EPYC 7402 vs Pentium B970

Place in the ranking	2725	155
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	10.17
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	Intel Pentium	AMD EPYC
Power efficiency	1.83	15.23
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Zen 2 (2017−2020)
Release date	16 January 2012 (12 years ago)	7 August 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$125	$1,783

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium B970 and EPYC 7402 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads	2	48
Base clock speed	2.3 GHz	2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.3 GHz	3.35 GHz
Bus type	DMI 2.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 5 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	23	28
L1 cache	128 KB	1.5 MB
L2 cache	512 KB	12 MB
L3 cache	2 MB (shared)	128 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	7 nm, 14 nm
Die size	131 mm²	192 mm²
Maximum core temperature	85 °C	no data
Number of transistors	504 million	4,800 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium B970 and EPYC 7402 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 configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	2 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	FCPGA988	TR4
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	180 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium B970 and EPYC 7402. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	no data
AES-NI	-	+
FMA	+	-
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
My WiFi	-	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FDI	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data
Precision Boost 2	no data	+

Security technologies

Pentium B970 and EPYC 7402 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	no data
Anti-Theft	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium B970 and EPYC 7402 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-d	-	no data
VT-x	-	no data
EPT	-	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium B970 and EPYC 7402. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4 Eight-channel
Maximum memory size	16 GB	4 TiB
Max memory channels	2	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	21.335 GB/s	204.763 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors	no data
Graphics max frequency	1.15 GHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium B970 and EPYC 7402 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	2	no data
eDP	+	no data
DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-
SDVO	+	no data
CRT	+	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium B970 and EPYC 7402.

PCIe version	2.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	16	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Pentium B970 0.69

EPYC 7402 29.52
+4178%

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.

Pentium B970 1073

EPYC 7402 46012
+4188%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Pentium B970 358

EPYC 7402 1315
+267%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Pentium B970 579

EPYC 7402 11865
+1949%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.69	29.52
Recency	16 January 2012	7 August 2019
Physical cores	2	24
Threads	2	48
Chip lithography	32 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	180 Watt

Pentium B970 has 414.3% lower power consumption.

EPYC 7402, on the other hand, has a 4178.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, 1100% more physical cores and 2300% more threads, and a 357.1% more advanced lithography process.

The EPYC 7402 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium B970 in performance tests.

Be aware that Pentium B970 is a notebook processor while EPYC 7402 is a server/workstation one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium B970 and EPYC 7402, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.