Intel Xeon Gold 6342 vs AMD EPYC 7443

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Combined performance score

EPYC 7443
36.40
+18.1%

EPYC 7443 outperforms Xeon Gold 6342 by 18% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing EPYC 7443 and Xeon Gold 6342 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking79116
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money9.1411.25
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesAMD EPYCno data
Architecture codenameMilan (2021)Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date15 March 2021 (3 years old)6 April 2021 (2 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,010no data
Current price$3804 (1.9x MSRP)$4228
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Gold 6342 has 23% better value for money than EPYC 7443.

Technical specs

EPYC 7443 and Xeon Gold 6342 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 cores24 (Tetracosa-Core)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads4848
Base clock speed2.85 GHz2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz3.5 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache512 KB (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache128 MB (shared)36 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nm+10 nm
Die size4x 81 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data81 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data81 °C
Number of transistors16,600 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Compatibility

Information on EPYC 7443 and Xeon Gold 6342 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 configuration22
SocketSP3FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)200 Watt230 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by EPYC 7443 and Xeon Gold 6342. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSXno data+
Statusno dataLaunched

Security technologies

EPYC 7443 and Xeon Gold 6342 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by EPYC 7443 and Xeon Gold 6342 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+no data
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by EPYC 7443 and Xeon Gold 6342. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-3200DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size4 TiB6 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
Maximum memory bandwidth204.795 GB/sno data
ECC memory supportno data+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/Ano data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by EPYC 7443 and Xeon Gold 6342.

PCIe version4.04.0
PCI Express lanes12864

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

EPYC 7443 36.40
+18.1%
Xeon Gold 6342 30.81

EPYC 7443 outperforms Xeon Gold 6342 by 18% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

EPYC 7443 55901
+18.1%
Xeon Gold 6342 47320

EPYC 7443 outperforms Xeon Gold 6342 by 18% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 36.40 30.81
Chip lithography 7 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt 230 Watt

The EPYC 7443 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon Gold 6342 in performance tests.


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