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Key Differences
In short — EPYC 7742 outperforms Core i7-6950X on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing EPYC 7742 is 1163 days newer than Core i7-6950X.
Advantages of AMD EPYC 7742
- Performs up to 9% better in World of Warcraft than Core i7-6950X - 198 vs 181 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-6950X - 128 vs 20 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i7-6950X
- Consumes up to 38% less energy than AMD EPYC 7742 - 140 vs 225 Watts
World of Warcraft
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1920 x 1080
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Core i7-6950X
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
FPS
181
91%
Value, $/FPS
$2.76/FPS
100%
Price, $
$499
100%
Value Winner
Intel BX80671I76950X Boxed Core i7-6950X Processor Extreme Edition (25M Cache, up to 3.50 GHz) 3.0 10
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EPYC 7742
Server/Workstation • Aug 7th, 2019
Core i7-6950X
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD EPYC 7742 | vs | Intel Core i7-6950X |
|---|---|---|
Aug 7th, 2019 | Release Date | May 31st, 2016 |
| EPYC | Collection | Core i7 |
| Rome | Codename | Broadwell-E |
| AMD Socket SP3 | Socket | Intel Socket 2011-3 |
Server | Segment | Desktop |
64 | Cores | 10 |
128 | Threads | 20 |
| 2.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
| 3.4 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.5 GHz |
| 225 W | TDP | 140 W |
7 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 22.5x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
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