AMD EPYC 7542 vs Intel Xeon E3 1558L v5

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We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7542 with 32 cores 2.9GHz and Intel Xeon E3 1558L v5 with 4 cores 1.9GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 7542 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 3 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR3)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (2.9GHz vs 1.9GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 8MB)

Intel Xeon E3 1558L v5 's Advantages

Lower TDP (45W vs 225W)

Score

AMD EPYC 7542

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Intel Xeon E3 1558L v5

General Parameters

Aug 2019

Release Date

May 2016

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Rome

Core Architecture

Skylake-H

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel BGA 1440

N/A

Integrated Graphics

Iris Pro Graphics P555

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Generation

Xeon E3 (Skylake-H)

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

2.3 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel BGA 1440

225 W

Power Consumption

45 W

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

74 mm²

Die Size

171 mm²

FCLGA-4094

Package

FC-BGA14F

CPU Performance

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

1.9 GHz

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.3 GHz

32

Total Core Count

4

64

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

29.0

Multiplier

19.0

96 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

128 MB shared

L3 Cache

8 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR3,

8

Max Memory Channels

2

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

4

PCIe Version

3

-

PCIe Lanes

16

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