AMD EPYC 7742 vs Intel Xeon 6960E+
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Aug 2019
May 2026
Manufacturer
AMD
Intel
Type
Server
Server
Core Architecture
Rome
Clearwater Forest
Integrated Graphics
N/A
N/A
Generation
EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))
Xeon 6+ (Clearwater Forest-SP)
Package
Transistor Count
3.8 billions
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Manufacturing Process
7 nm
3 nm
Socket
AMD Socket SP3
Intel Socket 7529
Power Consumption
225 W
330 W
Foundry
TSMC
Intel
Die Size
74 mm²
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Package
FCLGA-4094
FC-LGA18N
Peak Operating Temperature
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98°C
I/O Process Size
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10 nm
I/O Die Size
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2x 241
CPU Performance
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.25 GHz
2.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.4 GHz
3.2 GHz
Total Core Count
64
144
Total Thread Count
128
144
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
22.5
24.0
L1 Cache
96 K per core
96 KB per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
4 MB per module
L3 Cache
256 MB shared
432 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
SMP
2
2
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-3200
DDR5-8000
Max Memory Channels
8
12
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Yes
Max Memory Size
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1.5 TB
Max Memory Bandwidth
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768.0 GB/s
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4
5
PCIe Lanes
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96
Benchmark
Geekbench 6
404
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Geekbench 6
170
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.