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AMD EPYC 7642 vs Intel Core i5-8600

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 94 %
AMD EPYC 7642
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-8600
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
AMD EPYC 7642
Rank 2 - 22 %
Intel Core i5-8600
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

AMD EPYC 7642
48C / 96T · 3.30 GHz
1,334
Intel Core i5-8600
6C / 6T · 4.20 GHz
1,402
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

AMD EPYC 7642
48C / 96T · 2.80 GHz
15,647
Intel Core i5-8600
6C / 6T · 3.80 GHz
5,391
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

AMD EPYC 7642
48C / 96T · 3.30 GHz
1,047
Intel Core i5-8600
6C / 6T · 4.20 GHz
1,132
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

AMD EPYC 7642
48C / 96T · 2.80 GHz
33,846
Intel Core i5-8600
6C / 6T · 3.80 GHz
4,977

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At a glance

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AMD EPYC 7642Intel Core i5-8600
FamilyAMD EPYC (147)Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU groupAMD EPYC 7002 (25)Intel Core i 8000 (20)
ArchitectureRome (Zen 2)Coffee Lake S
Technology7 nm14 nm
SegmentServerDesktop
SocketSP3LGA 1151-2
PredecessorIntel Core i5-7600
SuccessorAMD EPYC 7643Intel Core i5-9600

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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AMD EPYC 7642Intel Core i5-8600
CPU Cores / Threads48 / 966 / 6
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 48x 6x
Frequency: 2.30 GHz 3.10 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 3.30 GHz 4.20 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 2.80 GHz 3.80 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache256.00 MB9.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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AMD EPYC 7642Intel Core i5-8600
GPU nameno iGPUIntel UHD Graphics 630
GPU frequency0.35 - 1.15 GHz
CUs / Shader / 24 / 192
Raytracing
Max. displays3
Max. GPU Memory64 GB
Technology14 nm
Release dateQ4/2017

NPU AI performance

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AMD EPYC 7642Intel Core i5-8600
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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AMD EPYC 7642Intel Core i5-8600
MemoryDDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
DDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)
Max. Memory128 GB
Memory channels82
ECCYesNo
PCIe4.0 x 1283.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth252.0 GB/s15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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AMD EPYC 7642Intel Core i5-8600
TDP225 W65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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AMD EPYC 7642Intel Core i5-8600
Chip designChipletMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ3/2019Q1/2018
Release price8000 $230 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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AMD EPYC 7642
AMD EPYC 7642
48C / 96T · 2.30 - 3.30 GHz
Intel Core i5-8600
Intel Core i5-8600
6C / 6T · 3.10 - 4.20 GHz

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