AMD EPYC 7542 vs Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 7542 and Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7542

  • CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • 28 more cores, run more applications at once: 32 vs 4
  • 56 more threads: 64 vs 8
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm, 14 nm vs 14 nm
  • 8x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 16x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 16x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • 64x more maximum memory size: 4 TB vs 64 GB
  • 8.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 73885 vs 8407
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 Aug 2019 vs 5 August 2015
Number of cores 32 vs 4
Number of threads 64 vs 8
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm, 14 nm vs 14 nm
L1 cache 2 MB vs 256 KB
L2 cache 16 MB vs 1 MB
L3 cache 128 MB vs 8 MB
Maximum memory size 4 TB vs 64 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 73885 vs 8407

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5

  • Around 18% higher clock speed: 4.00 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
  • 2.8x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 225 Watt
  • Around 12% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2322 vs 2073
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 4.00 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 225 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2322 vs 2073

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 7542
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2073
2322
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
73885
8407
Name AMD EPYC 7542 Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5
PassMark - Single thread mark 2073 2322
PassMark - CPU mark 73885 8407
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 4468
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 15978

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD EPYC 7542 Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Skylake
Launch date 7 Aug 2019 5 August 2015
Launch price (MSRP) $3400 $612
OPN PIB 100-100000075WOF
OPN Tray 100-000000075
Place in performance rating 292 282
Vertical segment Server Server
Price now $690.01
Processor Number E3-1280V5
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 v5 Family
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 4.55

Performance

Base frequency 2.9 GHz 3.70 GHz
L1 cache 2 MB 256 KB
L2 cache 16 MB 1 MB
L3 cache 128 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm, 14 nm 14 nm
Maximum frequency 3.4 GHz 4.00 GHz
Number of cores 32 4
Number of threads 64 8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI3
Die size 160 mm
Transistor count 1400 million
VID voltage range 0.55V-1.52V

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 8 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 190.7 GB/s 34.1 GB/s
Maximum memory size 4 TB 64 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.35V

Compatibility

Socket Count 1P/2P
Sockets supported SP3 FCLGA1151
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 225 Watt 80 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 128 16
PCI Express revision 4.0 3.0
PCIe configurations 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability 1S Only

Advanced Technologies

AMD SenseMI
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)

Graphics

Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics None

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 0
Wireless Display (WiDi) support

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort N / A
Max resolution over eDP N / A
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 N / A
Max resolution over VGA N / A
Max resolution over WiDi N / A

Graphics API support

DirectX N / A
OpenGL N / A

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot