Intel Xeon Platinum 9242 vs AMD EPYC 7272

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We compared two server CPUs: Intel Xeon Platinum 9242 with 48 cores 2.3GHz and AMD EPYC 7272 with 12 cores 2.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Xeon Platinum 9242 's Advantages

Larger L3 cache size (71.5MB vs 64MB)

AMD EPYC 7272 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR4)

Higher base frequency (2.6GHz vs 2.3GHz)

Lower TDP (120W vs 350W)

Score

Intel Xeon Platinum 9242

VS

AMD EPYC 7272

General Parameters

Apr 2019

Release Date

Aug 2019

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Server

Type

Server

Cascade Lake-AP

Core Architecture

Rome

Intel BGA 5903

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Xeon Platinum (Cascade Lake-AP)

Generation

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Package

8 billions

Transistor Count

3.8 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

Intel BGA 5903

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

350 W

Power Consumption

120 W

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

74 mm²

FC-BGA5903

Package

FCLGA-4094

CPU Performance

2.3 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.6 GHz

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.2 GHz

48

Total Core Count

12

96

Total Thread Count

24

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

23.0

Multiplier

26.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

71.5 MB shared

L3 Cache

64 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

8

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

-

PCIe Version

4

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