Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c vs AMD EPYC 9554

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD EPYC 9554
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c AMD EPYC 9554

CPU comparison

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c or AMD EPYC 9554 - 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 Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.40 GHz. Up to 8 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c was released in 2020.

The AMD EPYC 9554 has 64 cores with 128 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.75 GHz. The CPU supports up to 6144 GB of memory in 12 memory channels. The AMD EPYC 9554 was released in Q4/2022.
Qualcomm Snapdragon (102) Family AMD EPYC (129)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c (2) CPU group AMD EPYC 9004 (21)
2 Generation 4
Kryo 468 Architecture Genoa / Genoa-X (Zen 4)
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2 Successor AMD EPYC 9555

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.40 GHz. The AMD EPYC 9554 has 64 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.10 GHz (3.75 GHz).

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Characteristic AMD EPYC 9554
8 Cores 64
8 Threads 128
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.40 GHz
2x Kryo 468 Gold
A-Core 3.10 GHz (3.75 GHz)
64x Zen 4
2.40 GHz
6x Kryo 468 Silver
B-Core --

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.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Characteristic AMD EPYC 9554
Qualcomm AI engine AI hardware --
Hexagon 692 @ 5 TOPS AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

Qualcomm Adreno 618 GPU no iGPU
0.70 GHz GPU frequency --
-- GPU (Turbo) --
6 GPU Generation --
14 nm Technology
2 Max. displays
-- Compute units --
128 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.

Qualcomm Adreno 618 GPU no iGPU
Decode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
Decode Codec VP9 No
Decode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c supports a maximum of 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD EPYC 9554 can connect up to 6144 GB of memory in 12 memory channels.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Characteristic AMD EPYC 9554
LPDDR4X-4266 Memory DDR5-4800
8 GB Max. Memory 6144 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 12
17.1 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 460.8 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache 64.00 MB
-- L3 Cache 256.00 MB
-- PCIe version 5.0
-- PCIe lanes 128
-- PCIe Bandwidth 504.1 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c has a TDP of --, that of the AMD EPYC 9554 is 360 W.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Characteristic AMD EPYC 9554
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 360 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up 400 W
-- TDP down 320 W
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c has a 0.00 MB cache, while the AMD EPYC 9554 cache has a total of 320.00 MB.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Characteristic AMD EPYC 9554
8 nm Technology 5 nm
Chiplet Chip design Chiplet
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512, BFLOAT16, VNNI
-- Socket SP5
None Virtualization AMD-V, SVM
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows Server 2022, Linux, Windows 11
2020 Release date Q4/2022
-- Release price 9087 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c (33%)
AMD EPYC 9554 (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c (2%)
AMD EPYC 9554 (100%)

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.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
524 (33%)
AMD EPYC 9554 AMD EPYC 9554
64C 128T @ 3.75 GHz
1568 (100%)

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.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
1559 (2%)
AMD EPYC 9554 AMD EPYC 9554
64C 128T @ 3.75 GHz
65664 (100%)

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.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD EPYC 9554 AMD EPYC 9554
64C 128T @ 3.75 GHz
2064 (100%)

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.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD EPYC 9554 AMD EPYC 9554
64C 128T @ 3.75 GHz
23869 (100%)

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.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
Qualcomm Adreno 618 @ 0.70 GHz
358 (100%)
AMD EPYC 9554 AMD EPYC 9554
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Performance for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)

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. The performance is given in the number (trillions) of arithmetic operations per second (TOPS).
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
5 (100%)
AMD EPYC 9554 AMD EPYC 9554
64C 128T @ 3.10 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c AMD EPYC 9554
HP Chromebook x2 11
Acer Aspire 1 A114-61
Unknown

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