Pentium Gold G5400 vs EPYC 9754

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Aggregate performance score

EPYC 9754
2023
128 cores / 256 threads, 360 Watt
63.24
+2591%
Pentium Gold G5400
2018
2 cores / 4 threads, 58 Watt
2.35

EPYC 9754 outperforms Pentium Gold G5400 by a whopping 2591% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing EPYC 9754 and Pentium Gold G5400 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking121800
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.095.74
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
Seriesno dataIntel Pentium Gold
Power efficiency16.614.36
Architecture codenameBergamo (2023)Coffee Lake (2017−2019)
Release date13 June 2023 (1 year ago)2 April 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$11,900$64

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Pentium Gold G5400 has 427% better value for money than EPYC 9754.

Detailed specifications

EPYC 9754 and Pentium Gold G5400 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores1282 (Dual-core)
Threads2564
Base clock speed2.25 GHz3.7 GHz
Boost clock speed3.1 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data37
L1 cache64 KB (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)256K (per core)
L3 cache256 MB (shared)4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography5 nm14 nm
Die size8x 73 mm2126 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors71,000 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data+

Compatibility

Information on EPYC 9754 and Pentium Gold G5400 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration21 (Uniprocessor)
SocketSP5FCLGA1151
Power consumption (TDP)360 Watt58 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by EPYC 9754 and Pentium Gold G5400. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Precision Boost 2+no data

Security technologies

EPYC 9754 and Pentium Gold G5400 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by EPYC 9754 and Pentium Gold G5400 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by EPYC 9754 and Pentium Gold G5400. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5DDR4-2400
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardN/AIntel UHD Graphics 610
Max video memoryno data64 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.05 GHz
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of EPYC 9754 and Pentium Gold G5400 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by EPYC 9754 and Pentium Gold G5400 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by EPYC 9754 and Pentium Gold G5400 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by EPYC 9754 and Pentium Gold G5400.

PCIe version5.03.0
PCI Express lanes12816

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

EPYC 9754 63.24
+2591%
Pentium Gold G5400 2.35

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

EPYC 9754 100460
+2588%
Pentium Gold G5400 3738

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

EPYC 9754 1603
+117%
Pentium Gold G5400 738

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

EPYC 9754 15552
+931%
Pentium Gold G5400 1509

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 63.24 2.35
Recency 13 June 2023 2 April 2018
Physical cores 128 2
Threads 256 4
Chip lithography 5 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 360 Watt 58 Watt

EPYC 9754 has a 2591.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, 6300% more physical cores and 6300% more threads, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.

Pentium Gold G5400, on the other hand, has 520.7% lower power consumption.

The EPYC 9754 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Gold G5400 in performance tests.

Be aware that EPYC 9754 is a server/workstation processor while Pentium Gold G5400 is a desktop one.


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