Pentium Gold G6400T vs EPYC 8434P

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Aggregate performance score

EPYC 8434P
2023
48 cores / 96 threads, 200 Watt
37.83
+1773%
Pentium Gold G6400T
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 35 Watt
2.02

EPYC 8434P outperforms Pentium Gold G6400T by a whopping 1773% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking902061
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation14.37no data
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
Power efficiency7.992.44
DesignerAMDIntel
ManufacturerTSMCno data
Architecture codenameSiena (2023−2024)no data
Release date18 September 2023 (2 years ago)1 April 2020 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,700no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

EPYC 8434P and Pentium Gold G6400T basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores48 (Octatetraconta-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads964
Base clock speed2.5 GHz3.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.1 GHzno data
Bus rateno data8 GT/s
L1 cache64 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache1 MB (per core)no data
L3 cache128 MB (shared)4 MB Intel® Smart Cache
Chip lithography5 nm14 nm
Die size4x 73 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)75 °Cno data
Number of transistors35,500 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data+

Compatibility

Information on EPYC 8434P and Pentium Gold G6400T compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11
SocketSP6FCLGA1200
Power consumption (TDP)200 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by EPYC 8434P and Pentium Gold G6400T. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Precision Boost 2+no data

Security technologies

EPYC 8434P and Pentium Gold G6400T technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by EPYC 8434P and Pentium Gold G6400T are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by EPYC 8434P and Pentium Gold G6400T. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5DDR4-2666
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data41.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/AIntel UHD Graphics 610
Max video memoryno data64 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.05 GHz
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of EPYC 8434P and Pentium Gold G6400T integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by EPYC 8434P and Pentium Gold G6400T integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2160@30Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by EPYC 8434P and Pentium Gold G6400T integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by EPYC 8434P and Pentium Gold G6400T.

PCIe version5.03.0
PCI Express lanes9616

Synthetic benchmarks

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating.

EPYC 8434P 37.83
+1773%
Pentium Gold G6400T 2.02

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.

EPYC 8434P 66490
+1776%
Samples: 11
Pentium Gold G6400T 3544
Samples: 16

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 37.83 2.02
Recency 18 September 2023 1 April 2020
Physical cores 48 2
Threads 96 4
Chip lithography 5 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt 35 Watt

EPYC 8434P has a 1772.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, 2300% more physical cores and 2300% more threads, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.

Pentium Gold G6400T, on the other hand, has 471.4% lower power consumption.

The AMD EPYC 8434P is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium Gold G6400T in performance tests.

Be aware that EPYC 8434P is a server/workstation processor while Pentium Gold G6400T is a desktop one.

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