Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y vs AMD EPYC Embedded 3251

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Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y

AMD EPYC Embedded 3251

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y with 24 cores 2.9GHz and AMD EPYC Embedded 3251 with 8 cores 2.5GHz . 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 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)

AMD EPYC Embedded 3251 's Advantages

Lower TDP (55W vs 250W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y +155%

2224

AMD EPYC Embedded 3251

870

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y +331%

21322

AMD EPYC Embedded 3251

4939

Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y

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AMD EPYC Embedded 3251

General Parameters

Dec 2023

Release Date

Feb 2018

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Emerald Rapids

Core Architecture

Zen

Intel Socket 4677

Socket

AMD BGA SP4r2

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Gold (Emerald Rapids-SP)

Generation

EPYC Embedded (Zen (Snowy Owl))

Package

-

Transistor Count

4.8 billions

10 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

250 W

Power Consumption

55 W

83 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Intel

Foundry

GlobalFoundries

2x763 mm²

Die Size

213 mm²

CPU Performance

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.5 GHz

4.1 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.1 GHz

24

Total Core Count

8

48

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

29.0

Multiplier

25.0

80 KB per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

2 MB per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

60 MB shared

L3 Cache

16 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

1

2

AVX-512 FMA Ports

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5200

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

8

Max Memory Channels

2

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

5

PCIe Version

3

80

PCIe Lanes

32

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