AMD EPYC 7542 vs Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3

What is the difference between AMD EPYC 7542 and Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

981Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score921
12115Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score11121
56809PassMark CPU Mark Rating23912
2206PassMark Single Thread Rating2169

Processor Specs

AMD EPYC 7542ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2696 v3
2900 MHzFrequency2300 MHz
3400 MHzMaximum Frequency
32Cores18
64Threads36
225 WTDP
RomeCodenameHaswell E
Socket SP3 (4094)PackageSocket 2011 LGA

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

982Single-Core Score915
964Multi-Core Score11087
Geekbench 5.3.1 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Linux 4.19.0-17-amd64 x86_64Operating SystemWindows 10 Pro (64-bit)
QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)ModelHUANANZHI X99
N/AMotherboardHUANANZHI X99-T8D

CPU Specifications

AMD EPYC 7542NameIntel Xeon E5-2696 v3
1 Processor, 1 CoreTopology2 Processors, 36 Cores, 72 Threads
AuthenticAMD Family 23 Model 49 Stepping 0IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 63 Stepping 2
2.90 GHzBase Frequency2.29 GHz
Maximum Frequency3790 MHz
PackageSocket 2011 LGA
CodenameHaswell-E/EP
64.0 KB x 1L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 18
64.0 KB x 1L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 18
512 KB x 1L2 Cache256 KB x 18
16.0 MB x 1L3 Cache45.0 MB x 1

Memory Information

987 MBSize16.00 GB
Frequency798 MHz
TypeDDR4 SDRAM
Channels2

Geekbench 5 result (single)

982Single-Core Score915
1830Crypto Score1245
856Integer Score877
1114Floating Point Score 943
1830
3.12 GB/sec
AES-XTS1245
2.12 GB/sec
1041
5.26 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)1010
5.11 MB/sec
806
38.1 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression950
44.9 Mpixels/sec
753
2.12 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)922
2.60 MTE/sec
812
953.8 KElements/sec
HTML5842
988.9 KElements/sec
743
232.9 Krows/sec
SQLite857
268.6 Krows/sec
885
48.0 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering842
45.7 Mpixels/sec
797
253.9 KB/sec
Text Rendering860
274.1 KB/sec
860
6.70 Klines/sec
Clang842
6.56 Klines/sec
1070
12.4 images/sec
Camera790
9.16 images/sec
1135
1.42 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics781
977.6 Kpairs/sec
972
6021.8 FPS
Rigid Body Physics968
5995.3 FPS
1144
62.9 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur654
35.9 Mpixels/sec
982
7.56 images/sec
Face Detection895
6.89 images/sec
741
18.3 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection852
21.0 Mpixels/sec
2002
98.2 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1564
76.7 Mpixels/sec
1678
22.9 Mpixels/sec
HDR1658
22.6 Mpixels/sec
1375
1.10 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing1100
883.7 Kpixels/sec
888
7.95 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion773
6.92 Kpixels/sec
910
29.1 Words/sec
Speech Recognition913
29.2 Words/sec
954
36.9 images/sec
Machine Learning687
26.6 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

964Multi-Core Score11087
1485Crypto Score3995
852Integer Score11230
1121Floating Point Score 11960
1485
2.53 GB/sec
AES-XTS3995
6.81 GB/sec
962
4.87 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)18585
94.0 MB/sec
889
42.1 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression19652
929.7 Mpixels/sec
727
2.05 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)2881
8.12 MTE/sec
792
930.0 KElements/sec
HTML513614
16.0 MElements/sec
751
235.4 Krows/sec
SQLite21558
6.75 Mrows/sec
879
47.7 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering7014
380.6 Mpixels/sec
776
247.3 KB/sec
Text Rendering7660
2.38 MB/sec
902
7.03 Klines/sec
Clang21753
169.5 Klines/sec
1045
12.1 images/sec
Camera7871
91.2 images/sec
1148
1.44 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics11274
14.1 Mpairs/sec
976
6047.4 FPS
Rigid Body Physics27970
173287.9 FPS
1154
63.4 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur21351
1.17 Gpixels/sec
991
7.63 images/sec
Face Detection24868
191.5 images/sec
736
18.2 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection8530
210.3 Mpixels/sec
2026
99.4 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting13756
674.8 Mpixels/sec
1671
22.8 Mpixels/sec
HDR15953
217.4 Mpixels/sec
1430
1.15 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing22784
18.3 Mpixels/sec
890
7.98 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion10995
98.5 Kpixels/sec
902
28.9 Words/sec
Speech Recognition4600
147.1 Words/sec
956
36.9 images/sec
Machine Learning1983
76.6 images/sec