Intel Xeon Platinum 8356H vs AMD EPYC 7542

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Intel Xeon Platinum 8356H

AMD EPYC 7542

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon Platinum 8356H with 8 cores 3.9GHz 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 8356H 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 8 months late

Higher base frequency (3.9GHz vs 2.9GHz)

Lower TDP (190W vs 225W)

AMD EPYC 7542 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 2933)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 35.75MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Score

Intel Xeon Platinum 8356H

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AMD EPYC 7542

General Parameters

Apr 2021

Release Date

Aug 2019

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Cooper Lake-SP

Core Architecture

Rome

Intel Socket 4189

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Platinum (Cooper Lake-SP)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Package

-

Transistor Count

3.8 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

190 W

Power Consumption

225 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

74 mm²

CPU Performance

3.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.9 GHz

4.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.4 GHz

8

Total Core Count

32

16

Total Thread Count

64

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

39.0

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

DDR4-2933

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

6

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

4

48

PCIe Lanes

-

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