AMD EPYC 7742 vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8471N

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We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7742 with 64 cores 2.25GHz and Intel Xeon Platinum 8471N with 52 cores 1.8GHz . 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 1.8GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (256MB vs 97.5MB)

Lower TDP (225W vs 300W)

Intel Xeon Platinum 8471N '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 Platinum 8471N +362%

1867

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7742

170

Intel Xeon Platinum 8471N +4428%

7699

AMD EPYC 7742

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Intel Xeon Platinum 8471N

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 Platinum (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

300 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

76 °C

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

74 mm²

Die Size

4x477 mm²

FCLGA-4094

Package

FC-LGA16A

CPU Performance

2.25 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

1.8 GHz

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.6 GHz

64

Total Core Count

52

128

Total Thread Count

104

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

22.5

Multiplier

18.0

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

97.5 MB

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

1

-

AVX-512 FMA Ports

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR5-4800

8

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

4

PCIe Version

5

-

PCIe Lanes

80

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