Intel Xeon Platinum 9242 vs AMD EPYC 9634

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Intel Xeon Platinum 9242

AMD EPYC 9634

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon Platinum 9242 with 48 cores 2.3GHz and AMD EPYC 9634 with 84 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 9634 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 7 months late

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 4)

Larger L3 cache size (384MB vs 71.5MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (290W vs 350W)

Score

Intel Xeon Platinum 9242

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AMD EPYC 9634

General Parameters

Apr 2019

Release Date

Nov 2022

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Cascade Lake-AP

Core Architecture

Genoa

Intel BGA 5903

Socket

AMD Socket SP5

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Platinum (Cascade Lake-AP)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 4 (Genoa))

Package

8 billions

Transistor Count

78.84 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

350 W

Power Consumption

290 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

12x72 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

6 nm

-

I/O Die Size

397 mm²

CPU Performance

2.3 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.25 GHz

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.7 GHz

48

Total Core Count

84

96

Total Thread Count

168

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

23.0

Multiplier

22.5

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

71.5 MB shared

L3 Cache

384 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

8

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4

Memory Types

DDR5-4800

Max Memory Channels

12

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

PCIe Version

5

-

PCIe Lanes

128

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