Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX

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Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y with 24 cores 2.9GHz and AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX with 16 cores 4GHz . 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 9 months late

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 3200)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 4)

Lower TDP (250W vs 280W)

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (4GHz vs 2.9GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 60MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 10nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y +10%

2224

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX

2020

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y +31%

21322

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX

16222

Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX

General Parameters

Dec 2023

Release Date

Mar 2022

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Emerald Rapids

Core Architecture

Chagall PRO

Intel Socket 4677

Socket

AMD Socket WRX8

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Gold (Emerald Rapids-SP)

Generation

Ryzen Threadripper (Zen 3 (Chagall))

Package

-

Transistor Count

16.6 billions

10 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

250 W

Power Consumption

280 W

83 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

95 °C

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

2x763 mm²

Die Size

4x81 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

14 nm

-

I/O Die Size

416 mm²

CPU Performance

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

4 GHz

4.1 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.5 GHz

24

Total Core Count

16

48

Total Thread Count

32

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

29.0

Multiplier

40.0

80 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

2 MB per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

60 MB shared

L3 Cache

64 MB

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

1

2

AVX-512 FMA Ports

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5200

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

8

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

5

PCIe Version

4

80

PCIe Lanes

128

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