AMD EPYC 7302 vs Intel Pentium N3520

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AMD EPYC 7302 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Pentium N3520
AMD EPYC 7302 Intel Pentium N3520

CPU comparison

AMD EPYC 7302 or Intel Pentium N3520 - 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 7302 has 16 cores with 32 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.30 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 8 memory channels. The AMD EPYC 7302 was released in Q3/2019.

The Intel Pentium N3520 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.42 GHz. The CPU supports up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium N3520 was released in Q4/2013.
AMD EPYC (129) Family Intel Pentium (150)
AMD EPYC 7002 (24) CPU group Intel Pentium J2000/N3500 (6)
2 Generation 6
Rome (Zen 2) Architecture Bay Trail
Desktop / Server Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD EPYC 7302 has 16 CPU cores and can calculate 32 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD EPYC 7302 is 3.00 GHz (3.30 GHz) while the Intel Pentium N3520 has 4 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium N3520 is at 2.17 GHz (2.42 GHz).

AMD EPYC 7302 Characteristic Intel Pentium N3520
16 Cores 4
32 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
3.00 GHz Frequency 2.17 GHz
3.30 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 2.42 GHz
3.20 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.42 GHz

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 7302 Characteristic Intel Pentium N3520
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The AMD EPYC 7302 or Intel Pentium N3520 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 (Bay Trail GT1)
GPU frequency 0.31 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 0.85 GHz
-- GPU Generation 7
Technology 22 nm
Max. displays 2
-- Compute units 4
-- Shader 32
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
-- DirectX Version 11.2

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 (Bay Trail 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 7302 can use up to GB of memory in 8 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 51.2 GB/s. The Intel Pentium N3520 supports up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 21.3 GB/s.

AMD EPYC 7302 Characteristic Intel Pentium N3520
DDR4-3200 Memory DDR3-1333
Max. Memory 8 GB
8 (Octa Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
51.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 21.3 GB/s
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
128.00 MB L3 Cache 2.00 MB
4.0 PCIe version 2.0
128 PCIe lanes 4
252.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 2.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD EPYC 7302 is 155 W, while the Intel Pentium N3520 has a TDP of 7.5 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

AMD EPYC 7302 Characteristic Intel Pentium N3520
155 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 7.5 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down 4.5 W
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The AMD EPYC 7302 is manufactured in 7 nm and has 128.00 MB cache. The Intel Pentium N3520 is manufactured in 22 nm and has a 2.00 MB cache.

AMD EPYC 7302 Characteristic Intel Pentium N3520
7 nm Technology 22 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 1170
AMD-V, SVM Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2019 Release date Q4/2013
2850 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
AMD EPYC 7302 (100%)
Intel Pentium N3520 (18%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
AMD EPYC 7302 (100%)
Intel Pentium N3520 (4%)

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 7302 AMD EPYC 7302
16C 32T @ 3.30 GHz
1057 (100%)
Intel Pentium N3520 Intel Pentium N3520
4C 4T @ 2.42 GHz
237 (22%)

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 7302 AMD EPYC 7302
16C 32T @ 3.20 GHz
16149 (100%)
Intel Pentium N3520 Intel Pentium N3520
4C 4T @ 2.42 GHz
752 (5%)

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 7302 AMD EPYC 7302
16C 32T @ 3.30 GHz
1274 (100%)
Intel Pentium N3520 Intel Pentium N3520
4C 4T @ 2.42 GHz
184 (14%)

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 7302 AMD EPYC 7302
16C 32T @ 3.20 GHz
10254 (100%)
Intel Pentium N3520 Intel Pentium N3520
4C 4T @ 2.42 GHz
560 (5%)

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 7302 AMD EPYC 7302
16C 32T @ 3.20 GHz
32694 (100%)
Intel Pentium N3520 Intel Pentium N3520
4C 4T @ 2.42 GHz
1139 (3%)

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 7302 AMD EPYC 7302
16C 32T @ 3.30 GHz
384 (100%)
Intel Pentium N3520 Intel Pentium N3520
4C 4T @ 2.42 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 7302 AMD EPYC 7302
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium N3520 Intel Pentium N3520
Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1) @ 0.85 GHz
55 (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 7302 AMD EPYC 7302
16C 32T @ 3.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium N3520 Intel Pentium N3520
4C 4T @ 2.42 GHz
38 (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 7302 AMD EPYC 7302
16C 32T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium N3520 Intel Pentium N3520
4C 4T @ 2.42 GHz
143 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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