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The best CPUs and GPUs

Compiled from the public cpu_list.php and gpu_list.php pages of the BOINC projects: the hardware volunteers really run, with the projects’ own measurements.

16 projects for CPUs, 5 projects for GPUs · Updated: 1 h ago

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Fastest CPUs per core

BOINC benchmark, GFLOPS per core. Models with at least 10 computers.

#	CPU	Vendor	GFLOPS/core	Computers	Cores
1	Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus	Intel	11	14	23.9
2	AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D	AMD	11	68	30.7
3	Intel Core Ultra 7 265K	Intel	10	27	19.3
4	Intel Core Ultra 9 285K	Intel	10	42	23.9
5	AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D	AMD	10	101	15.6
6	AMD Ryzen 5 9600X	AMD	10	22	12.0
7	Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF	Intel	10	21	20.0
8	AMD Ryzen 7 9700X	AMD	10	69	15.7
9	AMD Ryzen 5 3600	AMD	10	459	14.8
10	Intel Core Ultra 7 265	Intel	10	23	20.0
11	AMD Ryzen AI 5 340 w/ Radeon 840M	AMD	10	16	12.0
12	AMD Ryzen 9 9900X	AMD	10	44	23.6
13	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X	AMD	10	560	35.7
14	AMD Ryzen 5 3600X	AMD	9	68	21.8
15	AMD Ryzen 9 9950X	AMD	9	140	31.8
16	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5650G	AMD	9	36	12.0
17	AMD Ryzen 5 7600X	AMD	9	50	11.9
18	AMD Ryzen 7 7700	AMD	9	31	15.6
19	AMD Ryzen 7 8700G w/ Radeon 780M Graphics	AMD	9	20	16.0
20	Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX	Intel	9	20	24.0
21	Intel Core i7-14700KF	Intel	9	22	27.6
22	AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS w/ Radeon 780M Graphics	AMD	9	14	16.0
23	AMD Ryzen 7 7700X	AMD	9	73	15.3
24	AMD Ryzen 9 7900X	AMD	9	108	23.7
25	AMD Ryzen 9 3950X	AMD	9	267	62.0

Most powerful CPUs per computer

GFLOPS per computer, cores included.

#	CPU	Vendor	GFLOPS/computer	Computers	Cores
1	AMD EPYC 9555	AMD	1,846	246	256.0
2	AMD EPYC 9B14	AMD	1,274	17	217.8
3	AMD EPYC 7V12	AMD	1,023	31	210.8
4	AMD EPYC 7B13	AMD	1,008	20	184.9
5	AMD EPYC 9654	AMD	991	36	138.1
6	AMD EPYC 7542	AMD	901	10	160.3
7	AMD EPYC 7742	AMD	858	15	167.1
8	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX 64-Cores	AMD	766	28	114.9
9	AMD Eng Sample: 100-000000053-04_32/20_N	AMD	707	36	104.1
10	AMD Ryzen 9 5950X	AMD	671	627	83.4
11	AMD EPYC 7532	AMD	615	191	123.6
12	AMD EPYC 7B12	AMD	579	20	122.7
13	AMD EPYC 7763	AMD	560	16	100.5
14	AMD EPYC 7702	AMD	543	16	109.3
15	AMD Ryzen 9 3950X	AMD	534	267	62.0
16	AMD EPYC 7K62	AMD	524	15	104.5
17	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X	AMD	433	59	78.2
18	Intel Xeon Platinum 8160	Intel	417	16	103.4
19	Genuine Intel 0000	Intel	404	166	60.2
20	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX	AMD	390	212	76.3
21	AMD EPYC 9354	AMD	376	17	128.0
22	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX 24-Cores	AMD	367	10	48.0
23	06/55	Other	366	18	104.9
24	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	AMD	362	347	43.5
25	Intel Xeon Gold 6242R	Intel	361	23	61.7

