Intel Pentium Silver J5040 vs AMD EPYC 7573X

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Intel Pentium Silver J5040 CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD EPYC 7573X
Intel Pentium Silver J5040 AMD EPYC 7573X

CPU comparison

Intel Pentium Silver J5040 or AMD EPYC 7573X - 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 Silver J5040 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.20 GHz. Up to 8 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium Silver J5040 was released in Q4/2019.

The AMD EPYC 7573X has 32 cores with 64 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to 4096 GB of memory in 8 memory channels. The AMD EPYC 7573X was released in Q2/2022.
Intel Pentium (150) Family AMD EPYC (129)
Intel Pentium J5000/N5000 (4) CPU group AMD EPYC 7003 (29)
9 Generation 3
Gemini Lake Architecture Milan (Zen 3)
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Pentium Silver J5040 is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.00 GHz (3.20 GHz). The AMD EPYC 7573X has 32 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.80 GHz (3.60 GHz).
Intel Pentium Silver J5040 Characteristic AMD EPYC 7573X
4 Cores 32
4 Threads 64
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.00 GHz Frequency 2.80 GHz
3.20 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.60 GHz
2.40 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

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 Silver J5040 Characteristic AMD EPYC 7573X
-- 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 UHD Graphics 605 GPU no iGPU
0.25 GHz GPU frequency --
0.80 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
9.5 GPU Generation --
14 nm Technology
3 Max. displays
18 Compute units --
144 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 UHD Graphics 605 GPU no iGPU
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
Decode / Encode 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 Pentium Silver J5040 supports a maximum of 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD EPYC 7573X can connect up to 4096 GB of memory in 8 memory channels.
Intel Pentium Silver J5040 Characteristic AMD EPYC 7573X
LPDDR4-2400, DDR4-2400 Memory DDR4-3200
8 GB Max. Memory 4096 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 8 (Octa Channel)
38.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 204.8 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache 32.00 MB
4.00 MB L3 Cache 768.00 MB
2.0 PCIe version 4.0
6 PCIe lanes 128
3.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 252.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Pentium Silver J5040 has a TDP of 10 W, that of the AMD EPYC 7573X is 280 W.
Intel Pentium Silver J5040 Characteristic AMD EPYC 7573X
10 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 280 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down 225 W
105 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Pentium Silver J5040 has a 4.00 MB cache, while the AMD EPYC 7573X cache has a total of 800.00 MB.
Intel Pentium Silver J5040 Characteristic AMD EPYC 7573X
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 1090 Socket SP3
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization AMD-V, SVM
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q4/2019 Release date Q2/2022
-- Release price 5590 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Intel Pentium Silver J5040 (39%)
AMD EPYC 7573X (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Intel Pentium Silver J5040 (4%)
AMD EPYC 7573X (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 Silver J5040 Intel Pentium Silver J5040
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
542 (39%)
AMD EPYC 7573X AMD EPYC 7573X
32C 64T @ 3.60 GHz
1382 (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 Silver J5040 Intel Pentium Silver J5040
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
1773 (4%)
AMD EPYC 7573X AMD EPYC 7573X
32C 64T @ 2.80 GHz
39415 (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 Silver J5040 Intel Pentium Silver J5040
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
517 (100%)
AMD EPYC 7573X AMD EPYC 7573X
32C 64T @ 3.60 GHz
0 (0%)

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 Silver J5040 Intel Pentium Silver J5040
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
1640 (100%)
AMD EPYC 7573X AMD EPYC 7573X
32C 64T @ 2.80 GHz
0 (0%)

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 Silver J5040 Intel Pentium Silver J5040
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
435 (100%)
AMD EPYC 7573X AMD EPYC 7573X
32C 64T @ 3.60 GHz
0 (0%)

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 Silver J5040 Intel Pentium Silver J5040
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
1244 (100%)
AMD EPYC 7573X AMD EPYC 7573X
32C 64T @ 2.80 GHz
0 (0%)

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 Silver J5040 Intel Pentium Silver J5040
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
197 (100%)
AMD EPYC 7573X AMD EPYC 7573X
32C 64T @ 3.60 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-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 multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Pentium Silver J5040 Intel Pentium Silver J5040
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
730 (100%)
AMD EPYC 7573X AMD EPYC 7573X
32C 64T @ 2.80 GHz
0 (0%)

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 Silver J5040 Intel Pentium Silver J5040
Intel UHD Graphics 605 @ 0.80 GHz
230 (100%)
AMD EPYC 7573X AMD EPYC 7573X
@ 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 Silver J5040 Intel Pentium Silver J5040
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
3460 (100%)
AMD EPYC 7573X AMD EPYC 7573X
32C 64T @ 2.80 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 Pentium Silver J5040 Intel Pentium Silver J5040
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
95 (100%)
AMD EPYC 7573X AMD EPYC 7573X
32C 64T @ 3.60 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 Pentium Silver J5040 Intel Pentium Silver J5040
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
317 (100%)
AMD EPYC 7573X AMD EPYC 7573X
32C 64T @ 2.80 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor
Intel Pentium Silver J5040 AMD EPYC 7573X
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