AMD EPYC 7542 vs Intel Xeon E5-2698 v4

What is the difference between AMD EPYC 7542 and Intel Xeon E5-2698 v4. Find out which CPU has better performance.

AMD EPYC 7542
AMD EPYC 7542
Intel Xeon E5-2698 v4
Intel Xeon E5-2698 v4

Performance (Benchmarks)

981Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score775
12115Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score11076
56809PassMark CPU Mark Rating22546
2206PassMark Single Thread Rating2095

Processor Specs

AMD EPYC 7542ProcessorIntel Xeon E5-2698 v4
2900 MHzFrequency2200 MHz
3400 MHzMaximum Frequency3600 MHz
32Cores20
64Threads40
225 WTDP135 W
RomeCodenameBroadwell
Socket SP3 (4094)PackageFCLGA2011-3

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

982Single-Core Score755
964Multi-Core Score10937
Geekbench 5.3.1 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Linux 4.19.0-17-amd64 x86_64Operating SystemUbuntu 20.04.1 LTS
QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)ModelNVIDIA DGX Station
N/AMotherboardEMPTY X99-E-10G WS

CPU Specifications

AMD EPYC 7542NameIntel Xeon E5-2698 v4
1 Processor, 1 CoreTopology1 Processor, 20 Cores, 40 Threads
AuthenticAMD Family 23 Model 49 Stepping 0IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 79 Stepping 1
2.90 GHzBase Frequency3.60 GHz
64.0 KB x 1L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 20
64.0 KB x 1L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 20
512 KB x 1L2 Cache256 KB x 20
16.0 MB x 1L3 Cache50.0 MB x 1

Memory Information

987 MBSize251.63 GB

Geekbench 5 result (single)

982Single-Core Score755
1830Crypto Score1024
856Integer Score714
1114Floating Point Score 800
1830
3.12 GB/sec		AES-XTS1024
1.75 GB/sec
1041
5.26 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)741
3.75 MB/sec
806
38.1 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression750
35.5 Mpixels/sec
753
2.12 MTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)794
2.24 MTE/sec
812
953.8 KElements/sec		HTML5727
853.6 KElements/sec
743
232.9 Krows/sec		SQLite717
224.7 Krows/sec
885
48.0 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering698
37.9 Mpixels/sec
797
253.9 KB/sec		Text Rendering650
207.0 KB/sec
860
6.70 Klines/sec		Clang698
5.44 Klines/sec
1070
12.4 images/sec		Camera658
7.62 images/sec
1135
1.42 Mpairs/sec		N-Body Physics640
801.0 Kpairs/sec
972
6021.8 FPS		Rigid Body Physics792
4905.1 FPS
1144
62.9 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur590
32.5 Mpixels/sec
982
7.56 images/sec		Face Detection708
5.45 images/sec
741
18.3 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection707
17.4 Mpixels/sec
2002
98.2 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting1383
67.9 Mpixels/sec
1678
22.9 Mpixels/sec		HDR1466
20.0 Mpixels/sec
1375
1.10 Mpixels/sec		Ray Tracing964
774.0 Kpixels/sec
888
7.95 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion653
5.85 Kpixels/sec
910
29.1 Words/sec		Speech Recognition743
23.8 Words/sec
954
36.9 images/sec		Machine Learning603
23.3 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

964Multi-Core Score10937
1485Crypto Score10706
852Integer Score10488
1121Floating Point Score 11947
1485
2.53 GB/sec		AES-XTS10706
18.3 GB/sec
962
4.87 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)12802
64.7 MB/sec
889
42.1 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression12683
600.0 Mpixels/sec
727
2.05 MTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)7331
20.7 MTE/sec
792
930.0 KElements/sec		HTML59755
11.5 MElements/sec
751
235.4 Krows/sec		SQLite10341
3.24 Mrows/sec
879
47.7 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering11198
607.7 Mpixels/sec
776
247.3 KB/sec		Text Rendering9804
3.05 MB/sec
902
7.03 Klines/sec		Clang12064
94.0 Klines/sec
1045
12.1 images/sec		Camera9654
111.9 images/sec
1148
1.44 Mpairs/sec		N-Body Physics8357
10.5 Mpairs/sec
976
6047.4 FPS		Rigid Body Physics13636
84482.3 FPS
1154
63.4 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur11927
655.6 Mpixels/sec
991
7.63 images/sec		Face Detection11470
88.3 images/sec
736
18.2 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection12257
302.1 Mpixels/sec
2026
99.4 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting18020
884.0 Mpixels/sec
1671
22.8 Mpixels/sec		HDR24218
330.0 Mpixels/sec
1430
1.15 Mpixels/sec		Ray Tracing16086
12.9 Mpixels/sec
890
7.98 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion11738
105.2 Kpixels/sec
902
28.9 Words/sec		Speech Recognition8718
278.7 Words/sec
956
36.9 images/sec		Machine Learning5156
199.2 images/sec