Intel Xeon Gold 6338 vs AMD EPYC 7742

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Combined performance score

EPYC 7742
45.04
+105%

EPYC 7742 outperforms Xeon Gold 6338 by 105% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing EPYC 7742 and Xeon Gold 6338 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking40205
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money19.6019.17
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesAMD EPYCno data
Architecture codenameZen 2 (2019−2020)no data
Release date7 August 2019 (4 years old)1 April 2021 (2 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$6,950no data
Current price$2294 (0.3x MSRP)$1890
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

EPYC 7742 has 2% better value for money than Xeon Gold 6338.

Technical specs

EPYC 7742 and Xeon Gold 6338 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)32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads12864
Base clock speed2.25 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz3.2 GHz
L1 cache96K (per core)no data
L2 cache512K (per core)no data
L3 cache256 MB (shared)48 MB
Chip lithography7 nm, 14 nm10 nm
Die size192 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data81 °C
Number of transistors4,800 millionno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Compatibility

Information on EPYC 7742 and Xeon Gold 6338 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
SocketTR4FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)225 Watt205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by EPYC 7742 and Xeon Gold 6338. 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+no data
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSXno data+
Statusno dataLaunched

Security technologies

EPYC 7742 and Xeon Gold 6338 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 7742 and Xeon Gold 6338 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 6338. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Eight-channelDDR4-3200
Maximum memory size4 TiB6 TB
Max memory channels88
Maximum memory bandwidth204.763 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by EPYC 7742 and Xeon Gold 6338.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data64

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
+105%
Xeon Gold 6338 22.02

EPYC 7742 outperforms Xeon Gold 6338 by 105% 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
+105%
Xeon Gold 6338 33814

EPYC 7742 outperforms Xeon Gold 6338 by 105% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 45.04 22.02
Recency 7 August 2019 1 April 2021
Physical cores 64 32
Threads 128 64
Chip lithography 7 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 205 Watt

The EPYC 7742 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon Gold 6338 in performance tests.


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