EPYC 9654: specs and benchmarks
Aggregated performance score
It provides outstanding benchmark performance at 78.96% of a leader's which is Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX.
Summary
AMD started EPYC 9654 sales 10 November 2022 at a recommended price of $11,805. This is a high-end Genoa architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at professional systems. It has 96 cores and 192 threads, and is based on 5 nm, 6 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3700 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket SP5 processor with a TDP of 360 Watt. It supports DDR5-4800 memory.
General info
EPYC 9654 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in performance ranking | 4 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Value for money | 10.10 | |
| Market segment | Server | |
| Series | AMD EPYC | |
| Architecture codename | Genoa | |
| Release date | 10 November 2022 (1 year ago) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $11,805 | of 305 (Core i7-870) |
| Current price | $4544 (0.4x MSRP) | of 15701 (Xeon Platinum 8276L) |
Value for money
Performance per price, higher is better.
Technical specs
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 96 | |
| Threads | 192 | |
| Base clock speed | 2.4 GHz | of 4.7 (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 3.7 GHz | of 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB (per core) | of 96 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX) |
| L3 cache | 384 MB (shared) | of 768 (EPYC 7373X) |
| Chip lithography | 5 nm, 6 nm | of 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Die size | 12x 72 mm2 | |
| Number of transistors | 78,840 million | of 9900000 (Ryzen 5 7645HX) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Unlocked multiplier | No |
Compatibility
Information on EPYC 9654 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | SP5 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 360 Watt | of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by EPYC 9654. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | + | |
| AVX | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| AMD-V | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by EPYC 9654's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR5-4800 | |
| Maximum memory size | 6 TiB | of 786 (Xeon E5-2670 v3) |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 460.8 GB/s |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 5.0 | |
| PCI Express lanes | 128 |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of EPYC 9654. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
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.
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%
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%
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%
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