Intel Xeon Platinum 8268 vs AMD EPYC 7542

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We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon Platinum 8268 with 24 cores 2.9GHz 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 Platinum 8268 's Advantages

Lower TDP (205W vs 225W)

AMD EPYC 7542 's Advantages

Released 8 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR4)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 35.75MB)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon Platinum 8268

1012

AMD EPYC 7542 +35%

1376

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon Platinum 8268 +40%

3553

AMD EPYC 7542

2532

Intel Xeon Platinum 8268

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AMD EPYC 7542

General Parameters

Dec 2018

Release Date

Aug 2019

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Cascade Lake-SP

Core Architecture

Rome

Intel Socket 3647

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Platinum (Cascade Lake-SP)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Package

8 billions

Transistor Count

3.8 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

Intel Socket 3647

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

205 W

Power Consumption

225 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

74 mm²

FC-LGA3647

Package

FCLGA-4094

CPU Performance

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.9 GHz

3.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.4 GHz

24

Total Core Count

32

48

Total Thread Count

64

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

29.0

Multiplier

29.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

35.75 MB shared

L3 Cache

128 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

8

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

PCIe Version

4

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