AMD EPYC 7402P vs Intel Pentium Silver N6005

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AMD EPYC 7402P CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Pentium Silver N6005
AMD EPYC 7402P Intel Pentium Silver N6005

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the AMD EPYC 7402P and the Intel Pentium Silver N6005 and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the AMD EPYC 7402P 24 core processor released in Q3/2019 with the Intel Pentium Silver N6005 which has 4 CPU cores and was introduced in Q1/2021.
AMD EPYC (129) Family Intel Pentium (150)
AMD EPYC 7002 (24) CPU group Intel Pentium N6000 (2)
2 Generation 10
Rome (Zen 2) Architecture Jasper Lake
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD EPYC 7402P is a 24 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.80 GHz (3.35 GHz). The processor can compute 48 threads at the same time. The Intel Pentium Silver N6005 clocks with 2.00 GHz (3.30 GHz), has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel.

AMD EPYC 7402P Characteristic Intel Pentium Silver N6005
24 Cores 4
48 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.80 GHz Frequency 2.00 GHz
3.35 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.30 GHz
3.20 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.00 GHz

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 7402P Characteristic Intel Pentium Silver N6005
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

no iGPU GPU Intel UHD Graphics 32 EUs (Jasper Lake)
GPU frequency 0.45 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 0.90 GHz
-- GPU Generation 11
Technology 10 nm
Max. displays 3
-- Compute units 32
-- Shader 256
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 8 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 UHD Graphics 32 EUs (Jasper Lake)
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

Up to GB of memory in a maximum of 8 memory channels is supported by the AMD EPYC 7402P, while the Intel Pentium Silver N6005 supports a maximum of 16 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 46.9 GB/s enabled.

AMD EPYC 7402P Characteristic Intel Pentium Silver N6005
DDR4-3200 Memory DDR4-2933
Max. Memory 16 GB
8 (Octa Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
51.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 46.9 GB/s
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache 1.50 MB
128.00 MB L3 Cache 4.00 MB
4.0 PCIe version 3.0
128 PCIe lanes 8
252.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 7.9 GB/s

Thermal Management

The AMD EPYC 7402P has a TDP of 180 W. The TDP of the Intel Pentium Silver N6005 is 10 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

AMD EPYC 7402P Characteristic Intel Pentium Silver N6005
180 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 10 W
-- TDP (PL2) 20 W
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 105 °C

Technical details

The AMD EPYC 7402P has 128.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 7 nm. The cache of Intel Pentium Silver N6005 is at 5.50 MB. The processor is manufactured in 10 nm.

AMD EPYC 7402P Characteristic Intel Pentium Silver N6005
7 nm Technology 10 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 1338
AMD-V, SVM Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q3/2019 Release date Q1/2021
2900 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
AMD EPYC 7402P (100%)
Intel Pentium Silver N6005 (63%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
AMD EPYC 7402P (100%)
Intel Pentium Silver N6005 (12%)

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 7402P AMD EPYC 7402P
24C 48T @ 3.35 GHz
1038 (100%)
Intel Pentium Silver N6005 Intel Pentium Silver N6005
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
764 (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 7402P AMD EPYC 7402P
24C 48T @ 3.20 GHz
22549 (100%)
Intel Pentium Silver N6005 Intel Pentium Silver N6005
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
2489 (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 7402P AMD EPYC 7402P
24C 48T @ 3.35 GHz
1325 (100%)
Intel Pentium Silver N6005 Intel Pentium Silver N6005
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
591 (45%)

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 7402P AMD EPYC 7402P
24C 48T @ 3.20 GHz
13349 (100%)
Intel Pentium Silver N6005 Intel Pentium Silver N6005
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
1788 (13%)

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 7402P AMD EPYC 7402P
24C 48T @ 3.35 GHz
391 (100%)
Intel Pentium Silver N6005 Intel Pentium Silver N6005
4C 4T @ 3.30 GHz
279 (71%)

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 7402P AMD EPYC 7402P
24C 48T @ 3.20 GHz
42248 (100%)
Intel Pentium Silver N6005 Intel Pentium Silver N6005
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
5040 (12%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-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 multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD EPYC 7402P AMD EPYC 7402P
24C 48T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium Silver N6005 Intel Pentium Silver N6005
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
925 (100%)

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 7402P AMD EPYC 7402P
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium Silver N6005 Intel Pentium Silver N6005
Intel UHD Graphics 32 EUs (Jasper Lake) @ 0.90 GHz
483 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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