Intel Celeron J3355 vs AMD EPYC 7542

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Intel Celeron J3355 CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD EPYC 7542
Intel Celeron J3355 AMD EPYC 7542

CPU comparison

Intel Celeron J3355 or AMD EPYC 7542 - 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 Intel Celeron J3355 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.50 GHz. Up to 8 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Celeron J3355 was released in Q3/2016.

The AMD EPYC 7542 has 32 cores with 64 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.40 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 8 memory channels. The AMD EPYC 7542 was released in Q3/2019.
Intel Celeron (165) Family AMD EPYC (129)
Intel Celeron J3000 (4) CPU group AMD EPYC 7002 (24)
7 Generation 2
Apollo Lake Architecture Rome (Zen 2)
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Celeron J3355 has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 2 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Celeron J3355 is 2.00 GHz (2.50 GHz) while the AMD EPYC 7542 has 32 CPU cores and 64 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD EPYC 7542 is at 2.90 GHz (3.40 GHz).
Intel Celeron J3355 Characteristic AMD EPYC 7542
2 Cores 32
2 Threads 64
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.00 GHz Frequency 2.90 GHz
2.50 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.40 GHz
2.50 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.20 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.
Intel Celeron J3355 Characteristic AMD EPYC 7542
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Celeron J3355 or AMD EPYC 7542 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.
Intel HD Graphics 500 GPU no iGPU
0.25 GHz GPU frequency --
0.70 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
9 GPU Generation --
14 nm Technology
3 Max. displays
12 Compute units --
96 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
8 GB Max. GPU Memory --
12 DirectX Version --

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.
Intel HD Graphics 500 GPU no iGPU
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
Decode Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Celeron J3355 can use up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 29.9 GB/s. The AMD EPYC 7542 supports up to GB of memory in 8 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 51.2 GB/s.
Intel Celeron J3355 Characteristic AMD EPYC 7542
LPDDR4-2400, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1866 Memory DDR4-3200
8 GB Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 8 (Octa Channel)
29.9 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 51.2 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
2.00 MB L3 Cache 128.00 MB
2.0 PCIe version 4.0
6 PCIe lanes 128
3.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 252.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Celeron J3355 is 10 W, while the AMD EPYC 7542 has a TDP of 225 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
Intel Celeron J3355 Characteristic AMD EPYC 7542
10 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 225 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
105 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Celeron J3355 is manufactured in 14 nm and has 2.00 MB cache. The AMD EPYC 7542 is manufactured in 7 nm and has a 128.00 MB cache.
Intel Celeron J3355 Characteristic AMD EPYC 7542
14 nm Technology 7 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2 ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
BGA 1296 Socket SP3
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization AMD-V, SVM
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2016 Release date Q3/2019
-- Release price 6000 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Celeron J3355 (29%)
AMD EPYC 7542 (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
Intel Celeron J3355 (3%)
AMD EPYC 7542 (100%)

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.
Intel Celeron J3355 Intel Celeron J3355
2C 2T @ 2.50 GHz
352 (35%)
AMD EPYC 7542 AMD EPYC 7542
32C 64T @ 3.40 GHz
1013 (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.
Intel Celeron J3355 Intel Celeron J3355
2C 2T @ 2.50 GHz
685 (3%)
AMD EPYC 7542 AMD EPYC 7542
32C 64T @ 3.20 GHz
26749 (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.
Intel Celeron J3355 Intel Celeron J3355
2C 2T @ 2.50 GHz
301 (22%)
AMD EPYC 7542 AMD EPYC 7542
32C 64T @ 3.40 GHz
1371 (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.
Intel Celeron J3355 Intel Celeron J3355
2C 2T @ 2.50 GHz
539 (4%)
AMD EPYC 7542 AMD EPYC 7542
32C 64T @ 3.20 GHz
14416 (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.
Intel Celeron J3355 Intel Celeron J3355
2C 2T @ 2.50 GHz
1190 (2%)
AMD EPYC 7542 AMD EPYC 7542
32C 64T @ 3.20 GHz
56727 (100%)

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.
Intel Celeron J3355 Intel Celeron J3355
2C 2T @ 2.50 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD EPYC 7542 AMD EPYC 7542
32C 64T @ 3.40 GHz
397 (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.
Intel Celeron J3355 Intel Celeron J3355
Intel HD Graphics 500 @ 0.70 GHz
134 (100%)
AMD EPYC 7542 AMD EPYC 7542
@ 0.00 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.
Intel Celeron J3355 Intel Celeron J3355
2C 2T @ 2.50 GHz
50 (100%)
AMD EPYC 7542 AMD EPYC 7542
32C 64T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Celeron J3355 Intel Celeron J3355
2C 2T @ 2.50 GHz
93 (100%)
AMD EPYC 7542 AMD EPYC 7542
32C 64T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor
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