AMD Epyc 7551 vs Intel Core i5-10600KF. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  AMD Epyc Intel Core i5
• Generation
  1 10
• CPU group
  AMD Epyc 7001 Intel Core i 10000
• Predecessor
  -- Intel Core i5-9600KF
• Successor
  AMD Epyc 7552 Intel Core i5-11600KF

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  2.00 GHz 4.10 GHz
• CPU Cores
  32 6
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.00 GHz 4.80 GHz
• CPU Threads
  64 12
• Hyperthreading
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Core architecture
  normal normal

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 no iGPU
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• h264
  No No
• VP9
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  No No
• VC-1
  No No
• JPEG
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-10600KF and AMD Epyc 7551. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-2666 DDR4-2666
• Max. Memory
  128 GB
• ECC
  Yes No
• Memory channels
  8 2
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0
• PCIe lanes
  128 16

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Epyc 7551 and Intel Core i5-10600KF to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  180 W 125 W
• TDP (PL2)
  -- 182 W / 56 s
• TDP down
  -- 95 W
• Tjunction max.
  -- 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Epyc 7551 and AMD Epyc 7551, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L3-Cache
  64.00 MB 12.00 MB
• Architecture
  Naples (Zen) Comet Lake S
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  SP3 LGA 1200
• Release date
  Q3/2017 Q2/2020