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AMD EPYC 7601 vs Intel Core i9-7900X

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 73 %
AMD EPYC 7601
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i9-7900X
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
AMD EPYC 7601
Rank 2 - 98 %
Intel Core i9-7900X
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

AMD EPYC 7601
32C / 64T · 3.20 GHz
921
Intel Core i9-7900X
10C / 20T · 4.30 GHz
1,410
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

AMD EPYC 7601
32C / 64T · 2.70 GHz
7,914
Intel Core i9-7900X
10C / 20T · 4.00 GHz
9,120
Cinebench R20 Single-Core

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

AMD EPYC 7601
32C / 64T · 3.20 GHz
307 cb
Intel Core i9-7900X
10C / 20T · 4.30 GHz
461 cb
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

AMD EPYC 7601
32C / 64T · 3.20 GHz
903
Intel Core i9-7900X
10C / 20T · 4.30 GHz
1,133
Cinebench R20 Multi-Core

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

AMD EPYC 7601
32C / 64T · 2.70 GHz
7,445 cb
Intel Core i9-7900X
10C / 20T · 4.00 GHz
5,286 cb
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

AMD EPYC 7601
32C / 64T · 2.70 GHz
6,904
Intel Core i9-7900X
10C / 20T · 4.00 GHz
10,199
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

AMD EPYC 7601
32C / 64T · 3.20 GHz
141 cb
Intel Core i9-7900X
10C / 20T · 4.30 GHz
188 cb
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

AMD EPYC 7601
32C / 64T · 2.70 GHz
4,068 cb
Intel Core i9-7900X
10C / 20T · 4.00 GHz
2,194 cb

More benchmarks

At a glance

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AMD EPYC 7601Intel Core i9-7900X
FamilyAMD EPYC (147)Intel Core i9 (81)
CPU groupAMD EPYC 7001 (12)Intel Core i 7000X (9)
ArchitectureNaples (Zen)Skylake X
Technology14 nm14 nm
SegmentServerDesktop
SocketSP3LGA 2066
Predecessor
SuccessorIntel Core i9-9900X

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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AMD EPYC 7601Intel Core i9-7900X
CPU Cores / Threads32 / 6410 / 20
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 32x 10x
Frequency: 2.20 GHz 3.30 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 3.20 GHz 4.30 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 2.70 GHz 4.00 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache64.00 MB14.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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AMD EPYC 7601Intel Core i9-7900X
GPU nameno iGPUno iGPU
GPU frequency
CUs / Shader / /
Raytracing
Max. displays
Max. GPU Memory
Technology
Release date

NPU AI performance

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AMD EPYC 7601Intel Core i9-7900X
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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AMD EPYC 7601Intel Core i9-7900X
MemoryDDR4-2666 (170.6 GB/s)
DDR4-2666 (85.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory128 GB
Memory channels84
ECCYesNo
PCIe3.0 x 1283.0 x 44
PCIe Bandwidth126.1 GB/s43.3 GB/s

Thermal Management

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AMD EPYC 7601Intel Core i9-7900X
TDP180 W140 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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AMD EPYC 7601Intel Core i9-7900X
Chip designChipletMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
Release dateQ3/2017Q2/2017
Release price4000 $989 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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AMD EPYC 7601
AMD EPYC 7601
32C / 64T · 2.20 - 3.20 GHz
Intel Core i9-7900X
Intel Core i9-7900X
10C / 20T · 3.30 - 4.30 GHz

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