Intel Xeon Platinum 9242 vs AMD EPYC 7473X

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Intel Xeon Platinum 9242

AMD EPYC 7473X

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon Platinum 9242 with 48 cores 2.3GHz and AMD EPYC 7473X with 24 cores 2.8GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 7473X 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 11 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 4)

Higher base frequency (2.8GHz vs 2.3GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (768MB vs 71.5MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (240W vs 350W)

Score

Intel Xeon Platinum 9242

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AMD EPYC 7473X

General Parameters

Apr 2019

Release Date

Mar 2022

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Cascade Lake-AP

Core Architecture

Milan-X

Intel BGA 5903

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Platinum (Cascade Lake-AP)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 3 (Milan))

Package

8 billions

Transistor Count

33.2 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

350 W

Power Consumption

240 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

8x81 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

12 nm

-

I/O Die Size

416 mm²

CPU Performance

2.3 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.8 GHz

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.7 GHz

48

Total Core Count

24

96

Total Thread Count

48

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

23.0

Multiplier

28.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

71.5 MB shared

L3 Cache

768 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

-

Cores per CCD

3

8

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

PCIe Version

4

-

PCIe Lanes

128

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