CPU Comparison

A

AMD

AMD

AMD EPYC 7742

CORE STATE Rome

CORE SPECS 64 Cores / 128 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 2.25 Base / 3.4 GHz Turbo

CACHE 256 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 225W

ARCHITECTURE Zen 2

nm

PROCESS 7 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2019

VS

A

AMD

AMD

Ryzen 9 9950X

CORE STATE Granite Ridge

CORE SPECS 16 Cores / 32 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 4.3 Base / 5.7 GHz Turbo

CACHE 64 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 170W

ARCHITECTURE Zen 5

nm

PROCESS 4 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2024

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

5,923

5,657

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

836

798

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

24,682

23,571

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

3,484

3,327

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

58,769

56,122

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

8,296

7,923

3dmark_16_threads

N/A

16,263

3dmark_2_threads

N/A

2,543

3dmark_4_threads

N/A

4,958

3dmark_8_threads

N/A

9,298

3dmark_max_threads

N/A

16,780

3dmark_single_thread

N/A

1,293

geekbench_multicore

N/A

21,441

geekbench_singlecore

N/A

3,386

passmark_data_compression

N/A

896,544

passmark_data_encryption

N/A

44,366

passmark_extended_instructions

N/A

71,564

passmark_find_prime_numbers

N/A

345

passmark_floating_point_math

N/A

159,063

passmark_integer_math

N/A

242,097

passmark_multithread

N/A

66,030

passmark_physics

N/A

3,279

passmark_random_string_sorting

N/A

94,368

passmark_single_thread

N/A

4,737

passmark_singlethread

N/A

4,737

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

EPYC 7742

9 9950X

Core Specs

Cores

64

16 -75.0%

Threads

128

32 -75.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

2.25

4.3 +91.1%

Boost Clock (GHz)

3.4

5.7 +67.6%

Frequency (GHz)

2.25

4.3 +91.1%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

3.4

5.7 +67.6%

Multiplier

22.5

43 +91.1%

SMP CPUs

2

1 -50.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

96 KB (per core)

80 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

512 KB (per core)

1 MB (per core)

L3 Cache

256 MB (shared)

64 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

225

170 -24.4%

PPT

—

230 W

Architecture

Architecture

Zen 2

Zen 5

Codename

Rome

Granite Ridge

Generation

EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))

Ryzen 9 (Zen 5 (Granite Ridge))

Process Size

7 nm

4 nm

Transistors

3,800 million

16,630 million

Die Size

74 mm²

2x 70.6 mm²

Foundry

TSMC

TSMC

Memory

Memory Support

DDR4

DDR5

Memory Bus

Eight-channel

Dual-channel

Memory Bandwidth

204.8 GB/s

89.6 GB/s

ECC Memory

Yes

Yes

Platform

Socket

AMD Socket SP3

AMD Socket AM5

Chipsets

—

X870E, X870, B850, B840, X670E, X670, B650E, B650, A620

PCIe

Gen 4

Gen 5, 24 Lanes(CPU only)

AMD Multi-Die

IO Process Size

—

6 nm

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

—

Radeon Graphics

Other

Market

Server/Workstation

Desktop

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

—

$649

Part Number

100-000000053

100-000001277

Package

FCLGA-4094

FC-LGA1718

Tj Max

—

95°C

Bundled Cooler

—

None

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