AMD EPYC 7272 vs Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y

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AMD EPYC 7272 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y
AMD EPYC 7272 Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y

CPU comparison

AMD EPYC 7272 or Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y - 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 7272 has 12 cores with 24 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.20 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 8 memory channels. The AMD EPYC 7272 was released in Q3/2019.

The Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y was released in Q2/2017.
AMD EPYC (129) Family Intel Pentium (150)
AMD EPYC 7002 (24) CPU group Intel Pentium 4400 (5)
2 Generation 7
Rome (Zen 2) Architecture Kaby Lake U
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD EPYC 7272 has 12 CPU cores and can calculate 24 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD EPYC 7272 is 2.90 GHz (3.20 GHz) while the Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y has 2 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y is at 1.60 GHz.

AMD EPYC 7272 Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y
12 Cores 2
24 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.90 GHz Frequency 1.60 GHz
3.20 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
3.10 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

AMD EPYC 7272 Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The AMD EPYC 7272 or Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y 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 615
GPU frequency 0.30 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 0.85 GHz
-- GPU Generation 9.5
Technology 14nm
Max. displays 3
-- Compute units 24
-- Shader 192
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 16 GB
-- DirectX Version 12

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 615
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The AMD EPYC 7272 can use up to GB of memory in 8 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 51.2 GB/s. The Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 29.9 GB/s.

AMD EPYC 7272 Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y
DDR4-3200 Memory LPDDR3-1866, DDR3-1600
Max. Memory 16 GB
8 (Octa Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
51.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 29.9 GB/s
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
64.00 MB L3 Cache 2.00 MB
4.0 PCIe version 3.0
128 PCIe lanes 10
252.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 9.9 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD EPYC 7272 is 120 W, while the Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y has a TDP of 6 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

AMD EPYC 7272 Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y
120 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 6 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down 4.5 W
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The AMD EPYC 7272 is manufactured in 7 nm and has 64.00 MB cache. The Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 2.00 MB cache.

AMD EPYC 7272 Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y
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 BGA 1515
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 Q2/2017
990 $ Release price 193 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
AMD EPYC 7272 (100%)
Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y (42%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
AMD EPYC 7272 (100%)
Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y (8%)

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 7272 AMD EPYC 7272
12C 24T @ 3.20 GHz
1007 (100%)
Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y
2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
427 (42%)

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 7272 AMD EPYC 7272
12C 24T @ 3.10 GHz
11189 (100%)
Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y
2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
979 (9%)

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 7272 AMD EPYC 7272
12C 24T @ 3.10 GHz
25571 (100%)
Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y
2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
1714 (7%)

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 7272 AMD EPYC 7272
12C 24T @ 3.20 GHz
373 (100%)
Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y
2C 4T @ 1.60 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 7272 AMD EPYC 7272
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y
Intel HD Graphics 615 @ 0.85 GHz
326 (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 7272 AMD EPYC 7272
12C 24T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y
2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
66 (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 7272 AMD EPYC 7272
12C 24T @ 3.10 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y
2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
166 (100%)

Devices using this processor

AMD EPYC 7272 Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y
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