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AMD FX-8100 vs AMD EPYC 7542
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance
AMD FX-8100
41 %
8C / 8T · 3.70 GHz
AMD EPYC 7542
100 %
32C / 64T · 3.40 GHz
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Cinebench R20 (SC)
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Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
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Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries
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Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
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PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
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Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries
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Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries
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Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries
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Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries
837 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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AMD FX-8100 | AMD EPYC 7542 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | AMD FX (30) | AMD EPYC (147) |
| CPU group | AMD FX-8000 (11) | AMD EPYC 7002 (25) |
| Architecture | Vishera (Bulldozer) | Rome (Zen 2) |
| Technology | 32 nm | 7 nm |
| Segment | Desktop | Server |
| Socket | AM3+ | SP3 |
| Predecessor | ||
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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AMD FX-8100 | AMD EPYC 7542 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 8 / 8 | 32 / 64 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✓ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 8x | 32x |
| Frequency: | 2.80 GHz | 2.90 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | 3.70 GHz | 3.40 GHz |
| Turbo (All Cores): | 3.70 GHz | 3.20 GHz |
| L2-Cache | ||
| L3-Cache | 8.00 MB | 128.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✓ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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AMD FX-8100 | AMD EPYC 7542 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | no iGPU | no iGPU |
| GPU frequency | ||
| CUs / Shader | / | / |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | ||
| Max. GPU Memory | ||
| Technology | ||
| Release date |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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AMD FX-8100 | AMD EPYC 7542 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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AMD FX-8100 | AMD EPYC 7542 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s) | DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | ||
| Memory channels | 2 | 8 |
| ECC | Yes | Yes |
| PCIe | 4.0 x 128 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 252.0 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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AMD FX-8100 | AMD EPYC 7542 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 95 W | 225 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. |
Technical details
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Wischen
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AMD FX-8100 | AMD EPYC 7542 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Unknown | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Linux | Windows 10, Linux |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 | SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 |
| Release date | Q4/2011 | Q3/2019 |
| Release price | 6000 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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