AMD EPYC 7542 vs Intel Xeon D 1520

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AMD EPYC 7542 Intel Xeon D 1520

We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7542 with 32 cores 2.9GHz and Intel Xeon D 1520 with 4 cores 2.2GHz . 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 4 years and 5 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR3)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (2.9GHz vs 2.2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 1.5MB)

Intel Xeon D 1520 's Advantages

Lower TDP (45W vs 225W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7542 +57%

1376

Intel Xeon D 1520

875

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7542

2532

Intel Xeon D 1520 +21%

3086

AMD EPYC 7542

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Intel Xeon D 1520

General Parameters

Aug 2019

Release Date

Mar 2015

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Rome

Core Architecture

Broadwell

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel BGA 1667

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Generation

Xeon D (Broadwell-DE)

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

3.2 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel BGA 1667

225 W

Power Consumption

45 W

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Peak Operating Temperature

80 °C

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

74 mm²

Die Size

246 mm²

FCLGA-4094

Package

FC-BGA14C

CPU Performance

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.2 GHz

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

2.6 GHz

32

Total Core Count

4

64

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

29.0

Multiplier

22.0

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

1.5 MB per core

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

24

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