EPYC 9655 vs Pentium E6800

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium E6800 and EPYC 9655 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2657not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Power efficiency1.08no data
Architecture codenameWolfdale (2008−2010)Turin (2024)
Release date29 August 2010 (14 years ago)10 October 2024 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)$831$11,852

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium E6800 and EPYC 9655 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 cores2 (Dual-core)96
Threads2192
Base clock speed3.33 GHz2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed0.33 GHz4.5 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)80 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB (shared)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB384 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm4 nm
Die size82 mm212x 70.6 mm2
Maximum core temperature74 °Cno data
Number of transistors228 million99,780 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
VID voltage range0.85V-1.3625Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium E6800 and EPYC 9655 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 configuration12
SocketLGA775SP5
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt400 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium E6800 and EPYC 9655. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3no data
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Demand Based Switching-no data
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Pentium E6800 and EPYC 9655 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium E6800 and EPYC 9655 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d-no data
VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium E6800 and EPYC 9655. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium E6800 and EPYC 9655.

PCIe version2.05.0
PCI Express lanesno data128

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 August 2010 10 October 2024
Physical cores 2 96
Threads 2 192
Chip lithography 45 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 400 Watt

Pentium E6800 has 515.4% lower power consumption.

EPYC 9655, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 14 years, 4700% more physical cores and 9500% more threads, and a 1025% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Pentium E6800 and EPYC 9655. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Pentium E6800 is a desktop processor while EPYC 9655 is a server/workstation one.


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