AMD Epyc 7542 vs AMD Ryzen 7 5800X. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  AMD Epyc 7002 AMD Ryzen 5000
• Family
  AMD Epyc Ryzen
• Generation
  2 4
• Predecessor
  - AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop
• Form Factor
  - Desktops / Boxed Processor
• Series
  - Ryzen 5000 Series

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  2.9 GHz 3.8 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  32 8
• CPU Threads
  64 16
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.4 GHz 4.7 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (32 Cores)
  3.2 GHz -
• Max. Boost Clock
  - 4.7 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  - 4.4 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  no iGPU None
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo -
• Graphics verification source
  - https://www.amd.com/en/products/specifications/processors.html

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  No No
• VC-1
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 7 5800X and AMD Epyc 7542. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes Yes
• Max. Memory
  - 128 GB
• Memory channels
  8 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-3200 DDR4
• PCIe lanes
  128 20
• PCIe version
  4.0 4.0
• PCIe
  - PCIe 4.0
• System Memory Specification
  - 3200

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Epyc 7542 and AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  - 90 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  225 W 105 W
• Default TDP
  - 105 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Epyc 7542 and AMD Ryzen 7 5800X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Rome (Zen 2) Vermeer (Zen 3)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L2-Cache
  - 4 MB
• L3-Cache
  128 MB 32 MB
• Release date
  Q3/2019 2020-11-05
• Socket
  SP3 AM4
• Technology
  7 nm TSMC 7nm FinFET
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM AMD-V, SVM
• Codename
  - Vermeer
• Official source
  - https://www.amd.com/en/products/processors/desktops/ryzen/5000-series/amd-ryzen-7-5800x.html
• Verification scope
  - Explicit manufacturer fields refreshed; other original historical fields retained, not all reverified. Partial composite conflicts are preserved.
• Verified on
  - 2026-09-30