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Intel Core i7-7700 vs AMD EPYC 7281

Last updated: 2026-06-07

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-7700

Rank 2 - 59 %

AMD EPYC 7281

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-7700

Rank 2 - 84 %

AMD EPYC 7281

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.20 GHz

1,272

16C / 32T · 2.70 GHz

713

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

4,284

16C / 32T · 2.70 GHz

2,136

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

4C / 8T · 4.20 GHz

1,066

16C / 32T · 2.70 GHz

664

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

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

4,081

16C / 32T · 2.70 GHz

2,098

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.20 GHz

186 cb

16C / 32T · 2.70 GHz

119 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

901 cb

16C / 32T · 2.70 GHz

2,033 cb

More benchmarks

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-7700	AMD EPYC 7281
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	AMD EPYC (147)
CPU group	Intel Core i 7000 (17)	AMD EPYC 7001 (12)
Architecture	Kaby Lake S	Naples (Zen)
Technology	14 nm	14 nm
Segment	Desktop	Server
Socket	LGA 1151	SP3
Predecessor	Intel Core i7-6700
Successor	Intel Core i7-8700

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-7700	AMD EPYC 7281
CPU Cores / Threads	4 / 8	16 / 32
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	4x	16x
Frequency:	3.60 GHz	2.20 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.20 GHz	2.70 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	4.00 GHz	2.70 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	8.00 MB	32.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-7700	AMD EPYC 7281
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 630	no iGPU
GPU frequency	0.35 - 1.15 GHz
CUs / Shader	24 / 192	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3
Max. GPU Memory	64 GB
Technology	14 nm
Release date	Q2/2016

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-7700	AMD EPYC 7281
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-7700	AMD EPYC 7281
Memory	DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)	DDR4-2666 (170.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory	64 GB
Memory channels	2	8
ECC	No	Yes
PCIe	3.0 x 16	3.0 x 128
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s	126.1 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-7700	AMD EPYC 7281
TDP	65 W	170 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-7700	AMD EPYC 7281
Chip design	Monolithic	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, AVX2	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
Release date	Q1/2017	Q3/2017
Release price	310 $	625 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i7-7700 is 4.0 stars (92 ratings), while AMD EPYC 7281 has received 5.0 stars (1 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i7-7700
4C / 8T · 3.60 - 4.20 GHz

★★★★★

AMD EPYC 7281
16C / 32T · 2.20 - 2.70 GHz

★★★★★