EPYC 9455 vs i9-14900F
Aggregate performance score
EPYC 9455 outperforms Core i9-14900F by a whopping 138% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 236 | 26 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 52.14 | 9.36 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Server |
| Power efficiency | 17.33 | 8.95 |
| Designer | Intel | AMD |
| Manufacturer | Intel | TSMC |
| Architecture codename | Raptor Lake-R (2023−2025) | Turin (2024) |
| Release date | 8 January 2024 (2 years ago) | 10 October 2024 (1 year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $524 | $5,412 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
i9-14900F has 457% better value for money than EPYC 9455.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Core i9-14900F and EPYC 9455 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 | 24 (Tetracosa-Core) | 48 (Octatetraconta-Core) |
| Performance-cores | 8 | no data |
| Efficient-cores | 16 | no data |
| Threads | 32 | 96 |
| Base clock speed | 2 GHz | 3.15 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 5.6 GHz | 4.4 GHz |
| L1 cache | 80 KB (per core) | 80 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 2 MB (per core) | 1 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 36 MB (shared) | 192 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | Intel 7 nm | 4 nm |
| Die size | 257 mm2 | 6x 70.6 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 49,890 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Core i9-14900F and EPYC 9455 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 | FCLGA1700 | SP5 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 300 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i9-14900F and EPYC 9455. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2 | no data |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Speed Shift | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
| TSX | + | - |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | + | no data |
| Precision Boost 2 | no data | + |
| Deep Learning Boost | + | - |
Security technologies
Core i9-14900F and EPYC 9455 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | no data |
| EDB | + | no data |
| OS Guard | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i9-14900F and EPYC 9455 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
| VT-d | + | no data |
| VT-x | + | no data |
| EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i9-14900F and EPYC 9455. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR5-5600, DDR4-3200 | DDR5 |
| Maximum memory size | 192 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 89.6 GB/s | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | N/A | N/A |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i9-14900F and EPYC 9455.
| PCIe version | 5.0 and 4.0 | 5.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 20 | 128 |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 26.67 | 63.58 |
| Recency | 8 January 2024 | 10 October 2024 |
| Physical cores | 24 | 48 |
| Threads | 32 | 96 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 300 Watt |
i9-14900F has 361.5% lower power consumption.
EPYC 9455, on the other hand, has a 138.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 months, and 100% more physical cores and 200% more threads.
The AMD EPYC 9455 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Core i9-14900F in performance tests.
Note that Core i9-14900F is a desktop processor while EPYC 9455 is a server/workstation one.
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