Xeon Platinum 8444H vs EPYC 9654

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Primary details

Comparing EPYC 9654 and Xeon Platinum 8444H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking5not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.30no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesAMD EPYCno data
Power efficiency19.42no data
Architecture codenameGenoa (2022−2023)Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date10 November 2022 (1 year ago)10 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$11,805$4,234

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

EPYC 9654 and Xeon Platinum 8444H 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 cores9616 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads19232
Base clock speed2.4 GHz2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz4 GHz
Multiplier24no data
L1 cache64K (per core)80K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache384 MB (shared)45 MB
Chip lithography5 nm, 6 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size12x 72 mm24x 477 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors78,840 millionno data
64 bit support++

Compatibility

Information on EPYC 9654 and Xeon Platinum 8444H 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 configuration28
SocketSP5FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)360 Watt270 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by EPYC 9654 and Xeon Platinum 8444H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Precision Boost 2+no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

EPYC 9654 and Xeon Platinum 8444H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by EPYC 9654 and Xeon Platinum 8444H 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 9654 and Xeon Platinum 8444H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5-4800DDR5-4800, DDR5-4400
Maximum memory size6 TiB4 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
Maximum memory bandwidth460.8 GB/sno data
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by EPYC 9654 and Xeon Platinum 8444H.

PCIe version5.05.0
PCI Express lanes12880

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 November 2022 10 January 2023
Physical cores 96 16
Threads 192 32
Power consumption (TDP) 360 Watt 270 Watt

EPYC 9654 has 500% more physical cores and 500% more threads.

Xeon Platinum 8444H, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 months, and 33.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between EPYC 9654 and Xeon Platinum 8444H. We've got no test results to judge.


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