Intel Xeon Platinum 9242 vs Opteron A1120

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Intel Xeon Platinum 9242

AMD Opteron A1120

We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon Platinum 9242 with 48 cores 2.3GHz and Opteron A1120 with 4 cores 1.7GHz . 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

Released 3 years and 3 months late

Higher base frequency (2.3GHz vs 1.7GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (71.5MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (14nm vs 28nm)

Opteron A1120 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (1866 vs 4)

Lower TDP (25W vs 350W)

Score

Intel Xeon Platinum 9242

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Opteron A1120

General Parameters

Apr 2019

Release Date

Jan 2016

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Cascade Lake-AP

Core Architecture

Seattle

Intel BGA 5903

Socket

AMD Socket SP1

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Platinum (Cascade Lake-AP)

Generation

Opteron (Seattle)

Package

8 billions

Transistor Count

-

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

28 nm

350 W

Power Consumption

25 W

Intel

Foundry

GlobalFoundries

-

Die Size

182 mm²

CPU Performance

2.3 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

1.7 GHz

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

0

48

Total Core Count

4

96

Total Thread Count

4

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

23.0

Multiplier

17.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

2 MB shared

71.5 MB shared

L3 Cache

8 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

8

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4

Memory Types

DDR3,DDR4-1866

Max Memory Channels

2

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

PCIe Version

3

-

PCIe Lanes

8

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