EPYC 9654 vs A4-4355M

Primary Details

Comparing A4-4355M and EPYC 9654 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2728	4
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	no data	10.18
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	AMD A-Series	AMD EPYC
Architecture codename	Trinity (2012−2013)	Genoa
Release date	27 September 2012 (11 years ago)	10 November 2022 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$11,805
Current price	$210	$4544 (0.4x MSRP)

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed Specifications

A4-4355M and EPYC 9654 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	96
Threads	2	192
Base clock speed	1.9 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	2.4 GHz
L1 cache	96 KB	6 MB
L2 cache	1 MB (shared)	96 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	384 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	5 nm, 6 nm
Die size	246 mm2	12x 72 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	100 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,303 million	78,840 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on A4-4355M and EPYC 9654 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 configuration	1	2
Socket	FP2	SP5
Power consumption (TDP)	17 Watt	360 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A4-4355M and EPYC 9654. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMA	no data
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	no data
AVX	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A4-4355M and EPYC 9654 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

+

+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A4-4355M and EPYC 9654. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	unknown Dual-channel	DDR5-4800
Maximum memory size	no data	6 TiB
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	460.8 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon HD 7400G

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A4-4355M and EPYC 9654.

PCIe version	no data	5.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	128

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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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 9654 outperforms A4-4355M by 15139% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Pros & Cons Summary

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Performance score	0.51	77.72
Recency	27 September 2012	10 November 2022
Physical cores	2	96
Threads	2	192
Chip lithography	32 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	17 Watt	360 Watt

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