Intel Xeon L5609 vs AMD EPYC 7542

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Intel Xeon L5609

AMD EPYC 7542

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon L5609 with 4 cores 1.866GHz 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 L5609 's Advantages

Lower TDP (40W vs 225W)

AMD EPYC 7542 's Advantages

Released 9 years and 5 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 3)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 2)

Higher base frequency (2.9GHz vs 1.866GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 12MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 32nm)

Score

Intel Xeon L5609

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AMD EPYC 7542

General Parameters

Mar 2010

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

40 W

Power Consumption

225 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

239 mm²

Die Size

74 mm²

CPU Performance

1.866 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.9 GHz

0

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.4 GHz

4

Total Core Count

32

4

Total Thread Count

64

133 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

14.0

Multiplier

29.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

12 MB shared

L3 Cache

128 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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