AMD EPYC 7542 vs Intel Pentium Gold G6400T

Last updated: 2023-04-27

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD EPYC 7542		Intel Pentium Gold G6400T
CPU comparison AMD EPYC 7542 or Intel Pentium Gold G6400T - 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 7542 has 32 cores with 64 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 7542 was released in Q3/2019. The Intel Pentium Gold G6400T has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.40 GHz. The CPU supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium Gold G6400T was released in Q2/2020.

AMD EPYC (129)	Family	Intel Pentium (150)
AMD EPYC 7002 (24)	CPU group	Intel Pentium G6000 (12)
2	Generation	10
Rome (Zen 2)	Architecture	Comet Lake S
Desktop / Server	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	Intel Pentium Gold G5400T
--	Successor	Intel Pentium Gold G7400T

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD EPYC 7542 has 32 CPU cores and can calculate 64 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD EPYC 7542 is 2.90 GHz (3.40 GHz) while the Intel Pentium Gold G6400T has 2 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium Gold G6400T is at 3.40 GHz.
AMD EPYC 7542	Characteristic	Intel Pentium Gold G6400T
32	Cores	2
64	Threads	4
normal	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
2.90 GHz	Frequency	3.40 GHz
3.40 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	--
3.20 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 7542	Characteristic	Intel Pentium Gold G6400T
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The AMD EPYC 7542 or Intel Pentium Gold G6400T 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 610
	GPU frequency	0.35 GHz
--	GPU (Turbo)	1.05 GHz
--	GPU Generation	9.5
	Technology	14 nm
	Max. displays	3
--	Compute units	12
--	Shader	96
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
--	Max. GPU Memory	32 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 610
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 7542 can use up to GB of memory in 8 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 51.2 GB/s. The Intel Pentium Gold G6400T supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 42.7 GB/s.
AMD EPYC 7542	Characteristic	Intel Pentium Gold G6400T
DDR4-3200	Memory	DDR4-2666
	Max. Memory	128 GB
8 (Octa Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
51.2 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	42.7 GB/s
Yes	ECC	Yes
--	L2 Cache	--
128.00 MB	L3 Cache	4.00 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 7542 is 225 W, while the Intel Pentium Gold G6400T has a TDP of 35 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
AMD EPYC 7542	Characteristic	Intel Pentium Gold G6400T
225 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	35 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	25 W
--	Tjunction max.	100 °C
Technical details The AMD EPYC 7542 is manufactured in 7 nm and has 128.00 MB cache. The Intel Pentium Gold G6400T is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 4.00 MB cache.
AMD EPYC 7542	Characteristic	Intel Pentium Gold G6400T
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 1200
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	Q2/2020
6000 $	Release price	77 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

AMD EPYC 7542 (100%)

Intel Pentium Gold G6400T (77%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

AMD EPYC 7542 (100%)

Intel Pentium Gold G6400T (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 7542 32C 64T @ 3.40 GHz	1013 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G6400T 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	871 (86%)

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 7542 32C 64T @ 3.20 GHz	26749 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G6400T 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	1821 (7%)

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 7542 32C 64T @ 3.40 GHz	1371 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G6400T 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	734 (54%)

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 7542 32C 64T @ 3.20 GHz	14416 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G6400T 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	1515 (11%)

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 7542 32C 64T @ 3.40 GHz	397 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G6400T 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	356 (90%)

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 7542 32C 64T @ 3.20 GHz	56727 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G6400T 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	3592 (6%)

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 7542 @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G6400T Intel HD Graphics 610 @ 1.05 GHz	202 (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 7542 32C 64T @ 3.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G6400T 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	143 (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 7542 32C 64T @ 3.20 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G6400T 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	355 (100%)

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