Intel Core i7 6950X vs AMD EPYC 7742
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
May 2016
Aug 2019
Manufacturer
Intel
AMD
Type
Desktop
Server
Instruction Set
x86-64
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Core Architecture
Broadwell E
Rome
Processor Number
i7-6950X
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Integrated Graphics
N/A
N/A
Generation
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EPYC (Zen 2 (Rome))
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
7 nm
Socket
LGA-2011-3
AMD Socket SP3
Power Consumption
140 W
225 W
Transistor Count
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3.8 billions
Foundry
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TSMC
Die Size
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74 mm²
Package
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FCLGA-4094
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
10
-
Performance Core Threads
20
-
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.0 GHz
2.25 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.5 GHz
3.4 GHz
Total Core Count
10
64
Total Thread Count
20
128
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
30x
22.5
L1 Cache
32 K per core
96 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
512 K per core
L3 Cache
25 MB shared
256 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
SMP
-
2
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2133
DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size
128 GB
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Max Memory Channels
4
8
Max Memory Bandwidth
76.8 GB/s
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ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,069
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Cinebench R23
9,743
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Geekbench 6
1,020
404
Geekbench 6
6,726
170
Passmark CPU
2,330
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Passmark CPU
17,362
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