AMD EPYC 7532 vs Intel Core i9-9880H

Last updated: 2024-04-16

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD EPYC 7532		Intel Core i9-9880H
CPU comparison AMD EPYC 7532 or Intel Core i9-9880H - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The AMD EPYC 7532 has 32 cores with 64 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.30 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 8 memory channels. The AMD EPYC 7532 was released in Q1/2020. The Intel Core i9-9880H has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.80 GHz. The CPU supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i9-9880H was released in Q2/2019.

AMD EPYC (129)	Family	Intel Core i9 (78)
AMD EPYC 7002 (24)	CPU group	Intel Core i 9000H (11)
2	Generation	9
Rome (Zen 2)	Architecture	Coffee Lake H Refresh
Desktop / Server	Segment	Mobile
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD EPYC 7532 has 32 CPU cores and can calculate 64 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD EPYC 7532 is 2.40 GHz (3.30 GHz) while the Intel Core i9-9880H has 8 CPU cores and 16 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i9-9880H is at 2.30 GHz (4.80 GHz).
AMD EPYC 7532	Characteristic	Intel Core i9-9880H
32	Cores	8
64	Threads	16
normal	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
2.40 GHz	Frequency	2.30 GHz
3.30 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	4.80 GHz
2.90 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	3.40 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
AMD EPYC 7532	Characteristic	Intel Core i9-9880H
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The AMD EPYC 7532 or Intel Core i9-9880H has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
no iGPU	GPU	Intel UHD Graphics 630
	GPU frequency	0.35 GHz
--	GPU (Turbo)	1.20 GHz
--	GPU Generation	9.5
	Technology	14 nm
	Max. displays	3
--	Compute units	24
--	Shader	192
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
--	Max. GPU Memory	64 GB
--	DirectX Version	12

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
no iGPU	GPU	Intel UHD Graphics 630
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode / Encode
No	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP9	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP8	Decode / Encode
No	Codec AV1	No
No	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VC-1	Decode
No	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The AMD EPYC 7532 can use up to GB of memory in 8 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 51.2 GB/s. The Intel Core i9-9880H supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 42.7 GB/s.
AMD EPYC 7532	Characteristic	Intel Core i9-9880H
DDR4-3200	Memory	LPDDR3-2133, DDR4-2666
	Max. Memory	128 GB
8 (Octa Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
51.2 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	42.7 GB/s
Yes	ECC	No
--	L2 Cache	--
256.00 MB	L3 Cache	16.00 MB
4.0	PCIe version	3.0
128	PCIe lanes	16
252.0 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD EPYC 7532 is 200 W, while the Intel Core i9-9880H has a TDP of 45 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
AMD EPYC 7532	Characteristic	Intel Core i9-9880H
200 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	45 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	35 W
--	Tjunction max.	100 °C
Technical details The AMD EPYC 7532 is manufactured in 7 nm and has 256.00 MB cache. The Intel Core i9-9880H is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 16.00 MB cache.
AMD EPYC 7532	Characteristic	Intel Core i9-9880H
7 nm	Technology	14 nm
Chiplet	Chip design	Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3	ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
SP3	Socket	BGA 1440
AMD-V, SVM	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q1/2020	Release date	Q2/2019
3600 $	Release price	550 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

AMD EPYC 7532 (89%)

Intel Core i9-9880H (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

AMD EPYC 7532 (100%)

Intel Core i9-9880H (34%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD EPYC 7532 32C 64T @ 3.30 GHz	1049 (93%)
	Intel Core i9-9880H 8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz	1127 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD EPYC 7532 32C 64T @ 2.90 GHz	24679 (100%)
	Intel Core i9-9880H 8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz	6114 (25%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	AMD EPYC 7532 32C 64T @ 3.30 GHz	1246 (88%)
	Intel Core i9-9880H 8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz	1422 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	AMD EPYC 7532 32C 64T @ 2.90 GHz	12846 (100%)
	Intel Core i9-9880H 8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz	6467 (50%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD EPYC 7532 32C 64T @ 3.30 GHz	386 (86%)
	Intel Core i9-9880H 8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz	447 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	AMD EPYC 7532 32C 64T @ 2.90 GHz	54674 (100%)
	Intel Core i9-9880H 8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz	13961 (26%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	AMD EPYC 7532 32C 64T @ 3.30 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-9880H 8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz	70 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	AMD EPYC 7532 32C 64T @ 3.30 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-9880H 8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz	494 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD EPYC 7532 32C 64T @ 3.30 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-9880H 8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz	1162 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD EPYC 7532 32C 64T @ 2.90 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-9880H 8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz	8657 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD EPYC 7532 32C 64T @ 2.90 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-9880H 8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz	3462 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	AMD EPYC 7532 @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-9880H Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.20 GHz	461 (100%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.


	AMD EPYC 7532 32C 64T @ 2.90 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-9880H 8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz	132 (100%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.


	AMD EPYC 7532 32C 64T @ 2.90 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-9880H 8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz	242.2 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	AMD EPYC 7532 32C 64T @ 2.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-9880H 8C 16T @ 2.30 GHz	3818 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD EPYC 7532 32C 64T @ 3.30 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-9880H 8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz	191 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD EPYC 7532 32C 64T @ 2.90 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-9880H 8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz	1535 (100%)

Devices using this processor
AMD EPYC 7532	Intel Core i9-9880H
Unknown	Apple MacBook Pro 15 (2019) Apple MacBook Pro 16 (2019) Asus Strix Scar III G531GW HP Omen 17-cb0020ng HP ZBook 17 G6-6TV00EA MSI GE65 9SF-006 MSI GE75 9SG.MSI GS65 Stealth-666 MSI P65 Creator 9SF-657

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