AMD EPYC 9124 vs Intel Pentium 3805U

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AMD EPYC 9124 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Pentium 3805U
AMD EPYC 9124 Intel Pentium 3805U

CPU comparison

AMD EPYC 9124 or Intel Pentium 3805U - 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 9124 has 16 cores with 32 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.70 GHz. Up to 6144 GB of memory is supported in 12 memory channels. The AMD EPYC 9124 was released in Q4/2022.

The Intel Pentium 3805U has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.90 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium 3805U was released in Q1/2015.
AMD EPYC (129) Family Intel Pentium (150)
AMD EPYC 9004 (21) CPU group Intel Pentium 3000 (8)
4 Generation 4
Genoa / Genoa-X (Zen 4) Architecture Haswell U
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD EPYC 9124 has 16 CPU cores and can calculate 32 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD EPYC 9124 is 3.00 GHz (3.70 GHz) while the Intel Pentium 3805U has 2 CPU cores and 2 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium 3805U is at 1.90 GHz.

AMD EPYC 9124 Characteristic Intel Pentium 3805U
16 Cores 2
32 Threads 2
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
3.00 GHz Frequency 1.90 GHz
3.70 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
3.60 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 9124 Characteristic Intel Pentium 3805U
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The AMD EPYC 9124 or Intel Pentium 3805U 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 (Broadwell GT1)
GPU frequency 0.10 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 0.80 GHz
-- GPU Generation 8
Technology 14 nm
Max. displays 3
-- Compute units 12
-- Shader 96
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 (Broadwell 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 Decode
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode

Memory & PCIe

The AMD EPYC 9124 can use up to 6144 GB of memory in 12 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 460.8 GB/s. The Intel Pentium 3805U supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 25.6 GB/s.

AMD EPYC 9124 Characteristic Intel Pentium 3805U
DDR5-4800 Memory DDR3-1600
6144 GB Max. Memory 16 GB
12 Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
460.8 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
Yes ECC No
16.00 MB L2 Cache --
64.00 MB L3 Cache 2.00 MB
5.0 PCIe version 2.0
128 PCIe lanes 12
504.1 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 6.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD EPYC 9124 is 200 W, while the Intel Pentium 3805U has a TDP of 15 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

AMD EPYC 9124 Characteristic Intel Pentium 3805U
200 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
240 W TDP up --
-- TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The AMD EPYC 9124 is manufactured in 5 nm and has 80.00 MB cache. The Intel Pentium 3805U is manufactured in 22 nm and has a 2.00 MB cache.

AMD EPYC 9124 Characteristic Intel Pentium 3805U
5 nm Technology 22 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512, BFLOAT16, VNNI ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
SP5 Socket BGA 1168
AMD-V, SVM Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows Server 2022, Linux, Windows 11 Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q4/2022 Release date Q1/2015
1083 $ Release price --
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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 9124 AMD EPYC 9124
16C 32T @ 3.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium 3805U Intel Pentium 3805U
2C 2T @ 1.90 GHz
451 (100%)

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 9124 AMD EPYC 9124
16C 32T @ 3.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium 3805U Intel Pentium 3805U
2C 2T @ 1.90 GHz
878 (100%)

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 9124 AMD EPYC 9124
16C 32T @ 3.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium 3805U Intel Pentium 3805U
2C 2T @ 1.90 GHz
379 (100%)

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 9124 AMD EPYC 9124
16C 32T @ 3.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium 3805U Intel Pentium 3805U
2C 2T @ 1.90 GHz
655 (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 9124 AMD EPYC 9124
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium 3805U Intel Pentium 3805U
Intel HD Graphics (Broadwell GT1) @ 0.80 GHz
154 (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 9124 AMD EPYC 9124
16C 32T @ 3.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium 3805U Intel Pentium 3805U
2C 2T @ 1.90 GHz
1156 (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 9124 AMD EPYC 9124
16C 32T @ 3.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium 3805U Intel Pentium 3805U
2C 2T @ 1.90 GHz
77 (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 9124 AMD EPYC 9124
16C 32T @ 3.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium 3805U Intel Pentium 3805U
2C 2T @ 1.90 GHz
148 (100%)

Devices using this processor

AMD EPYC 9124 Intel Pentium 3805U
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