Intel Xeon Gold 6242R vs AMD EPYC 7742

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Combined performance score

EPYC 7742
45.04
+97.9%

EPYC 7742 outperforms Xeon Gold 6242R by 98% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing EPYC 7742 and Xeon Gold 6242R processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking40190
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money19.5916.28
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesAMD EPYCIntel Xeon Gold
Architecture codenameZen 2 (2019−2020)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date7 August 2019 (4 years old)24 February 2020 (4 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$6,950$2,529
Current price$2294 (0.3x MSRP)$2000 (0.8x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

EPYC 7742 has 20% better value for money than Xeon Gold 6242R.

Technical specs

EPYC 7742 and Xeon Gold 6242R 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 cores64 (Tetrahexaconta-Core)20 (Icosa-Core)
Threads12840
Base clock speed2.25 GHz3.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz4.1 GHz
Bus supportno data4 × 8 GT/s
L1 cache96K (per core)1.25 MB
L2 cache512K (per core)20 MB
L3 cache256 MB (shared)35.75 MB
Chip lithography7 nm, 14 nm14 nm
Die size192 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data76 °C
Number of transistors4,800 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Compatibility

Information on EPYC 7742 and Xeon Gold 6242R 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 configuration2 (Multiprocessor)no data
SocketTR4FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)225 Watt205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by EPYC 7742 and Xeon Gold 6242R. 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+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Statusno dataLaunched

Security technologies

EPYC 7742 and Xeon Gold 6242R technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by EPYC 7742 and Xeon Gold 6242R 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 7742 and Xeon Gold 6242R. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Eight-channelDDR4-2933
Maximum memory size4 TiB1 TB
Max memory channels86
Maximum memory bandwidth204.763 GB/s140.8 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by EPYC 7742 and Xeon Gold 6242R.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data48

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 7742 45.04
+97.9%
Xeon Gold 6242R 22.76

EPYC 7742 outperforms Xeon Gold 6242R by 98% 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 7742 69183
+97.9%
Xeon Gold 6242R 34963

EPYC 7742 outperforms Xeon Gold 6242R by 98% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 45.04 22.76
Recency 7 August 2019 24 February 2020
Physical cores 64 20
Threads 128 40
Cost $6950 $2529
Chip lithography 7 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 205 Watt

The EPYC 7742 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon Gold 6242R in performance tests.


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