EPYC 9654 vs EPYC 9124

General info

Comparing EPYC 9124 and EPYC 9654 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	150	4
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	19.49	10.10
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	AMD EPYC	AMD EPYC
Architecture codename	Genoa	Genoa
Release date	10 November 2022 (1 year ago)	10 November 2022 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,083	$11,805
Current price	$1452 (1.3x MSRP)	$4544 (0.4x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

EPYC 9124 has 93% better value for money than EPYC 9654.

Technical specs

EPYC 9124 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	16 (Hexadeca-Core)	96
Threads	32	192
Base clock speed	3 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	3.7 GHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	64 MB (shared)	384 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	5 nm, 6 nm	5 nm, 6 nm
Die size	4x 72 mm2	12x 72 mm2
Number of transistors	26,280 million	78,840 million
64 bit support	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on EPYC 9124 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	2	2
Socket	SP5	SP5
Power consumption (TDP)	200 Watt	360 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by EPYC 9124 and EPYC 9654. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by EPYC 9124 and EPYC 9654 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by EPYC 9124 and EPYC 9654. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR5-4800	DDR5-4800
Maximum memory size	6 TiB	6 TiB
Maximum memory bandwidth	460.8 GB/s	460.8 GB/s

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by EPYC 9124 and EPYC 9654.

PCIe version	5.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	128	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 EPYC 9124 by 177% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	28.46	78.96
Physical cores	16	96
Threads	32	192
Cost	$1083	$11805
Power consumption (TDP)	200 Watt	360 Watt

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