EPYC 9754 vs EPYC 9654

Place in performance ranking	4	10
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	10.12	5.85
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	AMD EPYC	no data
Architecture codename	Genoa	Bergamo
Release date	10 November 2022 (1 year ago)	13 June 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$11,805	no data
Current price	$4544 (0.4x MSRP)	$6294

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

EPYC 9654 has 73% better value for money than EPYC 9754.

Detailed specifications

EPYC 9654 and EPYC 9754 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	96	128
Threads	192	256
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	2.25 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	3.1 GHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	384 MB (shared)	256 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	5 nm, 6 nm	5 nm
Die size	12x 72 mm²	8x 73 mm²
Number of transistors	78,840 million	71,000 million
64 bit support	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on EPYC 9654 and EPYC 9754 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)	360 Watt	360 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by EPYC 9654 and EPYC 9754. 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 9654 and EPYC 9754 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by EPYC 9654 and EPYC 9754. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR5-4800	DDR5
Maximum memory size	6 TiB	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	460.8 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by EPYC 9654 and EPYC 9754.

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.

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 78.98
+24.9%

EPYC 9754 63.25

EPYC 9654 outperforms EPYC 9754 by 25% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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%

EPYC 9654 122164
+24.9%

EPYC 9754 97836

EPYC 9654 outperforms EPYC 9754 by 25% in Passmark.