EPYC 9965: specs and benchmarks

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EPYC 9965
2024
192 cores / 384 threads, 500 Watt
100.00

EPYC 9965 provides outstanding benchmark performance and is currently a leader of our rating.

Summary

AMD started EPYC 9965 sales 10 October 2024 at a recommended price of $14,813. This is a high-end Turin architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at professional systems. It has 192 cores and 384 threads, and is based on 3 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 500 Watt. It supports DDR5 memory.

Primary details

EPYC 9965 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking1
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Market segmentServer
Power efficiency19.29of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme)
DesignerAMD
ManufacturerTSMC
Architecture codenameTurin (2024)
Release date10 October 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$14,813of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores192
Threads384
Base clock speed2.25 GHzof 4.7 GHz (Ryzen 9 7900X)
Boost clock speed3.7 GHzof 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
L1 cache80 KB (per core)of 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
L3 cache384 MB (shared)of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography3 nm
64 bit support+

Compatibility

Information on EPYC 9965 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 configuration2of 8 (Xeon Platinum 8454H)
SocketSP5
Power consumption (TDP)500 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by EPYC 9965. 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 9965's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into EPYC 9965.

Integrated graphics cardN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version5.0
PCI Express lanes128of 144 (Threadripper PRO 7955WX)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of EPYC 9965. 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.

EPYC 9965 100.00

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.

EPYC 9965 160778

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

EPYC 9965's performance relative to its closest rivals among server CPUs.


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