AMD EPYC 7542 vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8558

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We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7542 with 32 cores 2.9GHz and Intel Xeon Platinum 8558 with 48 cores 2.1GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 7542 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.9GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Lower TDP (225W vs 330W)

Intel Xeon Platinum 8558 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 4 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-5200 vs DDR4-3200)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 4)

Larger L3 cache size (260MB vs 128MB)

Score

AMD EPYC 7542

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Intel Xeon Platinum 8558

General Parameters

Aug 2019

Release Date

Dec 2023

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Rome

Core Architecture

Emerald Rapids

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 4677

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Generation

Xeon Platinum (Emerald Rapids-SP)

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 4677

225 W

Power Consumption

330 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

98 °C

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

74 mm²

Die Size

4x477 mm²

FCLGA-4094

Package

FC-LGA16A

CPU Performance

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.1 GHz

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.0 GHz

32

Total Core Count

48

64

Total Thread Count

96

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

29.0

Multiplier

21

96 K per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

2 MB per core

128 MB shared

L3 Cache

260 MB

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

-

AVX-512 FMA Ports

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR5-5200

-

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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