Intel Xeon E3 1240 v5 vs AMD EPYC 7542

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Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5

AMD EPYC 7542

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E3 1240 v5 with 4 cores 3.5GHz and AMD EPYC 7542 with 32 cores 2.9GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E3 1240 v5 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 2.9GHz)

Lower TDP (80W vs 225W)

AMD EPYC 7542 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 10 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 2133)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E3 1240 v5

1219

AMD EPYC 7542 +12%

1376

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E3 1240 v5 +61%

4094

AMD EPYC 7542

2532

Intel Xeon E3 1240 v5

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AMD EPYC 7542

General Parameters

Oct 2015

Release Date

Aug 2019

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Skylake-DT

Core Architecture

Rome

Intel Socket 1151

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E3 (Skylake-DT)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Package

1.75 billions

Transistor Count

3.8 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

80 W

Power Consumption

225 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

122 mm²

Die Size

74 mm²

CPU Performance

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.9 GHz

3.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.4 GHz

4

Total Core Count

32

8

Total Thread Count

64

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

35.0

Multiplier

29.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

8 MB shared

L3 Cache

128 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3,DDR4-2133

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

2

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

4

16

PCIe Lanes

-

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