Intel Pentium 997 vs AMD EPYC 9174F

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Intel Pentium 997 CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD EPYC 9174F
Intel Pentium 997 AMD EPYC 9174F

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the Intel Pentium 997 and the AMD EPYC 9174F and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the Intel Pentium 997 2 core processor released in Q3/2012 with the AMD EPYC 9174F which has 16 CPU cores and was introduced in Q4/2022.
Intel Pentium (150) Family AMD EPYC (129)
Intel Pentium 900 (10) CPU group AMD EPYC 9004 (21)
3 Generation 4
Sandy Bridge U Architecture Genoa / Genoa-X (Zen 4)
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor AMD EPYC 9175F

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Pentium 997 is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.60 GHz. The processor can compute 2 threads at the same time. The AMD EPYC 9174F clocks with 4.10 GHz (4.40 GHz), has 16 CPU cores and can calculate 32 threads in parallel.

Intel Pentium 997 Characteristic AMD EPYC 9174F
2 Cores 16
2 Threads 32
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.60 GHz Frequency 4.10 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 4.40 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 4.15 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 Pentium 997 Characteristic AMD EPYC 9174F
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1) GPU no iGPU
0.35 GHz GPU frequency --
1.00 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
6 GPU Generation --
32 nm Technology
2 Max. displays
6 Compute units --
48 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory --
10.1 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 (Sandy Bridge GT1) GPU no iGPU
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
No Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

Up to 16 GB of memory in a maximum of 2 memory channels is supported by the Intel Pentium 997, while the AMD EPYC 9174F supports a maximum of 6144 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 460.8 GB/s enabled.

Intel Pentium 997 Characteristic AMD EPYC 9174F
DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333 Memory DDR5-4800
16 GB Max. Memory 6144 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 12
21.3 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 460.8 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache 16.00 MB
2.00 MB L3 Cache 256.00 MB
2.0 PCIe version 5.0
16 PCIe lanes 128
8.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 504.1 GB/s

Thermal Management

The Intel Pentium 997 has a TDP of 17 W. The TDP of the AMD EPYC 9174F is 320 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

Intel Pentium 997 Characteristic AMD EPYC 9174F
17 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 320 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up 400 W
-- TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Pentium 997 has 2.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 32 nm. The cache of AMD EPYC 9174F is at 272.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 5 nm.

Intel Pentium 997 Characteristic AMD EPYC 9174F
32 nm Technology 5 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2 ISA extensions SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512, BFLOAT16, VNNI
BGA 1023 Socket SP5
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization AMD-V, SVM
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows Server 2022, Linux, Windows 11
Q3/2012 Release date Q4/2022
-- Release price 3850 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Intel Pentium 997 (18%)
AMD EPYC 9174F (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Intel Pentium 997 (3%)
AMD EPYC 9174F (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 Pentium 997 Intel Pentium 997
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
312 (18%)
AMD EPYC 9174F AMD EPYC 9174F
16C 32T @ 4.40 GHz
1764 (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 Pentium 997 Intel Pentium 997
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
596 (3%)
AMD EPYC 9174F AMD EPYC 9174F
16C 32T @ 4.15 GHz
22864 (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 Pentium 997 Intel Pentium 997
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD EPYC 9174F AMD EPYC 9174F
16C 32T @ 4.40 GHz
2286 (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 Pentium 997 Intel Pentium 997
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD EPYC 9174F AMD EPYC 9174F
16C 32T @ 4.15 GHz
13687 (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 Pentium 997 Intel Pentium 997
Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1) @ 1.00 GHz
96 (100%)
AMD EPYC 9174F AMD EPYC 9174F
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

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 Pentium 997 Intel Pentium 997
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz
786 (100%)
AMD EPYC 9174F AMD EPYC 9174F
16C 32T @ 4.15 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Pentium 997 AMD EPYC 9174F
Unknown Unknown

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