Xeon E7 8870 vs AMD EPYC 7742

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Intel Xeon E7-8870

AMD EPYC 7742

We compared two server CPUs: Xeon E7 8870 with 10 cores 2.4GHz 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

Xeon E7 8870 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.4GHz vs 2.25GHz)

Lower TDP (130W vs 225W)

AMD EPYC 7742 's Advantages

Released 8 years and 4 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 1333)

Larger L3 cache size (256MB vs 30MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 32nm)

Score

Xeon E7 8870

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AMD EPYC 7742

General Parameters

Apr 2011

Release Date

Aug 2019

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Westmere-EX

Core Architecture

Rome

Intel Socket 1567

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E7(Westmere-EX)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Package

2.6 billions

Transistor Count

3.8 billions

32 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

130 W

Power Consumption

225 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

513 mm²

Die Size

74 mm²

CPU Performance

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.25 GHz

2.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.4 GHz

10

Total Core Count

64

20

Total Thread Count

128

133 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

18.0

Multiplier

22.5

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

256 KB per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

30 MB shared

L3 Cache

256 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

8

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3-1333

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

4

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

PCIe Version

4

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