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EPYC 7642 vs Ryzen 9 5950X

EPYC 7642 vs Ryzen 9 5950X: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 9 5950X outperforms EPYC 7642 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 9 5950X is 456 days newer than EPYC 7642.

Advantages of EPYC 7642

  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 9 5950X - 96 vs 32 threads

Advantages of Ryzen 9 5950X

  • Performs up to 17% better in Grand Theft Auto V than EPYC 7642 - 148 vs 126 FPS
  • Consumes up to 53% less energy than AMD EPYC 7642 - 105 vs 225 Watts
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Grand Theft Auto V

Grand Theft Auto V

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

AMD EPYC 7642 Logo
EPYC 7642

Server/Workstation • Aug 7th, 2019


FPS

126

85%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Logo
Ryzen 9 5950X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020


FPS

148

100%

Value, €/FPS

€6.99/FPS

100%

Price, €

€1034.69

100%

FPS and Value Winner

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16C/32T 3.40-4.90GHz AM4 tray - 100-000000059

Buy for 1,034.69 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 472 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

AMD EPYC 7642 Logo
EPYC 7642

Server/Workstation • Aug 7th, 2019

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Logo
Ryzen 9 5950X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

AMD EPYC 7642 Logo
EPYC 7642

Server/Workstation • Aug 7th, 2019


Single-Core

1264

58%

Multi-Core

10269

84%

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Logo
Ryzen 9 5950X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020


Single-Core

2189

100%

Multi-Core

12159

100%

AMD EPYC 7642 Logo

EPYC 7642

vs
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Logo

Ryzen 9 5950X

Aug 7th, 2019
Nov 5th, 2020
EPYCRyzen 9
Not AvailableVermeer
AMD Socket SP3AMD Socket AM4
Server
Desktop
48
16
96
32
2.3 GHz
3.4 GHz
3.3 GHz
4.9 GHz
225 W
105 W
7 nm7 nm
24.0x
34.0x
NoneNone
No
Yes

PCs Using EPYC 7642 or Ryzen 9 5950X

With selected game settings

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