Most popular CPUs

#	CPU	Vendor	GFLOPS/core	Computers	Cores
1	Intel Core i7-4790	Intel	4	6,234	2.2
2	AMD EPYC 7452	AMD	3	5,404	9.0
3	Intel Core i7-6700	Intel	4	4,599	3.0
4	Intel Core i7-7700	Intel	4	3,050	2.6
5	Intel Core i7-3770	Intel	4	2,500	17.7
6	Intel Core i5-6500	Intel	4	2,357	2.3
7	Intel Core i7-4770	Intel	4	1,714	3.3
8	Intel Xeon	Intel	4	1,418	3.2
9	Intel Core i5-2400	Intel	4	1,415	2.4
10	DO-Regular	Other	4	1,388	1.0
11	Intel Xeon E5-2690 v3	Intel	3	1,208	46.2
12	Intel Core i7-2600	Intel	4	1,159	4.3
13	Intel Core i3-2120	Intel	3	1,147	2.8
14	Intel Core i5-3470	Intel	4	1,098	3.0
15	Intel Core i3-3220	Intel	4	1,041	2.9
16	Intel Core i5-4590	Intel	4	980	2.9
17	Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2	Intel	3	905	1.7
18	Intel Core i3-2100	Intel	3	896	2.8
19	Intel Core i5-4460	Intel	4	827	4.0
20	Intel Core i3-6100	Intel	4	826	3.8
21	Intel Core i5-4570	Intel	4	759	2.9
22	Intel Core i3-4160	Intel	4	753	4.0
23	Intel Core i5-6400	Intel	3	719	4.0
24	Intel Core i5-7200U	Intel	3	687	4.0
25	AMD Ryzen 9 5950X	AMD	8	627	83.4

The best graphics cards

The average over the lists that rank graphics cards for each application of each project, the best card of a list being 1.000 (index 100 = best in every list). Vendors are ranked within themselves; lists of different vendors are never compared.

NVIDIA

#	Graphics card	Performance index	Lists
1	NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q Workstation Edition	94.2	2
2	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090	94.1	34
3	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	80.0	52
4	NVIDIA A100-SXM4-40GB	75.0	4
5	NVIDIA RTX A5000	73.3	4
6	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti	65.5	43
7	NVIDIA RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell	61.2	4
8	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER	59.6	27
9	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080	58.7	50
10	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080	57.1	44
11	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER	55.7	16
12	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070	54.3	52
13	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	53.7	32
14	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti	53.5	38
15	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Laptop GPU	50.0	4

AMD

#	Graphics card	Performance index	Lists
1	AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	71.9	6
2	AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT	71.1	6
3	AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX	70.9	34
4	AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE	69.3	2
5	AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT	68.8	35
6	AMD Radeon RX 9070	59.6	8
7	AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT	59.4	5
8	AMD Radeon RX 6800	56.6	5
9	AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT	50.8	10
10	AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT	50.2	18
11	AMD Radeon Pro 580 Compute Engine	48.9	3
12	AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT	46.7	16
13	AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT	45.6	7
14	AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT	45.3	7
15	AMD Radeon Pro 580X Compute Engine	40.4	4

Intel

#	Graphics card	Performance index	Lists
1	Intel Arc A580 Graphics	85.7	9
2	Intel Arc A770 Graphics	81.5	8
3	Intel Arc A750 Graphics	79.4	10
4	Intel Arc B580 Graphics	77.5	17
5	Intel Arc 130V GPU (8GB)	58.7	3
6	Intel Arc A310 LP Graphics	31.2	6
7	Intel Arc A380 Graphics	27.2	3
8	Intel Arc 140T GPU (32GB)	22.1	3
9	Intel Arc Graphics	18.5	15
10	Intel Arc 140V GPU (16GB)	16.9	5
11	Intel Arc Pro Graphics	16.8	6
12	Intel Arc 140V GPU (8GB)	14.3	2
13	Intel Arc 130V GPU (16GB)	12.4	4
14	Intel Graphics	11.3	2
15	Intel RaptorLake-S Mobile Graphics Controller	10.1	2

Apple

#	Graphics card	Performance index	Lists
1	Apple M2 Pro	100.0	3
2	Apple M5 Ultra	100.0	2
3	Apple M6	97.5	3
4	Apple M1 Ultra	81.5	3
5	Apple M4 Max	71.7	6
6	Apple M1 Pro	69.3	4
7	Apple M4	58.7	9
8	Apple M5	57.2	6
9	Apple M4 Pro	53.0	5
10	Apple M5 Pro	41.8	2
11	Apple M2 Max	33.2	2
12	Apple M3 Pro	31.7	5
13	Apple M1	29.4	6
14	Apple M2	27.1	9
15	Apple M3	11.4	2

Source: each project’s own cpu_list.php and gpu_list.php pages. Aster measures nothing itself.