EPYC 9654P: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
EPYC 9654P provides server-grade benchmark performance at 72.13% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.
Summary
AMD started EPYC 9654P sales 10 November 2022 at a recommended price of $10,625. 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.
Primary details
EPYC 9654P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | 7 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 2.01 | |
| Market segment | Server | |
| Series | AMD EPYC | |
| Power efficiency | 18.96 | of 100.00 (Core Ultra 7 164U) |
| Architecture codename | Genoa (2022−2023) | |
| Release date | 10 November 2022 (2 years ago) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $10,625 | of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L) |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
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 GHz (Ryzen 9 7900X) |
| Boost clock speed | 3.7 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| Multiplier | 24 | of 42 (Core i7-7700K) |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | of 80 KB (EPYC 9965) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB (per core) | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
| L3 cache | 384 MB (shared) | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 5 nm, 6 nm | of 3 nm (Core Ultra 9 285K) |
| Die size | 12x 72 mm2 | |
| Number of transistors | 78,840 million | of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X) |
| 64 bit support | + |
Compatibility
Information on EPYC 9654P 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 (Xeon Platinum 8454H) |
| Socket | SP5 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 360 Watt | of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by EPYC 9654P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | + | |
| AVX | + | |
| Precision Boost 2 | + |
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 9654P's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR5-4800 | |
| Maximum memory size | 6 TiB | of 6 TiB (EPYC 9654) |
| 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 9654P. 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.
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