AMD EPYC 7742 vs Intel Core i7 6950X
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Aug 2019
May 2016
Manufacturer
AMD
Intel
Type
Server
Desktop
Core Architecture
Rome
Broadwell E
Integrated Graphics
N/A
N/A
Generation
EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))
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Instruction Set
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x86-64
Processor Number
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i7-6950X
Package
Transistor Count
3.8 billions
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Manufacturing Process
7 nm
14 nm
Socket
AMD Socket SP3
LGA-2011-3
Power Consumption
225 W
140 W
Foundry
TSMC
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Die Size
74 mm²
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Package
FCLGA-4094
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CPU Performance
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.25 GHz
3.0 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.4 GHz
3.5 GHz
Total Core Count
64
10
Total Thread Count
128
20
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
22.5
30x
L1 Cache
96 K per core
32 K per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
256 K per core
L3 Cache
256 MB shared
25 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
SMP
2
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Performance Cores
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10
Performance Core Threads
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20
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-3200
DDR4-2133
Max Memory Channels
8
4
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
Max Memory Size
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128 GB
Max Memory Bandwidth
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76.8 GB/s
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4
3.0
PCIe Lanes
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40
Benchmark
Geekbench 6
404
1,020
Geekbench 6
170
6,726
Cinebench R23
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1,069
Cinebench R23
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9,743
Passmark CPU
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2,330
Passmark CPU
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17,362
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.