-

AVX-512 FMA Ports

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR5-5200

2

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

5

32

PCIe Lanes

80

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