Intel Core i7 5820K 6-core LGA2011

Intel Core i7 5820K 6-core LGA2011

Intel
60 Overall Score
vs
SMC EPYC 9555P 64-core AMD Socket SP5

SMC EPYC 9555P 64-core AMD Socket SP5

SMC
80 Overall Score

What Buyers Say

Intel Core i7 5820K 6-core LGA2011

92 out of 100 high confidence 52 reviews

The Intel Core i7-5820K is widely praised as an outstanding value in the high-end CPU market, offering six cores and twelve threads at a price far below its more expensive siblings. Users consistently report excellent overclocking potential, with many achieving stable speeds of 4.4 GHz or higher on air or liquid cooling. The processor handles demanding games, streaming, and content creation with ease, though buyers must note it requires an LGA 2011-v3 motherboard and DDR4 RAM, and does not include a stock cooler. The main drawback is the limited 28 PCIe lanes, which can restrict multi-GPU and storage configurations, but for most users this is not a significant issue.

SMC EPYC 9555P 64-core AMD Socket SP5

No customer feedback yet

Scores

Productivity
Intel
59
SMC
94
Server
Intel
48
SMC
90
Ai Llm
Intel
51
SMC
85
Budget
Intel
56
SMC
49
Gaming
Intel
52
SMC
51
Efficiency
Intel
45
SMC
42

Specifications

Intel Core i7 5820KSMC EPYC 9555P
Processor
BrandIntelAMD
SeriesCore i7EPYC
Model5820K9555P
CodenameHaswell-ETurin
Classdesktopserver
Process224★
Cores & Clocks
Cores664★
P-cores—64★
Threads
12
128
Base Clock
3,300
3,200
Boost Clock
3,600
4,400
Cache
L2 Cache1.564★
L3 Cache
15
256
Performance
PassMark Multi
9,830
135,217
PassMark Single
1,991
3,756
Memory
Memory TypeDDR4DDR5★
Max Speed
3,200
6,000
Channels4★—
Max Memory64★—
ECC✗✓★
Platform & Power
SocketLGA 2011-v3AMD Socket SP5
PCIe3.05.0
PCIe Lanes
28
128
TDP140★360
Max Turbo Power—400★
Unlocked✓★✗

Pros & Cons

Intel Core i7 5820K 6-core LGA2011

  • Strong social proof (97th percentile)97th %ile
  • Strong user sentiment (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
  • Strong platform (80th percentile)80th %ile

SMC EPYC 9555P 64-core AMD Socket SP5

  • Strong multi thread (100th percentile)100th %ile
  • Strong ai (99th percentile)99th %ile
  • Strong platform (97th percentile)97th %ile
  • Strong efficiency (91st percentile)91st %ile

Pricing

Intel Core i7 5820K 6-core LGA2011

SMC EPYC 9555P 64-core AMD Socket SP5

No current pricing available

Verdict

★ Winner: SMC EPYC 9555P

Scores 80 overall, wins 3 of 6 usage categories and 14 of 26 specs.

Intel Core i7 5820K Better at:

BudgetEfficiency

SMC EPYC 9555P Better at:

Ai LlmServerProductivity

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