EPYC 7742 vs Pentium E5300

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium E5300
2008
2 cores / 2 threads, 65 Watt
0.57
EPYC 7742
2019
64 cores / 128 threads, 225 Watt
43.86
+7595%

EPYC 7742 outperforms Pentium E5300 by a whopping 7595% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium E5300 and EPYC 7742 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking281646
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.043.35
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Seriesno dataAMD EPYC
Power efficiency0.8318.45
Architecture codenameWolfdale (2008−2010)Zen 2 (2017−2020)
Release dateNovember 2008 (16 years ago)7 August 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$64$6,950

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

EPYC 7742 has 64% better value for money than Pentium E5300.

Detailed specifications

Pentium E5300 and EPYC 7742 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 cores2 (Dual-core)64 (Tetrahexaconta-Core)
Threads2128
Base clock speed2.6 GHz2.25 GHz
Boost clock speed2.6 GHz3.4 GHz
Multiplierno data22.5
L1 cache64 KB (per core)96K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB (shared)512K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB256 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm7 nm, 14 nm
Die size82 mm2192 mm2
Maximum core temperature74 °Cno data
Number of transistors228 million4,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier-+
VID voltage range0.85V-1.3625Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium E5300 and EPYC 7742 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 configuration12 (Multiprocessor)
SocketLGA775TR4
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt225 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium E5300 and EPYC 7742. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Demand Based Switching-no data
FSB parity-no data
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Pentium E5300 and EPYC 7742 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium E5300 and EPYC 7742 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d-no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium E5300 and EPYC 7742. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR4 Eight-channel
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TiB
Max memory channelsno data8
Maximum memory bandwidthno data204.763 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

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.

Pentium E5300 0.57
EPYC 7742 43.86
+7595%

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.

Pentium E5300 902
EPYC 7742 69663
+7623%

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.

Pentium E5300 297
EPYC 7742 1204
+305%

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.

Pentium E5300 491
EPYC 7742 11782
+2300%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.57 43.86
Physical cores 2 64
Threads 2 128
Chip lithography 45 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 225 Watt

Pentium E5300 has 246.2% lower power consumption.

EPYC 7742, on the other hand, has a 7594.7% higher aggregate performance score, 3100% more physical cores and 6300% more threads, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.

The EPYC 7742 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium E5300 in performance tests.

Note that Pentium E5300 is a desktop processor while EPYC 7742 is a server/workstation one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium E5300 and EPYC 7742, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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