AMD Epyc 7542 vs Intel Core i5-8250U. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile
• Family
  AMD Epyc Intel Core i5
• Generation
  2 8
• CPU group
  AMD Epyc 7002 Intel Core i 8000U

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  2.90 GHz 1.60 GHz
• CPU Cores
  32 4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.40 GHz 3.40 GHz
• CPU Threads
  64 8
• Hyperthreading
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  no iGPU Intel UHD Graphics 620
• GPU frequency
  0.30 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 1.10 GHz
• Execution units
  24
• Shader
  192
• Max. GPU Memory
  -- 64 GB
• Max. displays
  3
• Generation
  9.5
• DirectX Version
  12
• Technology
  14 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2016

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h264
  No Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode
• VP8
  No Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  No Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• JPEG
  No Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-8250U and AMD Epyc 7542. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200 DDR4-2400 SO-DIMM
• Max. Memory
  32 GB
• ECC
  Yes No
• Memory channels
  8 2
• PCIe version
  4.0 3.0
• PCIe lanes
  128 12

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Epyc 7542 and Intel Core i5-8250U to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  225 W 15 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Epyc 7542 and AMD Epyc 7542, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L3-Cache
  128.00 MB 6.00 MB
• Architecture
  Rome (Zen 2) Kaby Lake U Refresh
• Technology
  7 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  SP3 BGA 1356
• Release date
  Q3/2019 Q3/2017