AMD EPYC™ 7742
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AMD EPYC™ 7742
Specification
platform
server
Product Series
AMD EPYC™
Series products
AMD EPYC™ 7002 Series
Number of processor cores
64
Number of execution threads
128
Maximum overclocking clock
Up to 3.4GHz
basic clock
2.25GHz
Total L3 cache
256MB
1kU Pricing
6,950 USD
Default thermal design power/TDP
225W
encapsulation
SP3
Number of slots
1P/2P
connect
PCI Express® version
PCIe 4.0x128
memory type
DDR4
memory channel
8
Machine memory specifications 
 
2nd Gen AMD EPYC™ processors used on motherboards designed for the 1st Gen AMD EPYC processor require a BIOS update from your server manufacturer. The EPYC 7742, 7642 and 7542 are 225w parts and require additional updates, contact your server manufacturer for support. For PCIe ® 4 and DDR4-3200 memory support, please contact your server manufacturer. A motherboard designed for 2nd Gen EPYC processors is required to enable all available functionality. ROM-06a
Up to 3200MT/s
Single memory bandwidth
204.8GB/s
Product ID
Boxed product ID
100-100000053WOF
Tray product ID
100-000000053
main feature
Supported technologies
AMD Infinity Guard
AMD Infinity Architecture
Workload Category
Analytics
Cache-sensitive scale-up/out
CAE/CFD/FEA
ERM/SCM/CRM apps
High capacity data mgmt (NR/RDBMS)
VM Density
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