Intel Xeon E3 1240 v2 vs AMD EPYC 7542

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We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon E3 1240 v2 with 4 cores 3.4GHz 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

Intel Xeon E3 1240 v2 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.4GHz vs 2.9GHz)

Lower TDP (69W vs 225W)

AMD EPYC 7542 's Advantages

Released 7 years and 3 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR3)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 8MB)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Xeon E3 1240 v2

724

AMD EPYC 7542 +90%

1376

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Xeon E3 1240 v2

2423

AMD EPYC 7542 +4%

2532

Intel Xeon E3 1240 v2

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AMD EPYC 7542

General Parameters

May 2012

Release Date

Aug 2019

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Ivy Bridge

Core Architecture

Rome

Intel Socket 1155

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon E3 (Ivy Bridge)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Package

1.4 billions

Transistor Count

3.8 billions

22 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

Intel Socket 1155

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

69 W

Power Consumption

225 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

160 mm²

Die Size

74 mm²

FC-LGA12C

Package

FCLGA-4094

CPU Performance

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.9 GHz

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.4 GHz

4

Total Core Count

32

8

Total Thread Count

64

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

34.0

Multiplier

29.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

8 MB shared

L3 Cache

128 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR3

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

2

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

3

PCIe Version

4

16

PCIe Lanes

-

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