AMD EPYC 7702 vs Intel Pentium Gold G6500

Last updated: 2023-04-27

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD EPYC 7702		Intel Pentium Gold G6500
CPU comparison AMD EPYC 7702 or Intel Pentium Gold G6500 - 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 7702 has 64 cores with 128 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.35 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 8 memory channels. The AMD EPYC 7702 was released in Q3/2019. The Intel Pentium Gold G6500 has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.10 GHz. The CPU supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium Gold G6500 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 G5500
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD EPYC 7702 is a 64 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.00 GHz (3.35 GHz). The Intel Pentium Gold G6500 has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 4.10 GHz.
AMD EPYC 7702	Characteristic	Intel Pentium Gold G6500
64	Cores	2
128	Threads	4
normal	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
2.00 GHz	Frequency	4.10 GHz
3.35 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	--
2.50 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 7702	Characteristic	Intel Pentium Gold G6500
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
no iGPU	GPU	Intel HD Graphics 630
	GPU frequency	0.35 GHz
--	GPU (Turbo)	1.10 GHz
--	GPU Generation	9.5
	Technology	14 nm
	Max. displays	3
--	Compute units	24
--	Shader	192
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
--	Max. GPU Memory	64 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 630
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 7702 supports a maximum of GB of memory in 8 memory channels. The Intel Pentium Gold G6500 can connect up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
AMD EPYC 7702	Characteristic	Intel Pentium Gold G6500
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	--
256.00 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 TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD EPYC 7702 has a TDP of 200 W, that of the Intel Pentium Gold G6500 is 58 W.
AMD EPYC 7702	Characteristic	Intel Pentium Gold G6500
200 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	58 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
--	Tjunction max.	100 °C
Technical details The AMD EPYC 7702 has a 256.00 MB cache, while the Intel Pentium Gold G6500 cache has a total of 4.00 MB.
AMD EPYC 7702	Characteristic	Intel Pentium Gold G6500
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
8000 $	Release price	90 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

AMD EPYC 7702 (97%)

Intel Pentium Gold G6500 (89%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

AMD EPYC 7702 (100%)

Intel Pentium Gold G6500 (6%)

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 7702 64C 128T @ 3.35 GHz	1079 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G6500 2C 4T @ 4.10 GHz	1060 (98%)

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 7702 64C 128T @ 2.50 GHz	37461 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G6500 2C 4T @ 4.10 GHz	2232 (6%)

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 7702 64C 128T @ 3.35 GHz	1317 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G6500 2C 4T @ 4.10 GHz	890 (68%)

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 7702 64C 128T @ 3.35 GHz	391 (92%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G6500 2C 4T @ 4.10 GHz	424 (100%)

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 7702 64C 128T @ 2.50 GHz	70617 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G6500 2C 4T @ 4.10 GHz	4166 (6%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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 7702 64C 128T @ 3.35 GHz	996 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G6500 2C 4T @ 4.10 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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 7702 64C 128T @ 2.50 GHz	49035 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G6500 2C 4T @ 4.10 GHz	0 (0%)

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 7702 64C 128T @ 2.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G6500 2C 4T @ 4.10 GHz	1863 (100%)

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 7702 64C 128T @ 2.50 GHz	18857 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G6500 2C 4T @ 4.10 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 7702 @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G6500 Intel HD Graphics 630 @ 1.10 GHz	422 (100%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.


	AMD EPYC 7702 64C 128T @ 2.50 GHz	403.9 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G6500 2C 4T @ 4.10 GHz	0 (0%)

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 7702 64C 128T @ 3.35 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G6500 2C 4T @ 4.10 GHz	171 (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 7702 64C 128T @ 2.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Pentium Gold G6500 2C 4T @ 4.10 GHz	427 (100%)

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