EPYC 7302 vs Pentium G2020
Aggregate performance score
EPYC 7302 outperforms Pentium G2020 by a whopping 1866% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2649 | 339 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.04 | 10.23 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Server |
| Series | no data | AMD EPYC |
| Power efficiency | 0.74 | 5.20 |
| Designer | Intel | AMD |
| Manufacturer | Intel | TSMC |
| Architecture codename | Ivy Bridge (2012−2013) | Zen 2 (2017−2020) |
| Release date | 21 January 2013 (12 years ago) | 7 August 2019 (6 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $60 | $978 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
EPYC 7302 has 25475% better value for money than Pentium G2020.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Pentium G2020 and EPYC 7302 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) | 16 (Hexadeca-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 32 |
| Base clock speed | 2.9 GHz | 3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.9 GHz | 3.3 GHz |
| Bus rate | 5 GT/s | no data |
| Multiplier | no data | 30 |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 256 KB (per core) | 512 KB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 3072 KB (shared) | 32 MB (per die) |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 7 nm, 14 nm |
| Die size | 94 mm2 | 4x 74 mm2 |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 65 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 15,200 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium G2020 and EPYC 7302 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 | 2 (Multiprocessor) |
| Socket | FCLGA1155 | SP3 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 55 Watt | 155 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium G2020 and EPYC 7302. 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 | - | + |
| 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 | + | - |
| Precision Boost 2 | no data | + |
Security technologies
Pentium G2020 and EPYC 7302 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 G2020 and EPYC 7302 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 G2020 and EPYC 7302. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR4 Eight-channel |
| Maximum memory size | 32 GB | 4 TiB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 8 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 21 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 3rd Generation Intel Processors | N/A |
| Graphics max frequency | 1.05 GHz | no data |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Pentium G2020 and EPYC 7302 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | 3 | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium G2020 and EPYC 7302.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 128 |
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.
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.97 | 19.07 |
| Recency | 21 January 2013 | 7 August 2019 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 16 |
| Threads | 2 | 32 |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 55 Watt | 155 Watt |
Pentium G2020 has 181.8% lower power consumption.
EPYC 7302, on the other hand, has a 1866% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, 700% more physical cores and 1500% more threads, and a 214.3% more advanced lithography process.
The AMD EPYC 7302 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium G2020 in performance tests.
Note that Pentium G2020 is a desktop processor while EPYC 7302 is a server/workstation one.
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