EPYC 7532 vs Pentium Dual-Core E2140
Aggregate performance score
EPYC 7532 outperforms Pentium Dual-Core E2140 by a whopping 9487% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3367 | 198 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Server |
| Series | no data | AMD EPYC |
| Power efficiency | 0.50 | 15.43 |
| Designer | Intel | AMD |
| Architecture codename | Allendale (2006−2009) | Zen 2 (2017−2020) |
| Release date | June 2007 (18 years ago) | 19 February 2020 (5 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Pentium Dual-Core E2140 and EPYC 7532 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) | 32 (Dotriaconta-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 64 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 2.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.6 GHz | 3.3 GHz |
| Multiplier | no data | 24 |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 2 MB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB (shared) | 16 MB |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 256 MB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 7 nm, 14 nm |
| Die size | 77 mm2 | no data |
| Number of transistors | 105 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium Dual-Core E2140 and EPYC 7532 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 | no data |
| Socket | 775 | Socket SP3 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 200 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Dual-Core E2140 and EPYC 7532. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Precision Boost 2 | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Dual-Core E2140 and EPYC 7532 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Dual-Core E2140 and EPYC 7532. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 | DDR4-3200 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 4 TiB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 8 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 204.763 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.30 | 28.76 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 32 |
| Threads | 2 | 64 |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 200 Watt |
Pentium Dual-Core E2140 has 207.7% lower power consumption.
EPYC 7532, on the other hand, has a 9486.7% higher aggregate performance score, 1500% more physical cores and 3100% more threads, and a 828.6% more advanced lithography process.
The AMD EPYC 7532 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2140 in performance tests.
Note that Pentium Dual-Core E2140 is a desktop processor while EPYC 7532 is a server/workstation one.
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