EPYC 9555 vs AMD-K6-III+/500ACZ

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Primary details

Comparing AMD-K6-III+/500ACZ and EPYC 9555 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesAMD K6-III+no data
Architecture codenameK6-III (1999−2000)Turin (2024)
Release date18 April 2000 (24 years ago)10 October 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$9,826

Detailed specifications

AMD-K6-III+/500ACZ and EPYC 9555 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 cores1 (Single-Core)64 (Tetrahexaconta-Core)
Threads1128
Base clock speedno data3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed0.1 GHz4.4 GHz
Bus typeFSBno data
Bus rate99.99 MT/sno data
Multiplier5no data
L1 cacheno data80 KB (per core)
L2 cache256 KB1 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data256 MB (shared)
Chip lithography0.18 µm4 nm
Die sizeno data8x 70.6 mm2
Number of transistors21 Million66,520 million
64 bit support-+

Compatibility

Information on AMD-K6-III+/500ACZ and EPYC 9555 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 configurationno data2
Socketno dataSP5
Power consumption (TDP)no data360 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by AMD-K6-III+/500ACZ and EPYC 9555. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by AMD-K6-III+/500ACZ and EPYC 9555 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD-K6-III+/500ACZ and EPYC 9555. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5
Maximum memory size4 GBno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by AMD-K6-III+/500ACZ and EPYC 9555.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data128

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 April 2000 10 October 2024
Physical cores 1 64
Threads 1 128

EPYC 9555 has an age advantage of 24 years, and 6300% more physical cores and 12700% more threads.

We couldn't decide between AMD-K6-III+/500ACZ and EPYC 9555. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that AMD-K6-III+/500ACZ is a notebook processor while EPYC 9555 is a server/workstation one.


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