AMD EPYC 9845 vs Intel Pentium J2900

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AMD EPYC 9845 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Pentium J2900
AMD EPYC 9845 Intel Pentium J2900

CPU comparison

AMD EPYC 9845 or Intel Pentium J2900 - 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 9845 has 160 cores with 320 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.00 GHz. Up to 6144 GB of memory is supported in 12 memory channels. The AMD EPYC 9845 was released in Q4/2024.

The Intel Pentium J2900 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.67 GHz. The CPU supports up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium J2900 was released in Q4/2013.
AMD EPYC (129) Family Intel Pentium (150)
AMD EPYC 9005 (21) CPU group Intel Pentium J2000/N3500 (6)
5 Generation 6
Turin (Zen 5 / Zen 5c) Architecture Bay Trail
Desktop / Server Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD EPYC 9845 has 160 CPU cores and can calculate 320 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD EPYC 9845 is 2.00 GHz while the Intel Pentium J2900 has 4 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium J2900 is at 2.41 GHz (2.67 GHz).

AMD EPYC 9845 Characteristic Intel Pentium J2900
160 Cores 4
320 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.00 GHz Frequency 2.41 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 2.67 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.67 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 9845 Characteristic Intel Pentium J2900
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The AMD EPYC 9845 or Intel Pentium J2900 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 0.69 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 0.90 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 9845 can use up to 6144 GB of memory in 12 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 480.0 GB/s. The Intel Pentium J2900 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 9845 Characteristic Intel Pentium J2900
DDR5-6000 Memory DDR3-1333
6144 GB Max. Memory 8 GB
12 Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
480.0 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 21.3 GB/s
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
320.00 MB L3 Cache 2.00 MB
5.0 PCIe version 2.0
128 PCIe lanes 4
504.1 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 2.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD EPYC 9845 is 400 W, while the Intel Pentium J2900 has a TDP of 10 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

AMD EPYC 9845 Characteristic Intel Pentium J2900
400 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 10 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. 105 °C

Technical details

The AMD EPYC 9845 is manufactured in 4 nm and has 320.00 MB cache. The Intel Pentium J2900 is manufactured in 22 nm and has a 2.00 MB cache.

AMD EPYC 9845 Characteristic Intel Pentium J2900
4 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 1170
AMD-V, SVM Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT
Yes AES-NI No
Windows Server 2022, Linux, Windows 11 Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q4/2024 Release date Q4/2013
-- 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 9845 AMD EPYC 9845
160C 320T @ 2.00 GHzNot verified
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium J2900 Intel Pentium J2900
4C 4T @ 2.67 GHz
240 (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 9845 AMD EPYC 9845
160C 320T @ 2.00 GHzNot verified
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium J2900 Intel Pentium J2900
4C 4T @ 2.67 GHz
765 (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 9845 AMD EPYC 9845
160C 320T @ 2.00 GHzNot verified
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium J2900 Intel Pentium J2900
4C 4T @ 2.67 GHz
195 (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 9845 AMD EPYC 9845
160C 320T @ 2.00 GHzNot verified
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium J2900 Intel Pentium J2900
4C 4T @ 2.67 GHz
576 (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 9845 AMD EPYC 9845
@ 0.00 GHzNot verified
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium J2900 Intel Pentium J2900
Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1) @ 0.90 GHz
57 (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 9845 AMD EPYC 9845
160C 320T @ 2.00 GHzNot verified
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium J2900 Intel Pentium J2900
4C 4T @ 2.67 GHz
1240 (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 9845 AMD EPYC 9845
160C 320T @ 2.00 GHzNot verified
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium J2900 Intel Pentium J2900
4C 4T @ 2.67 GHz
44 (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 9845 AMD EPYC 9845
160C 320T @ 2.00 GHzNot verified
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium J2900 Intel Pentium J2900
4C 4T @ 2.67 GHz
161 (100%)

Devices using this processor

AMD EPYC 9845 Intel Pentium J2900
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