AMD EPYC 9654 vs Athlon X2 QL-64

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General info

Comparing Athlon X2 QL-64 and EPYC 9654 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance rankingnot rated4
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for moneyno data11.94
Market segmentLaptopServer
Series2x AMD AthlonAMD EPYC
Architecture codenameLion (2008−2009)Genoa
Release date1 January 2009 (15 years old)10 November 2022 (1 year old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$11,805
Current price$102 $3975 (0.3x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Technical specs

Athlon X2 QL-64 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 cores2 (Dual-core)96
Threads2192
Base clock speedno data2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed2.1 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus support3600 MHzno data
L1 cache256 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB384 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm5 nm, 6 nm
Die sizeno data12x 72 mm2
Number of transistorsno data78,840 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Athlon X2 QL-64 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 configuration12
SocketS1SP5
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt360 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon X2 QL-64 and EPYC 9654. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualizationno data
AES-NIno data+
AVXno data+
PowerNow+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon X2 QL-64 and EPYC 9654 are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon X2 QL-64 and EPYC 9654. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5-4800
Maximum memory sizeno data6 TiB
Maximum memory bandwidthno data460.8 GB/s

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon X2 QL-64 and EPYC 9654.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data128

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Athlon X2 QL-64 622
EPYC 9654 122091
+19529%

EPYC 9654 outperforms Athlon X2 QL-64 by 19529% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Athlon X2 QL-64 201
EPYC 9654 1884
+837%

EPYC 9654 outperforms Athlon X2 QL-64 by 837% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Athlon X2 QL-64 384
EPYC 9654 19322
+4932%

EPYC 9654 outperforms Athlon X2 QL-64 by 4932% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 1 January 2009 10 November 2022
Physical cores 2 96
Threads 2 192
Chip lithography 65 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 360 Watt

We couldn't decide between Athlon X2 QL-64 and EPYC 9654. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Athlon X2 QL-64 is a notebook processor while EPYC 9654 is a server/workstation one.


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