EPYC 9655 vs Xeon Gold 5217

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 5217 and EPYC 9655 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking792not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation7.54no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Goldno data
Power efficiency7.99no data
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)Turin (2024)
Release date2 April 2019 (5 years ago)10 October 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,522$11,852

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 5217 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)96
Threads16192
Base clock speed3 GHz2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz4.5 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier30no data
L1 cache512 KB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache8 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache11 MB384 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm4 nm
Die sizeno data12x 70.6 mm2
Maximum core temperature79 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data99,780 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 5217 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 configuration4 (Multiprocessor)2
SocketFCLGA3647SP5
Power consumption (TDP)115 Watt400 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5217 and EPYC 9655. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512no data
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX+-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Precision Boost 2no data+
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 5217 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 Xeon Gold 5217 and EPYC 9655 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 Gold 5217 and EPYC 9655. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2667DDR5
Maximum memory size1 TBno data
Max memory channels6no data
Maximum memory bandwidth128.001 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 5217 and EPYC 9655.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes48128

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2019 10 October 2024
Physical cores 8 96
Threads 16 192
Chip lithography 14 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 115 Watt 400 Watt

Xeon Gold 5217 has 247.8% lower power consumption.

EPYC 9655, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, 1100% more physical cores and 1100% more threads, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Gold 5217 and EPYC 9655. We've got no test results to judge.


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