AMD EPYC 7742 vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8368Q

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We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 7742 with 64 cores 2.25GHz and Intel Xeon Platinum 8368Q with 38 cores 2.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD EPYC 7742 's Advantages

Larger L3 cache size (256MB vs 57MB)

Lower TDP (225W vs 270W)

Intel Xeon Platinum 8368Q 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 8 months late

Higher base frequency (2.6GHz vs 2.25GHz)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD EPYC 7742

404

Intel Xeon Platinum 8368Q +360%

1862

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD EPYC 7742

170

Intel Xeon Platinum 8368Q +11818%

20262

AMD EPYC 7742

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Intel Xeon Platinum 8368Q

General Parameters

Aug 2019

Release Date

Apr 2021

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Server

Type

Server

Rome

Core Architecture

Ice Lake-SP

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 4189

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Generation

Xeon Platinum (Ice Lake-SP)

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

AMD Socket SP3

Socket

Intel Socket 4189

225 W

Power Consumption

270 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

85 °C

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

74 mm²

Die Size

-

FCLGA-4094

Package

FC-LGA4189

CPU Performance

2.25 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.6 GHz

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.7 GHz

64

Total Core Count

38

128

Total Thread Count

76

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

22.5

Multiplier

26.0

96 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

256 MB shared

L3 Cache

57 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

2

SMP

2

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

8

Max Memory Channels

8

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

4

PCIe Version

4

-

PCIe Lanes

64

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