Intel Core i7-5960X vs AMD EPYC 7501

What is the difference between Intel Core i7-5960X and AMD EPYC 7501. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

929Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score714
7205Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score6473
12569PassMark CPU Mark Rating24925
1969PassMark Single Thread Rating1925
89303DMark Time Spy Physics Score

Processor Specs

Intel Core i7-5960XProcessorAMD EPYC 7501
3000 MHzFrequency2000 MHz
3500 MHzMaximum Frequency3000 MHz
8Cores32
16Threads64
140 WTDP170 W
Haswell ECodenameNaples
LGA2011-v3PackageSocket SP3 (4094)

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

932Single-Core Score616
6920Multi-Core Score608
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.3.1 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)Operating SystemLinux 4.19.0-17-amd64 x86_64
ASUS All SeriesModelQEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. RAMPAGE V EXTREMEMotherboardN/A
High performancePower Plan

CPU Specifications

Intel Core i7-5960XNameAMD EPYC 7501
1 Processor, 8 Cores, 16 ThreadsTopology1 Processor, 1 Core
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 63 Stepping 2IdentifierAuthenticAMD Family 23 Model 1 Stepping 2
2.92 GHzBase Frequency2.00 GHz
3607 MHzMaximum Frequency
Socket 2011 LGAPackage
Haswell-E/EPCodename
32.0 KB x 8L1 Instruction Cache64.0 KB x 1
32.0 KB x 8L1 Data Cache64.0 KB x 1
256 KB x 8L2 Cache512 KB x 1
20.0 MB x 1L3 Cache16.0 MB x 1

Memory Information

64.00 GBSize987 MB
1040 MHzFrequency
DDR4 SDRAMType
4Channels

Geekbench 5 result (single)

932Single-Core Score616
1232Crypto Score1249
879Integer Score558
998Floating Point Score 636
1232
2.10 GB/sec
AES-XTS1249
2.13 GB/sec
988
5.00 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)605
3.06 MB/sec
981
46.4 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression595
28.2 Mpixels/sec
857
2.42 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)594
1.68 MTE/sec
844
991.5 KElements/sec
HTML5492
578.3 KElements/sec
852
266.9 Krows/sec
SQLite489
153.2 Krows/sec
855
46.4 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering579
31.4 Mpixels/sec
866
276.0 KB/sec
Text Rendering507
161.7 KB/sec
862
6.72 Klines/sec
Clang573
4.47 Klines/sec
822
9.52 images/sec
Camera610
7.07 images/sec
828
1.04 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics614
767.8 Kpairs/sec
958
5933.0 FPS
Rigid Body Physics630
3902.8 FPS
785
43.2 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur704
38.7 Mpixels/sec
889
6.84 images/sec
Face Detection499
3.84 images/sec
894
22.0 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection488
12.0 Mpixels/sec
1571
77.1 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1109
54.4 Mpixels/sec
1692
23.1 Mpixels/sec
HDR998
13.6 Mpixels/sec
1092
877.0 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing695
558.1 Kpixels/sec
807
7.23 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion539
4.83 Kpixels/sec
959
30.7 Words/sec
Speech Recognition534
17.1 Words/sec
876
33.9 images/sec
Machine Learning468
18.1 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

6920Multi-Core Score608
6466Crypto Score1250
6759Integer Score549
7345Floating Point Score 629
6466
11.0 GB/sec
AES-XTS1250
2.13 GB/sec
8261
41.8 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)598
3.02 MB/sec
8889
420.5 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression594
28.1 Mpixels/sec
4365
12.3 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)581
1.64 MTE/sec
6151
7.22 MElements/sec
HTML5495
580.7 KElements/sec
7007
2.20 Mrows/sec
SQLite476
149.3 Krows/sec
7504
407.2 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering575
31.2 Mpixels/sec
6173
1.92 MB/sec
Text Rendering498
158.7 KB/sec
7408
57.7 Klines/sec
Clang547
4.26 Klines/sec
6210
72.0 images/sec
Camera591
6.85 images/sec
5890
7.37 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics513
642.0 Kpairs/sec
9393
58190.3 FPS
Rigid Body Physics624
3864.1 FPS
6766
371.9 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur692
38.0 Mpixels/sec
7301
56.2 images/sec
Face Detection501
3.86 images/sec
7741
190.8 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection488
12.0 Mpixels/sec
10761
527.9 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1084
53.2 Mpixels/sec
13603
185.4 Mpixels/sec
HDR997
13.6 Mpixels/sec
9300
7.47 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing746
598.8 Kpixels/sec
6593
59.1 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion541
4.85 Kpixels/sec
5325
170.2 Words/sec
Speech Recognition561
17.9 Words/sec
3321
128.3 images/sec
Machine Learning464
17.9 images/sec