Intel Core i9-7960X vs AMD EPYC 7542

What is the difference between Intel Core i9-7960X and AMD EPYC 7542. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Intel Core i9-7960X
Intel Core i9-7960X
AMD EPYC 7542
AMD EPYC 7542

Performance (Benchmarks)

1115Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score981
14355Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score12115
26629PassMark CPU Mark Rating56809
2541PassMark Single Thread Rating2206

Processor Specs

Intel Core i9-7960XProcessorAMD EPYC 7542
2800 MHzFrequency2900 MHz
4200 MHzMaximum Frequency3400 MHz
16Cores32
32Threads64
165 WTDP225 W
SkylakeCodenameRome
Socket 2066 LGAPackageSocket SP3 (4094)

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

1122Single-Core Score982
13591Multi-Core Score964
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.3.1 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)

System Information

macOS 11.5 (Build 20G71)Operating SystemLinux 4.19.0-17-amd64 x86_64
MacPro7,1ModelQEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)
MacPro7,1Model ID
Acidanthera Mac-27AD2F918AE68F61 MacPro7,1MotherboardN/A

CPU Specifications

Intel Core i9-7960XNameAMD EPYC 7542
1 Processor, 16 Cores, 32 ThreadsTopology1 Processor, 1 Core
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 85 Stepping 4IdentifierAuthenticAMD Family 23 Model 49 Stepping 0
2.80 GHzBase Frequency2.90 GHz
32.0 KB x 16L1 Instruction Cache64.0 KB x 1
32.0 KB x 16L1 Data Cache64.0 KB x 1
1.00 MB x 16L2 Cache512 KB x 1
22.0 MB x 1L3 Cache16.0 MB x 1

Memory Information

32.00 GBSize987 MB
3000 MT/sTransfer Rate
DDR4Type

Geekbench 5 result (single)

1122Single-Core Score982
1499Crypto Score1830
1055Integer Score856
1204Floating Point Score 1114
1499
2.56 GB/sec		AES-XTS1830
3.12 GB/sec
1169
5.91 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)1041
5.26 MB/sec
1088
51.5 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression806
38.1 Mpixels/sec
1023
2.88 MTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)753
2.12 MTE/sec
946
1.11 MElements/sec		HTML5812
953.8 KElements/sec
1011
316.9 Krows/sec		SQLite743
232.9 Krows/sec
1040
56.4 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering885
48.0 Mpixels/sec
1047
333.7 KB/sec		Text Rendering797
253.9 KB/sec
1061
8.27 Klines/sec		Clang860
6.70 Klines/sec
1122
13.0 images/sec		Camera1070
12.4 images/sec
1019
1.27 Mpairs/sec		N-Body Physics1135
1.42 Mpairs/sec
1290
7991.4 FPS		Rigid Body Physics972
6021.8 FPS
781
42.9 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur1144
62.9 Mpixels/sec
1126
8.67 images/sec		Face Detection982
7.56 images/sec
1014
25.0 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection741
18.3 Mpixels/sec
2148
105.4 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting2002
98.2 Mpixels/sec
1963
26.7 Mpixels/sec		HDR1678
22.9 Mpixels/sec
1360
1.09 Mpixels/sec		Ray Tracing1375
1.10 Mpixels/sec
988
8.85 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion888
7.95 Kpixels/sec
1078
34.4 Words/sec		Speech Recognition910
29.1 Words/sec
1079
41.7 images/sec		Machine Learning954
36.9 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

13591Multi-Core Score964
10555Crypto Score1485
13168Integer Score852
15013Floating Point Score 1121
10555
18.0 GB/sec		AES-XTS1485
2.53 GB/sec
18080
91.4 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)962
4.87 MB/sec
18117
857.1 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression889
42.1 Mpixels/sec
7230
20.4 MTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)727
2.05 MTE/sec
12906
15.2 MElements/sec		HTML5792
930.0 KElements/sec
14760
4.62 Mrows/sec		SQLite751
235.4 Krows/sec
10224
554.8 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering879
47.7 Mpixels/sec
11153
3.47 MB/sec		Text Rendering776
247.3 KB/sec
15993
124.6 Klines/sec		Clang902
7.03 Klines/sec
14471
167.7 images/sec		Camera1045
12.1 images/sec
11250
14.1 Mpairs/sec		N-Body Physics1148
1.44 Mpairs/sec
24327
150716.3 FPS		Rigid Body Physics976
6047.4 FPS
14604
802.8 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur1154
63.4 Mpixels/sec
17888
137.7 images/sec		Face Detection991
7.63 images/sec
14303
352.6 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection736
18.2 Mpixels/sec
23232
1.14 Gpixels/sec		Image Inpainting2026
99.4 Mpixels/sec
25432
346.5 Mpixels/sec		HDR1671
22.8 Mpixels/sec
23196
18.6 Mpixels/sec		Ray Tracing1430
1.15 Mpixels/sec
13645
122.2 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion890
7.98 Kpixels/sec
8953
286.2 Words/sec		Speech Recognition902
28.9 Words/sec
5099
197.0 images/sec		Machine Learning956
36.9 images/sec