Xeon Gold 6538N vs AMD EPYC 7742

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Intel Xeon Gold 6538N

AMD EPYC 7742

We compared two server CPUs: Xeon Gold 6538N with 32 cores 2.1GHz 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 Gold 6538N 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 4 months late

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 3200)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 4)

Lower TDP (205W vs 225W)

AMD EPYC 7742 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.25GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (256MB vs 60MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 10nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Xeon Gold 6538N +471%

2310

AMD EPYC 7742

404

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Xeon Gold 6538N +12141%

20810

AMD EPYC 7742

170

Xeon Gold 6538N

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AMD EPYC 7742

General Parameters

Dec 2023

Release Date

Aug 2019

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Emerald Rapids

Core Architecture

Rome

Intel Socket 4677

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Gold (Emerald Rapids-SP)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Package

-

Transistor Count

3.8 billions

10 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

205 W

Power Consumption

225 W

85 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

2x763 mm²

Die Size

74 mm²

CPU Performance

2.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.25 GHz

4.1 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.4 GHz

32

Total Core Count

64

Total Thread Count

128

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

21.0

Multiplier

22.5

80 KB per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

2 MB per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

60 MB shared

L3 Cache

256 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

AVX-512 FMA Ports

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5200

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

8

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

5

PCIe Version

4

80

PCIe Lanes

-

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