Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y vs AMD EPYC 9124

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Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y

AMD EPYC 9124

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y with 24 cores 2.9GHz and AMD EPYC 9124 with 16 cores 3GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 1 months late

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 4800)

AMD EPYC 9124 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3GHz vs 2.9GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 60MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 10nm)

Lower TDP (200W vs 250W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y +12%

2224

AMD EPYC 9124

1970

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y +27%

21322

AMD EPYC 9124

16674

Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y

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AMD EPYC 9124

General Parameters

Dec 2023

Release Date

Nov 2022

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Emerald Rapids

Core Architecture

Genoa

Intel Socket 4677

Socket

AMD Socket SP5

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Gold (Emerald Rapids-SP)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 4 (Genoa))

Package

-

Transistor Count

26.28 billions

10 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

250 W

Power Consumption

200 W

83 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

2x763 mm²

Die Size

4x72 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

6 nm

-

I/O Die Size

397 mm²

CPU Performance

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3 GHz

4.1 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.7 GHz

24

Total Core Count

16

48

Total Thread Count

32

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

29.0

Multiplier

30.0

80 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

2 MB per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

60 MB shared

L3 Cache

64 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

AVX-512 FMA Ports

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5200

Memory Types

DDR5-4800

8

Max Memory Channels

12

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

5

PCIe Version

5

80

PCIe Lanes

128

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