AMD EPYC 7262 vs Intel Pentium G3460

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AMD EPYC 7262 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Pentium G3460
AMD EPYC 7262 Intel Pentium G3460

CPU comparison

AMD EPYC 7262 or Intel Pentium G3460 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The AMD EPYC 7262 has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.40 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 8 memory channels. The AMD EPYC 7262 was released in Q3/2019.

The Intel Pentium G3460 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium G3460 was released in Q3/2014.
AMD EPYC (111) Family Intel Pentium (150)
AMD EPYC 7002 (24) CPU group Intel Pentium G3000 (14)
2 Generation 5
Rome (Zen 2) Architecture Haswell S
Desktop / Server Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD EPYC 7262 has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 16 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD EPYC 7262 is 3.20 GHz (3.40 GHz) while the Intel Pentium G3460 has 2 CPU cores and 2 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium G3460 is at 3.50 GHz.

AMD EPYC 7262 Characteristic Intel Pentium G3460
8 Cores 2
16 Threads 2
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
3.20 GHz Frequency 3.50 GHz
3.40 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
3.40 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AMD EPYC 7262 Characteristic Intel Pentium G3460
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The AMD EPYC 7262 or Intel Pentium G3460 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

no iGPU GPU Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1)
GPU frequency 0.35 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.10 GHz
-- GPU Generation 7.5
Technology 22 nm
Max. displays 3
-- Compute units 10
-- Shader 80
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
-- DirectX Version 11.1

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

no iGPU GPU Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1)
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode

Memory & PCIe

The AMD EPYC 7262 can use up to GB of memory in 8 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 51.2 GB/s. The Intel Pentium G3460 supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 25.6 GB/s.

AMD EPYC 7262 Characteristic Intel Pentium G3460
DDR4-3200 Memory DDR3-1600
Max. Memory 32 GB
8 (Octa Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
51.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
Yes ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
128.00 MB L3 Cache 3.00 MB
4.0 PCIe version 3.0
128 PCIe lanes 16
252.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD EPYC 7262 is 155 W, while the Intel Pentium G3460 has a TDP of 53 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

AMD EPYC 7262 Characteristic Intel Pentium G3460
155 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 53 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The AMD EPYC 7262 is manufactured in 7 nm and has 128.00 MB cache. The Intel Pentium G3460 is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 3.00 MB cache.

AMD EPYC 7262 Characteristic Intel Pentium G3460
7 nm Technology 14 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
SP3 Socket LGA 1150
AMD-V, SVM Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2019 Release date Q3/2014
990 $ Release price 82 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD EPYC 7262 AMD EPYC 7262
8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz
1064 (100%)
Intel Pentium G3460 Intel Pentium G3460
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
785 (74%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD EPYC 7262 AMD EPYC 7262
8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz
9685 (100%)
Intel Pentium G3460 Intel Pentium G3460
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
1546 (16%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
AMD EPYC 7262 AMD EPYC 7262
8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz
20799 (100%)
Intel Pentium G3460 Intel Pentium G3460
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
2191 (11%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
AMD EPYC 7262 AMD EPYC 7262
8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium G3460 Intel Pentium G3460
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
732 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
AMD EPYC 7262 AMD EPYC 7262
8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium G3460 Intel Pentium G3460
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
1402 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD EPYC 7262 AMD EPYC 7262
8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz
398 (100%)
Intel Pentium G3460 Intel Pentium G3460
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
0 (0%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
AMD EPYC 7262 AMD EPYC 7262
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium G3460 Intel Pentium G3460
Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) @ 1.10 GHz
176 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD EPYC 7262 AMD EPYC 7262
8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium G3460 Intel Pentium G3460
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
137 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD EPYC 7262 AMD EPYC 7262
8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium G3460 Intel Pentium G3460
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
263 (100%)

Devices using this processor

AMD EPYC 7262 Intel Pentium G3460
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