Intel Pentium B940 vs AMD EPYC 7502P

Last updated: 2024-04-16

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Pentium B940		AMD EPYC 7502P
CPU comparison Intel Pentium B940 or AMD EPYC 7502P - 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 Pentium B940 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.00 GHz. Up to 16 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium B940 was released in Q2/2011. The AMD EPYC 7502P has 32 cores with 64 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.35 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 8 memory channels. The AMD EPYC 7502P was released in Q3/2019.

Intel Pentium (150)	Family	AMD EPYC (129)
Intel Pentium 900 (10)	CPU group	AMD EPYC 7002 (24)
3	Generation	2
Sandy Bridge U	Architecture	Rome (Zen 2)
Mobile	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Intel Pentium B940 is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.00 GHz. The AMD EPYC 7502P has 32 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.50 GHz (3.35 GHz).
Intel Pentium B940	Characteristic	AMD EPYC 7502P
2	Cores	32
2	Threads	64
normal	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
2.00 GHz	Frequency	2.50 GHz
--	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	3.35 GHz
--	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	3.00 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 B940	Characteristic	AMD EPYC 7502P
--	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.
Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)	GPU	no iGPU
0.65 GHz	GPU frequency	--
1.10 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 The Intel Pentium B940 supports a maximum of 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD EPYC 7502P can connect up to GB of memory in 8 memory channels.
Intel Pentium B940	Characteristic	AMD EPYC 7502P
DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333	Memory	DDR4-3200
16 GB	Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	8 (Octa Channel)
21.3 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
16	PCIe lanes	128
8.0 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	252.0 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Pentium B940 has a TDP of 35 W, that of the AMD EPYC 7502P is 180 W.
Intel Pentium B940	Characteristic	AMD EPYC 7502P
35 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	180 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
85 °C	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details The Intel Pentium B940 has a 2.00 MB cache, while the AMD EPYC 7502P cache has a total of 128.00 MB.
Intel Pentium B940	Characteristic	AMD EPYC 7502P
32 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
PGA 988	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
Q2/2011	Release date	Q3/2019
--	Release price	4250 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

Intel Pentium B940 (32%)

AMD EPYC 7502P (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

Intel Pentium B940 (3%)

AMD EPYC 7502P (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 B940 2C 2T @ 2.00 GHz	387 (37%)
	AMD EPYC 7502P 32C 64T @ 3.35 GHz	1042 (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 B940 2C 2T @ 2.00 GHz	739 (3%)
	AMD EPYC 7502P 32C 64T @ 3.00 GHz	28314 (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 B940 2C 2T @ 2.00 GHz	347 (26%)
	AMD EPYC 7502P 32C 64T @ 3.35 GHz	1314 (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 B940 2C 2T @ 2.00 GHz	617 (5%)
	AMD EPYC 7502P 32C 64T @ 3.00 GHz	13349 (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 Pentium B940 2C 2T @ 2.00 GHz	856 (2%)
	AMD EPYC 7502P 32C 64T @ 3.00 GHz	49744 (100%)

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.


	Intel Pentium B940 2C 2T @ 2.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD EPYC 7502P 32C 64T @ 3.35 GHz	1021 (100%)

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.


	Intel Pentium B940 2C 2T @ 2.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD EPYC 7502P 32C 64T @ 3.00 GHz	36403 (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 Pentium B940 2C 2T @ 2.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD EPYC 7502P 32C 64T @ 3.35 GHz	391 (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 B940 Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1) @ 1.10 GHz	106 (100%)
	AMD EPYC 7502P @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Intel Pentium B940 2C 2T @ 2.00 GHz	363 (100%)
	AMD EPYC 7502P 32C 64T @ 2.50 GHz	0 (0%)

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