EPYC 7402 vs Pentium J2900
Aggregate performance score
EPYC 7402 outperforms Pentium J2900 by a whopping 3573% 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 | 2916 | 232 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 8.85 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Series | Intel Pentium | AMD EPYC |
| Power efficiency | no data | 15.55 |
| Designer | Intel | AMD |
| Manufacturer | no data | TSMC |
| Architecture codename | Bay Trail-D (2013) | Zen 2 (2017−2020) |
| Release date | 1 November 2013 (12 years ago) | 7 August 2019 (6 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $94 | $1,783 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Pentium J2900 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 | 4 (Quad-Core) | 24 (Tetracosa-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 48 |
| Base clock speed | 2.41 GHz | 2.8 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.66 GHz | 3.35 GHz |
| Multiplier | no data | 28 |
| L1 cache | 224 KB | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 512 KB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 2 MB L2 Cache | 32 MB (per die) |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 7 nm, 14 nm |
| Die size | no data | 4x 74 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 105 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 15,200 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium J2900 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 | 2 (Multiprocessor) |
| Socket | FCBGA1170 | SP3 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 10 Watt | 180 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium J2900 and EPYC 7402. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | no data |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| PAE | 36 Bit | no data |
| FDI | - | no data |
| RST | - | no data |
| Precision Boost 2 | no data | + |
Security technologies
Pentium J2900 and EPYC 7402 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| EDB | + | no data |
| Anti-Theft | - | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium J2900 and EPYC 7402 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
| VT-d | - | no data |
| VT-x | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium J2900 and EPYC 7402. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR4 Eight-channel |
| Maximum memory size | 8 GB | 4 TiB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 8 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 21.3 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 Intel Atom Processor Z3700 Series | N/A |
| Quick Sync Video | + | - |
| Graphics max frequency | 896 MHz | no data |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Pentium J2900 and EPYC 7402 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | 2 | no data |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Pentium J2900 and EPYC 7402 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | 11.2 | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium J2900 and EPYC 7402.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 4 | 128 |
| USB revision | 3.0 and 2.0 | no data |
| Total number of SATA ports | 2 | no data |
| Number of USB ports | 5 | no data |
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 | 0.71 | 26.08 |
| Recency | 1 November 2013 | 7 August 2019 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 24 |
| Threads | 4 | 48 |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 10 Watt | 180 Watt |
Pentium J2900 has 1700% lower power consumption.
EPYC 7402, on the other hand, has a 3573.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, 500% more physical cores and 1100% more threads, and a 214.3% more advanced lithography process.
The AMD EPYC 7402 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium J2900 in performance tests.
Be aware that Pentium J2900 is a notebook processor while EPYC 7402 is a server/workstation one.
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