Xeon w7 2555X vs AMD EPYC 7542

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Intel Xeon w7-2555X

AMD EPYC 7542

We compared two server CPUs: Xeon w7 2555X with 14 cores 3.3GHz and AMD EPYC 7542 with 32 cores 2.9GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Xeon w7 2555X 's Advantages

Released 5 years late

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 3200)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 4)

Higher base frequency (3.3GHz vs 2.9GHz)

Lower TDP (210W vs 225W)

AMD EPYC 7542 's Advantages

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 33.75MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 10nm)

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Xeon w7 2555X

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AMD EPYC 7542

General Parameters

Aug 2024

Release Date

Aug 2019

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Sapphire Rapids

Core Architecture

Rome

Intel Socket 4677

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon W (Sapphire Rapids)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Package

-

Transistor Count

3.8 billions

10 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

210 W

Power Consumption

225 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

74 mm²

CPU Performance

3.3 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.9 GHz

4.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.4 GHz

14

Total Core Count

32

28

Total Thread Count

64

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

33.0

Multiplier

29.0

80 KB per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

2 MB per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

33.75 MB

L3 Cache

128 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

2

AVX-512 FMA Ports

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-4800

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

2 TB

Max Memory Size

-

4

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

5

PCIe Version

4

64

PCIe Lanes

-

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