Intel Xeon Platinum 9242 vs AMD EPYC 7742

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Intel Xeon Platinum 9242

AMD EPYC 7742

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon Platinum 9242 with 48 cores 2.3GHz and AMD EPYC 7742 with 64 cores 2.25GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon Platinum 9242 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.3GHz vs 2.25GHz)

AMD EPYC 7742 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 4)

Larger L3 cache size (256MB vs 71.5MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (225W vs 350W)

Score

Intel Xeon Platinum 9242

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AMD EPYC 7742

General Parameters

Apr 2019

Release Date

Aug 2019

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Cascade Lake-AP

Core Architecture

Rome

Intel BGA 5903

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Platinum (Cascade Lake-AP)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Package

8 billions

Transistor Count

3.8 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

350 W

Power Consumption

225 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

74 mm²

CPU Performance

2.3 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.25 GHz

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.4 GHz

48

Total Core Count

64

96

Total Thread Count

128

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

23.0

Multiplier

22.5

64 K per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

71.5 MB shared

L3 Cache

256 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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