AMD EPYC 7742 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6454S

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We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7742 with 64 cores 2.25GHz and Intel Xeon Gold 6454S with 32 cores 2.2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 7742 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.25GHz vs 2.2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (256MB vs 60MB)

Lower TDP (225W vs 270W)

Intel Xeon Gold 6454S 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 5 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-4800 vs DDR4-3200)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 4)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7742

404

Intel Xeon Gold 6454S +236%

1359

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7742

170

Intel Xeon Gold 6454S +3416%

5978

AMD EPYC 7742

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Intel Xeon Gold 6454S

General Parameters

Aug 2019

Release Date

Jan 2023

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Rome

Core Architecture

Sapphire Rapids

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 4677

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Generation

Xeon Gold (Sapphire Rapids-SP)

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 4677

225 W

Power Consumption

270 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

71 °C

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

74 mm²

Die Size

4x477 mm²

FCLGA-4094

Package

FC-LGA16A

CPU Performance

2.25 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.2 GHz

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.4 GHz

64

Total Core Count

32

128

Total Thread Count

64

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

22.5

Multiplier

22.0

96 K per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

2 MB per core

256 MB shared

L3 Cache

60 MB

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

-

AVX-512 FMA Ports

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR5-4800

-

Max Memory Size

4 TB

8

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

4

PCIe Version

5

-

PCIe Lanes

80

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