EPYC 7542
AMD
PassMark
45,359
Performance
High-End
Performance Spectrum - CPU
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Overview
The EPYC 7542 is manufactured by AMD. It was released in 7 August 2019 (6 years ago). It is based on the Zen 2 (2017−2020) architecture. It features 32 cores and 64 threads. Base frequency is 2.9 GHz, with boost up to 3.4 GHz. L3 cache: 128 MB (total). L2 cache: 512K (per core). Built on 7 nm, 14 nm process technology. Socket: SP3. Thermal design power (TDP): 225 Watt. Memory support: DDR4 Eight-channel. Passmark benchmark score: 45,359 points. Launch price was $3,400.
Specifications
General
- Type
- server
- Series
- AMD EPYC
- Designer
- AMD
- Launch price
- $3,400
- Manufacturer
- TSMC
- Release date
- 7 August 2019 (6 years ago)
- Architecture codename
- Zen 2 (2017−2020)
- Performance ranking position
- 241
Technical
- Cores
- 32
- Threads
- 64
- Die size
- 192 mm2
- L1 cache
- 96K (per core)
- L2 cache
- 512K (per core)
- L3 cache
- 128 MB (total)
- Max frequency
- 3.4 GHz
- Multiplicador
- 29
- 64-bit support
- +
- Base frequency
- 2.9 GHz
- Transistor count
- 4,800 million
- Process technology
- 7 nm, 14 nm
- Unlocked multiplier
- +
- Compatibilidade com Windows 11
- +
Compatibility
- Socket
- SP3
- Power consumption (TDP)
- 225 Watt
- Max processors in config
- 2 (Multiprocessor)
Memory
- RAM types
- DDR4 Eight-channel
- Memory channels
- 8
- Memory bandwidth
- 204.763 GB/s
- ECC memory support
- +
- Max memory capacity
- 4 TiB
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