Intel Xeon E5603 vs AMD EPYC 7742

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Intel Xeon E5603

AMD EPYC 7742

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E5603 with 4 cores 1.6GHz and AMD EPYC 7742 with 64 cores 2.25GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon E5603 's Advantages

Lower TDP (80W vs 225W)

AMD EPYC 7742 's Advantages

Released 8 years and 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 2)

Higher base frequency (2.25GHz vs 1.6GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (256MB vs 4MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 32nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E5603

201

AMD EPYC 7742 +100%

404

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E5603 +244%

586

AMD EPYC 7742

170

Intel Xeon E5603

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AMD EPYC 7742

General Parameters

Feb 2011

Release Date

Aug 2019

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Westmere-EP

Core Architecture

Rome

Intel Socket 1366

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon (Westmere-EP)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Package

1.17 billions

Transistor Count

3.8 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

80 W

Power Consumption

225 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

239 mm²

Die Size

74 mm²

CPU Performance

1.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.25 GHz

0

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.4 GHz

4

Total Core Count

64

4

Total Thread Count

128

133 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

12.0

Multiplier

22.5

64 K per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

4 MB shared

L3 Cache

256 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

3

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

2

PCIe Version

4

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