Xeon D-2142IT vs EPYC 7261

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Primary details

Comparing EPYC 7261 and Xeon D-2142IT processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1008not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesAMD EPYCIntel Xeon D
Power efficiency3.91no data
Architecture codenameNaples (2017−2018)Skylake (server) (2017−2018)
Release date14 June 2018 (6 years ago)7 February 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$438

Detailed specifications

EPYC 7261 and Xeon D-2142IT 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads1616
Base clock speed2.5 GHz1.9 GHz
Boost clock speed2.9 GHz3 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier2519
L1 cache96K (per core)512 KB
L2 cache512K (per core)8 MB
L3 cache32 MB (shared)11 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size213 mm2no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)81 °Cno data
Number of transistors4,800 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on EPYC 7261 and Xeon D-2142IT 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)1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketSP3FCBGA2518
Power consumption (TDP)170 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by EPYC 7261 and Xeon D-2142IT. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
QuickAssistno data-
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-

Security technologies

EPYC 7261 and Xeon D-2142IT technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
SGXno data-
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by EPYC 7261 and Xeon D-2142IT are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by EPYC 7261 and Xeon D-2142IT. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR4
Maximum memory size2 TiB512 GB
Max memory channels84
Maximum memory bandwidth170.671 GB/s85.33 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by EPYC 7261 and Xeon D-2142IT.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes12832

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 June 2018 7 February 2018
Power consumption (TDP) 170 Watt 65 Watt

EPYC 7261 has an age advantage of 4 months.

Xeon D-2142IT, on the other hand, has 161.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between EPYC 7261 and Xeon D-2142IT. We've got no test results to judge.


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