AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X vs AMD EPYC 7542

What is the difference between AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X and AMD EPYC 7542. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

1068Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score981
12543Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score12115
30748PassMark CPU Mark Rating56809
2477PassMark Single Thread Rating2206

Processor Specs

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950XProcessorAMD EPYC 7542
3500 MHzFrequency2900 MHz
4400 MHzMaximum Frequency3400 MHz
16Cores32
32Threads64
180 WTDP225 W
ColfaxCodenameRome
sTR4PackageSocket SP3 (4094)

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

1067Single-Core Score982
12958Multi-Core Score964
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
Alienware Alienware Area-51 R7ModelQEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)
Alienware 05J3W0MotherboardN/A
BalancedPower Plan

CPU Specifications

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950XNameAMD EPYC 7542
1 Processor, 16 Cores, 32 ThreadsTopology1 Processor, 1 Core
AuthenticAMD Family 23 Model 8 Stepping 2IdentifierAuthenticAMD Family 23 Model 49 Stepping 0
3.50 GHzBase Frequency2.90 GHz
4199 MHzMaximum Frequency
Socket SP3r2 (4094)Package
ColfaxCodename
64.0 KB x 16L1 Instruction Cache64.0 KB x 1
32.0 KB x 16L1 Data Cache64.0 KB x 1
512 KB x 16L2 Cache512 KB x 1
8.00 MB x 4L3 Cache16.0 MB x 1

Memory Information

64.00 GBSize987 MB
1463 MHzFrequency
DDR4 SDRAMType
4Channels

Geekbench 5 result (single)

1067Single-Core Score982
2213Crypto Score1830
937Integer Score856
1157Floating Point Score 1114
2213
3.77 GB/sec
AES-XTS1830
3.12 GB/sec
1036
5.24 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)1041
5.26 MB/sec
1141
54.0 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression806
38.1 Mpixels/sec
897
2.53 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)753
2.12 MTE/sec
838
984.4 KElements/sec
HTML5812
953.8 KElements/sec
726
227.6 Krows/sec
SQLite743
232.9 Krows/sec
968
52.6 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering885
48.0 Mpixels/sec
865
275.6 KB/sec
Text Rendering797
253.9 KB/sec
892
6.95 Klines/sec
Clang860
6.70 Klines/sec
1151
13.3 images/sec
Camera1070
12.4 images/sec
1118
1.40 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics1135
1.42 Mpairs/sec
1088
6737.8 FPS
Rigid Body Physics972
6021.8 FPS
1329
73.0 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur1144
62.9 Mpixels/sec
1007
7.76 images/sec
Face Detection982
7.56 images/sec
903
22.3 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection741
18.3 Mpixels/sec
1936
95.0 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting2002
98.2 Mpixels/sec
1865
25.4 Mpixels/sec
HDR1678
22.9 Mpixels/sec
1351
1.08 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing1375
1.10 Mpixels/sec
911
8.16 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion888
7.95 Kpixels/sec
988
31.6 Words/sec
Speech Recognition910
29.1 Words/sec
768
29.7 images/sec
Machine Learning954
36.9 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

12958Multi-Core Score964
12183Crypto Score1485
12491Integer Score852
14099Floating Point Score 1121
12183
20.8 GB/sec
AES-XTS1485
2.53 GB/sec
13899
70.3 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)962
4.87 MB/sec
17895
846.5 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression889
42.1 Mpixels/sec
5948
16.8 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)727
2.05 MTE/sec
14055
16.5 MElements/sec
HTML5792
930.0 KElements/sec
14909
4.67 Mrows/sec
SQLite751
235.4 Krows/sec
13120
712.0 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering879
47.7 Mpixels/sec
9679
3.01 MB/sec
Text Rendering776
247.3 KB/sec
15896
123.9 Klines/sec
Clang902
7.03 Klines/sec
11827
137.1 images/sec
Camera1045
12.1 images/sec
11440
14.3 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics1148
1.44 Mpairs/sec
21442
132843.4 FPS
Rigid Body Physics976
6047.4 FPS
14659
805.8 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur1154
63.4 Mpixels/sec
16311
125.6 images/sec
Face Detection991
7.63 images/sec
14319
352.9 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection736
18.2 Mpixels/sec
20638
1.01 Gpixels/sec
Image Inpainting2026
99.4 Mpixels/sec
26502
361.1 Mpixels/sec
HDR1671
22.8 Mpixels/sec
19487
15.6 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing1430
1.15 Mpixels/sec
12377
110.9 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion890
7.98 Kpixels/sec
7347
234.9 Words/sec
Speech Recognition902
28.9 Words/sec
5375
207.7 images/sec
Machine Learning956
36.9 images/sec