AMD EPYC 7702 vs AMD Ryzen 7 5800X

Processor comparisons 17-03-2021

   If there are difficulties with the choice of a processor, you will solve them by reading the comprehensive tests AMD EPYC 7702 vs AMD Ryzen 7 5800X and decide which is better for games or normal use for programming, video editing, streaming, rendering, machine learning. Here you can find useful information from various benchmarks or real video editing and streaming tests. A careful review of all the technical characteristics, to make it easier to understand, is presented in the form of the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of parallel examination in synthetic type tests like PCMark 10, Prime95, Furmark, SuperPi, Blender, AIDA64, 3DMark, PassMark, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, Gears 5, MATLAB, RealBench, UserBenchmark, WPrime, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), VeraCrypt, DaVinci Resolve Studio, Geekbench 5.2, Dolphin Emulator, Handbrake, Blender, 7zip.
   And how good the CPUs are in games:

Fortnite
Rainbow Six Siege
Grand Theft Auto V
DOOM: Eternal
Valheim
Borderlands 3
Death Stranding
Watch Dogs Legion
Valorant
Cyberpunk 2077
Fallout 76
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
Apex Legends
Overwatch
Halo Infinite
Last Man Standing
Red Dead Redemption 2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands

After looking at the data of all benchmarks and videos, you already be able to understand which CPU is better to buy for gaming AMD Ryzen 7 5800X or AMD EPYC 7702.

Summary benchmark results

As a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
Processor Benchmark

EPYC 7702

71%

Ryzen 7 5800X

58%

This value shows the performance of the processors in single-threaded and multi-threaded mode. In this comparison, EPYC 7702 is 18% better than Ryzen 7 5800X. The data source is several popular tests. More detailed information of the benchmarks is below.

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

EPYC 7702

81%

Ryzen 7 5800X

56%

For the maximum in this test, the results of the most powerful processor in the site database are taken. And of course, this is a server processor, on which no one will run games. Because this processor costs several tens of thousands of dollars. And if it seems to you that the selected CPU has a small game result, look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the final table below.
List of other games in which processors were compared: Battlefield V, Microsoft Flight Simulator, League of Legends (LOL), Forza Horizon 4, Horizon Zero Dawn, NBA 2K20, Hitman 3, Control, Ghostrunner, Half-Life: Alyx, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Metro Exodus, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Monster Hunter World, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, DOTA 2A, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO).

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	143.1	99.7
Valorant	162.6	113.3
Cyberpunk 2077	91.0	63.5
Apex Legends	152.8	106.5
Call of Duty Warzone	121.9	85.0
Overwatch	131.7	91.8
Red Dead Redemption 2	112.2	78.2
DOOM Eternal	81.3	56.7
Warzone	126.8	88.4
Assassin's Creed	136.6	95.2
Valheim	134.9	94.1

The numbers in this table indicate the maximum FPS that was received on the device with the corresponding processor. Depending on the configuration of the computer (RAM size and Video Card) and graphics quality settings (Ultra, Medium, Normal), the results may differ quite significantly. We recommend that you better study the results of the Cinebench, GeekBench and Passmark becnmarks.
The computers participating in the comparisons not only were the equipped with different amounts of RAM and different video cards. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 2K, FullHD or 4K. So the game benchmark data is approximate. But all video cards met the average system requirements of games. You will get more accurate information about how powerful the processor will be in games, if you get acquainted with the benchmarks that are made with the same video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

EPYC 7702

17%

Ryzen 7 5800X

57%

To make a finishing choice on which processor is better, you should also consider the generation of its core. The newer the processor generation, the better its performance in games and benchmarks, as well as its energy efficiency. In this case the Ryzen 7 5800X is more energy efficient than the EPYC 7702 as it consumes less power: 200W vs. 105W. Power consumption is particularly important for laptops. And TDP should be taken into account when choosing a processor cooling system. You need to buy a cooler that has the TDP data specified in the specification was greater than the TDP of the compared processor.

Software benchmarks

Let's say you want to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for streaming, machine learning, video editing or video rendering, programming, then the main parameter for you is its performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, the processor turns on all cores and threads that it has to the maximum to achieve maximum efficiency. You will find out this data from the benchmark tables below. Before you take into account the data from these tests, be sure to find out whether the software that you are going to use on your computer can work in multi-threaded mode. Because there are still many programs that can use only one core to work, and all the advantages of multi-core mode turns out to be unnecessary.

Cinebench 23, 20 an 15
The results of this benchmark show Single-threaded and Multi-threaded CPU performance

	AMD EPYC 7702	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Cinbench 15 Single-core	216	270
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	8896	2611
Cinbench 20 Single-core	406	628
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	18857	5724
Cinbench 23 Single-core	996	1594
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	49035	15245

Passmark
This popular benchmark displays Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	AMD EPYC 7702	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Single-Core	2099	3479
Multi-Core	71929	28799

GeekBench 5.2
This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	AMD EPYC 7702	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Single-Core	1023	1823
Multi-Core	53995	11496

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the processor release date and overclocking capability will be the most useful. The later the processor is released, the longer it will last in your computer. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system in the future. The same can be said about overclocking. When the processor can be overclocked, increasing its performance, then it will still be able to produce maximum FPS even in the newest games. It turns out that there is no longer a need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer. The economy are obvious!

	AMD EPYC 7702	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Announcement date	April 01, 2020	November 05, 2020
Type	Server	Desktop
Socket	SP3	AM4
Core name	Naples	Vermeer
Architecture	Zen	Zen 3
Generation	2	5
Turbo Frequency	3.4 MHz	4.7 MHz
Frequency	2 MHz	3.8 MHz
Cores	64	8
Threads	128	16
Bus rate
Bit	64	64
Lithography	7 nm	7 nm
Transistors count	86000 millions	6200 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	200 W	105 W
Memory type	DDR4	DDR4
Max. Memory
Memory Frequency		3200
Memory bandwidth
L1 cache
L2 cache		4MB
L3 cache	256MB	32MB
Overclocking	Yes	Yes
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number	100-000000038 100-100000038WOF	100-000000063 100-100000063WOF

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Ryzen 7 5800X is 47% better than EPYC 7702 in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that EPYC 7702 has 56 more core than Ryzen 7 5800X. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption (relevant for laptops).

Result:
The number of parameters for which AMD EPYC 7702 is better: 19
The number of parameters for which AMD Ryzen 7 5800X is better: 13
However, it should be understood that all the data that you have looked at here do not mean that you should be guided entirely by them and trust a simple comparison of these numbers. Be sure to watch benchmarks video and read the opinion of of people who bought AMD EPYC 7702 and AMD Ryzen 7 5800X before making a choice which processor to buy for gaming and which not.

• AMD EPYC 7702 specs and review.

• AMD Ryzen 7 5800X specs and review.