EPYC 7742 vs Aubrey Isle

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Primary details

Comparing Aubrey Isle and EPYC 7742 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated47
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data3.44
Market segmentServerServer
Seriesno dataAMD EPYC
Power efficiencyno data18.45
Architecture codenameKnights Ferry (2010)Zen 2 (2017−2020)
Release date31 May 2010 (14 years ago)7 August 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$6,950

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Aubrey Isle and EPYC 7742 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores32 (Dotriaconta-Core)64 (Tetrahexaconta-Core)
Threads128128
Base clock speedno data2.25 GHz
Boost clock speed1.2 GHz3.4 GHz
Multiplierno data22.5
L1 cache32 KB (per core)96K (per core)
L2 cache256 KB (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB (shared)256 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm7 nm, 14 nm
Die size684 mm2192 mm2
Number of transistors2,300 million4,800 million
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Aubrey Isle and EPYC 7742 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration12 (Multiprocessor)
SocketPCIe x16TR4
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt225 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Aubrey Isle and EPYC 7742. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Aubrey Isle and EPYC 7742 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Aubrey Isle and EPYC 7742. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4 Eight-channel
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TiB
Max memory channelsno data8
Maximum memory bandwidthno data204.763 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 31 May 2010 7 August 2019
Physical cores 32 64
Chip lithography 45 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 225 Watt

EPYC 7742 has an age advantage of 9 years, 100% more physical cores, a 542.9% more advanced lithography process, and 33.3% lower power consumption.

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