Intel Xeon Platinum 9242 vs AMD EPYC 9655

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Intel Xeon Platinum 9242

AMD EPYC 9655

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon Platinum 9242 with 48 cores 2.3GHz and AMD EPYC 9655 with 96 cores 2.6GHz . 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

Lower TDP (350W vs 400W)

AMD EPYC 9655 's Advantages

Released 5 years and 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (6000 vs 4)

Higher base frequency (2.6GHz vs 2.3GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (384MB vs 71.5MB)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 14nm)

Score

Intel Xeon Platinum 9242

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AMD EPYC 9655

General Parameters

Apr 2019

Release Date

Oct 2024

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Cascade Lake-AP

Core Architecture

Turin

Intel BGA 5903

Socket

AMD Socket SP5

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Platinum (Cascade Lake-AP)

Generation

EPYC(Zen 5 (Turin))

Package

8 billions

Transistor Count

99.78 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

4 nm

350 W

Power Consumption

400 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

12x70.6 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

6 nm

-

I/O Die Size

mm²

CPU Performance

-

Performance Cores

96

-

Performance Core Threads

192

2.3 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.6 GHz

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.5 GHz

48

Total Core Count

96

Total Thread Count

192

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

23.0

Multiplier

26.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

80 KB 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

DDR5-6000

-

Max Memory Size

6 TB

Max Memory Channels

12

-

Max Memory Bandwidth

576 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

AMD EPYC 9655

-

PCIe Version

5

-

PCIe Lanes

128

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