EPYC 7H12 vs Xeon Platinum 9242

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 9242 and EPYC 7H12 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	48
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Platinum	AMD EPYC
Power efficiency	no data	14.74
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake-AP (2019)	Zen 2 (2017−2020)
Release date	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)	18 September 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 9242 and EPYC 7H12 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 cores	48 (Octatetraconta-Core)	64 (Tetrahexaconta-Core)
Threads	96	128
Base clock speed	2.3 GHz	2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.8 GHz	3.3 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	23	26
L1 cache	64K (per core)	96K (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	512K (per core)
L3 cache	71.5 MB (shared)	256 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm, 14 nm
Die size	no data	192 mm2
Number of transistors	8,000 million	4,800 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 9242 and EPYC 7H12 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 configuration	8	2 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	Intel BGA5903	TR4
Power consumption (TDP)	350 Watt	280 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 9242 and EPYC 7H12. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX-512	no data
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	+	-
Precision Boost 2	no data	+

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 9242 and EPYC 7H12 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

+

no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 9242 and EPYC 7H12 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 9242 and EPYC 7H12. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	DDR4 Eight-channel
Maximum memory size	2 TiB	4 TiB
Max memory channels	12	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	281.6 GB/s	204.763 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	2 April 2019	18 September 2019
Physical cores	48	64
Threads	96	128
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	350 Watt	280 Watt

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