EPYC 9554P vs Xeon Bronze 3104
Aggregate performance score
EPYC 9554P outperforms Xeon Bronze 3104 by a whopping 2399% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Xeon Bronze 3104 and EPYC 9554P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1677 | 9 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 4.22 | 5.11 |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Series | Intel Xeon Bronze | AMD EPYC |
| Power efficiency | 3.11 | 18.33 |
| Architecture codename | Skylake (server) (2017−2018) | Genoa (2022−2023) |
| Release date | 11 July 2017 (7 years ago) | 10 November 2022 (2 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $213 | $7,104 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
EPYC 9554P has 21% better value for money than Xeon Bronze 3104.
Detailed specifications
Xeon Bronze 3104 and EPYC 9554P 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 | 6 (Hexa-Core) | 64 (Tetrahexaconta-Core) |
| Threads | 6 | 128 |
| Base clock speed | 1.7 GHz | 3.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.7 GHz | 3.75 GHz |
| Multiplier | 17 | 31 |
| L1 cache | 384 KB | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 6 MB | 1 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 8.25 MB | 256 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 5 nm, 6 nm |
| Die size | no data | 8x 72 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 78 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 52,560 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Bronze 3104 and EPYC 9554P 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 (Multiprocessor) | 1 |
| Socket | FCLGA3647 | SP5 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 85 Watt | 360 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Bronze 3104 and EPYC 9554P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 | no data |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| vPro | + | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Speed Shift | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | no data |
| TSX | + | - |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | - | no data |
| Precision Boost 2 | no data | + |
Security technologies
Xeon Bronze 3104 and EPYC 9554P 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 Xeon Bronze 3104 and EPYC 9554P are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
| VT-d | + | no data |
| VT-x | + | no data |
| EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Bronze 3104 and EPYC 9554P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2133 | DDR5-4800 |
| Maximum memory size | 768 GB | 6 TiB |
| Max memory channels | 6 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 102.403 GB/s | 460.8 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Bronze 3104 and EPYC 9554P.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 5.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 48 | 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.
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.
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 2.79 | 69.71 |
| Recency | 11 July 2017 | 10 November 2022 |
| Physical cores | 6 | 64 |
| Threads | 6 | 128 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 85 Watt | 360 Watt |
Xeon Bronze 3104 has 323.5% lower power consumption.
EPYC 9554P, on the other hand, has a 2398.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, 966.7% more physical cores and 2033.3% more threads, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.
The EPYC 9554P is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon Bronze 3104 in performance tests.
Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon Bronze 3104 and EPYC 9554P, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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