AMD EPYC 7742 vs Intel Core 3 304
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Aug 2019
Apr 2026
Manufacturer
AMD
Intel
Type
Server
Laptop
Core Architecture
Rome
Wildcat Lake
Integrated Graphics
N/A
Intel Xe3 Graphics (1 Xe)
Generation
EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))
Core 3 (Wildcat Lake)
Package
Transistor Count
3.8 billions
-
Manufacturing Process
7 nm
3 nm
Socket
AMD Socket SP3
Intel BGA 1516
Power Consumption
225 W
15 W
Foundry
TSMC
Intel
Die Size
74 mm²
-
Package
FCLGA-4094
FC-BGA
Peak Operating Temperature
-
100°C
CPU Performance
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.25 GHz
1.5 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.4 GHz
4.3 GHz
Total Core Count
64
5
Total Thread Count
128
5
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
22.5
15.0
L1 Cache
96 K per core
192 KB
L2 Cache
512 K per core
2.5 MB
L3 Cache
256 MB shared
6 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
SMP
2
1
Performance Cores
-
1
Performance Core Threads
-
2
Efficiency Cores
-
4
Efficiency Core Threads
-
4
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
-
1400 MHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
-
3.3 GHz
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-3200
DDR5-6400, LPDDR5-6400X-7467
Max Memory Channels
8
1
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
Max Memory Size
-
64 GB
Max Memory Bandwidth
-
59.7 GB/s
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4
4
PCIe Lanes
-
6
📊 Benchmark
Geekbench 6
404
2,472
Geekbench 6
170
6,708