EPYC 7642/7742 vs. Xeon Platinum 8280 Performance With Intel-Recommended Benchmarks

So if simply going among the benchmarks recommended by Intel for system procurement, the EPYC 7642 and EPYC 7742 processors still easily win against the Xeon Platinum 8280 both in raw performance and even more so with performance-per-dollar.

The EPYC 7642 2P delivered roughly 1.16x the performance of the dual Xeon Platinum 8280 while running just half the price of dual 8280s. The EPYC 7742 2P delivered 1.25x the performance at just about three quarters the price of the top-tier non-AP Cascade Lake processors. The only tests where the Xeon Platinum 8280 performance came out ahead was EP-DGEMM and some scenarios within Intel's own Embree ray-tracing software. So going by Intel's own whitepaper guidance with their recommended software, the EPYC 7002 series delivers great performance and value.

Those wanting to see how their own Linux system(s) compare to these benchmark results can simply install the Phoronix Test Suite and run phoronix-test-suite benchmark 1910271-PTS-WHITE41597.

Find more benchmarks in pur EPYC 7642 and EPYC 7302 / 7402 / 7502 / 7742 reviews, among many other Rome benchmark articles on Phoronix and more in the pipe for this quarter. As always, if there are any other benchmarks not yet run on these CPUs or not part of the Phoronix Test Suite, be sure to let me know via the forums or twitter for further expanding the benchmarking coverage.