Intel answers amd with its xeon platinum 9242 beating the epyc rome

EPYC hit it pretty hard with its 64-core 'Rome' chip during the Computex launch when I compared its processor to the Xeon Platinum 8280, beating it for twice the performance. Intel has quickly come out to answer AMD with another performance test, but now using a 48-core Platinum 9242.

Intel answers AMD EPYC with its Xeon Platinum 9242

Intel said AMD was not using the correct NAMD optimizations during the Computex 2019 demo. To this end, Intel did a new demo, but this time using a Xeon Platinum 9242.

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While the original demo was running a 28-core Intel piece in 2S configuration (running less than half the cores than the 'Rome' CPU) for a total of 56 cores, the 9242 has 48 cores and results in a 2S configuration. with 96 cores, much closer to AMD's 128-core configuration. This time, the 48-core configuration manages to beat AMD's EPYC Rome.

We should note, however, that the 9242 is not the most powerful chip that Intel has in its arsenal, it also has a 56-core variant, which should offer even greater performance. The message Intel wants to send is that they continue to have the crown of performance.

This seems to be the same as always, each company always sweeps home and they want to show the best face. However, it should also be noted that EPYC processors tend to have lower prices, and the Xeon Platinum 8280 model costs above $ 15, 000.

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