Intel Core i7-8809G vs AMD EPYC 9015

Last updated: 2024-04-12

Note: The information shown below is based on a pre-sample. Technical details or benchmark results may be different in the final version of this processor.

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i7-8809G		AMD EPYC 9015
CPU comparison Intel Core i7-8809G or AMD EPYC 9015 - 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 Intel Core i7-8809G has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.20 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-8809G was released in Q1/2018. The AMD EPYC 9015 has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to 6144 GB of memory in 12 memory channels. The AMD EPYC 9015 was released in Q4/2024.

Intel Core i7 (298)	Family	AMD EPYC (129)
Intel Core i 8000G (5)	CPU group	AMD EPYC 9005 (21)
8	Generation	5
Kaby Lake G Refresh	Architecture	Turin (Zen 5 / Zen 5c)
Mobile	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Intel Core i7-8809G has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-8809G is 3.10 GHz (4.20 GHz) while the AMD EPYC 9015 has 8 CPU cores and 16 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD EPYC 9015 is at 3.60 GHz.
Intel Core i7-8809G	Characteristic	AMD EPYC 9015
4	Cores	8
8	Threads	16
normal	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	Yes
Yes	Overclocking ?	No
3.10 GHz	Frequency	3.60 GHz
4.20 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	--
3.70 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	--

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.
Intel Core i7-8809G	Characteristic	AMD EPYC 9015
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The Intel Core i7-8809G or AMD EPYC 9015 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.
AMD Radeon RX Vega M GH	GPU	no iGPU
1.06 GHz	GPU frequency	--
1.19 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	--
8	GPU Generation	--
14 nm	Technology
6	Max. displays
24	Compute units	--
1536	Shader	--
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
4 GB	Max. GPU Memory	--
12.1	DirectX Version	--

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.
AMD Radeon RX Vega M GH	GPU	no iGPU
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	No
Decode / Encode	Codec VP9	No
Decode / Encode	Codec VP8	No
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	No
Decode	Codec VC-1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	No

Memory & PCIe The Intel Core i7-8809G can use up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 38.4 GB/s. The AMD EPYC 9015 supports up to 6144 GB of memory in 12 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 480.0 GB/s.
Intel Core i7-8809G	Characteristic	AMD EPYC 9015
DDR4-2400	Memory	DDR5-6000
64 GB	Max. Memory	6144 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	12
38.4 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	480.0 GB/s
No	ECC	Yes
--	L2 Cache	--
8.00 MB	L3 Cache	32.00 MB
3.0	PCIe version	5.0
8	PCIe lanes	128
7.9 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	504.1 GB/s
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core i7-8809G is 100 W, while the AMD EPYC 9015 has a TDP of 155 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
Intel Core i7-8809G	Characteristic	AMD EPYC 9015
100 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	155 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
--	Tjunction max.	100 °C
Technical details The Intel Core i7-8809G is manufactured in 14 nm and has 8.00 MB cache. The AMD EPYC 9015 is manufactured in 4 nm and has a 32.00 MB cache.
Intel Core i7-8809G	Characteristic	AMD EPYC 9015
14 nm	Technology	4 nm
Monolithic	Chip design	Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	ISA extensions	SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512, BFLOAT16, VNNI
BGA 2270	Socket	SP5
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d	Virtualization	AMD-V, SVM
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Operating systems	Windows Server 2022, Linux, Windows 11
Q1/2018	Release date	Q4/2024
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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.


	Intel Core i7-8809G 4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz	67 (100%)
	AMD EPYC 9015 8C 16T @ 3.60 GHzNot verified	0 (0%)

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.


	Intel Core i7-8809G 4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz	315 (100%)
	AMD EPYC 9015 8C 16T @ 3.60 GHzNot verified	0 (0%)

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.


	Intel Core i7-8809G 4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz	1120 (100%)
	AMD EPYC 9015 8C 16T @ 3.60 GHzNot verified	0 (0%)

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.


	Intel Core i7-8809G 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	4291 (100%)
	AMD EPYC 9015 8C 16T @ 3.60 GHzNot verified	0 (0%)

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.


	Intel Core i7-8809G 4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz	1412 (100%)
	AMD EPYC 9015 8C 16T @ 3.60 GHzNot verified	0 (0%)

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.


	Intel Core i7-8809G 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	4732 (100%)
	AMD EPYC 9015 8C 16T @ 3.60 GHzNot verified	0 (0%)

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.


	Intel Core i7-8809G 4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz	429 (100%)
	AMD EPYC 9015 8C 16T @ 3.60 GHzNot verified	0 (0%)

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.


	Intel Core i7-8809G 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	2095 (100%)
	AMD EPYC 9015 8C 16T @ 3.60 GHzNot verified	0 (0%)

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.


	Intel Core i7-8809G AMD Radeon RX Vega M GH @ 1.19 GHz	3656 (100%)
	AMD EPYC 9015 @ 0.00 GHzNot verified	0 (0%)

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.


	Intel Core i7-8809G 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	8578 (100%)
	AMD EPYC 9015 8C 16T @ 3.60 GHzNot verified	0 (0%)

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.


	Intel Core i7-8809G 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	415.8 (100%)
	AMD EPYC 9015 8C 16T @ 3.60 GHzNot verified	0 (0%)

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.


	Intel Core i7-8809G 4C 8T @ 3.10 GHz	2222 (100%)
	AMD EPYC 9015 8C 16T @ 3.60 GHzNot verified	0 (0%)

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.


	Intel Core i7-8809G 4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz	179 (100%)
	AMD EPYC 9015 8C 16T @ 3.60 GHzNot verified	0 (0%)

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.


	Intel Core i7-8809G 4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz	830 (100%)
	AMD EPYC 9015 8C 16T @ 3.60 GHzNot verified	0 (0%)

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