AMD EPYC 7542: CPU Specs and Performance, Benchmarks
The AMD EPYC 7542 is a 32-core and 64-thread processor configuration with a base clock speed of 2900 MHz. The CPU specifications and performance tests (benchmarks) are listed below.
Performance (Benchmarks)
- Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score
- 981
- Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score
- 12115
- PassMark CPU Mark Rating
- 56809
- PassMark Single Thread Rating
- 2206
Processor Specs
- Processor
- AMD EPYC 7542
- Frequency
- 2900 MHz
- Maximum Frequency
- 3400 MHz
- Cores
- 32
- Threads
- 64
- TDP
- 225 W
- Codename
- Rome
- Package
- Socket SP3 (4094)

Geekbench 5 Benchmark
- Single-Core Score
- 982
- Multi-Core Score
- 964
- Benchmark
- Geekbench 5.3.1 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)
System Information
- Operating System
- Linux 4.19.0-17-amd64 x86_64
- Model
- QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)
- Motherboard
- N/A
CPU Specifications
- Name
- AMD EPYC 7542
- Topology
- 1 Processor, 1 Core
- Identifier
- AuthenticAMD Family 23 Model 49 Stepping 0
- Base Frequency
- 2.90 GHz
- L1 Instruction Cache
- 64.0 KB x 1
- L1 Data Cache
- 64.0 KB x 1
- L2 Cache
- 512 KB x 1
- L3 Cache
- 16.0 MB x 1
Memory Information
- Size
- 987 MB
Geekbench 5 result (single)
| Single-Core Score | 982 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 1830 |
| Integer Score | 856 |
| Floating Point Score | 1114 |
| AES-XTS | 1830 3.12 GB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 1041 5.26 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 806 38.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 753 2.12 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 812 953.8 KElements/sec |
| SQLite | 743 232.9 Krows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 885 48.0 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 797 253.9 KB/sec |
| Clang | 860 6.70 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 1070 12.4 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 1135 1.42 Mpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 972 6021.8 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 1144 62.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 982 7.56 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 741 18.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 2002 98.2 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 1678 22.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 1375 1.10 Mpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 888 7.95 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 910 29.1 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 954 36.9 images/sec |
Geekbench 5 result (multi)
| Multi-Core Score | 964 |
|---|---|
| Crypto Score | 1485 |
| Integer Score | 852 |
| Floating Point Score | 1121 |
| AES-XTS | 1485 2.53 GB/sec |
| Text Compression (LZMA) | 962 4.87 MB/sec |
| Image Compression | 889 42.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm) | 727 2.05 MTE/sec |
| HTML5 | 792 930.0 KElements/sec |
| SQLite | 751 235.4 Krows/sec |
| PDF Rendering | 879 47.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Text Rendering | 776 247.3 KB/sec |
| Clang | 902 7.03 Klines/sec |
| Camera | 1045 12.1 images/sec |
| N-Body Physics | 1148 1.44 Mpairs/sec |
| Rigid Body Physics | 976 6047.4 FPS |
| Gaussian Blur | 1154 63.4 Mpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 991 7.63 images/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 736 18.2 Mpixels/sec |
| Image Inpainting | 2026 99.4 Mpixels/sec |
| HDR | 1671 22.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 1430 1.15 Mpixels/sec |
| Structure from Motion | 890 7.98 Kpixels/sec |
| Speech Recognition | 902 28.9 Words/sec |
| Machine Learning | 956 36.9 images/sec |