AMD EPYC 9654 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6134

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Combined performance score

Xeon Gold 6134
10.82

EPYC 9654 outperforms Xeon Gold 6134 by 635% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Xeon Gold 6134 and EPYC 9654 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking6374
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money17.5611.94
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon GoldAMD EPYC
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2019)Genoa
Release date25 April 2017 (6 years old)10 November 2022 (1 year old)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,214$11,805
Current price$312 (0.1x MSRP)$3975 (0.3x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Gold 6134 has 47% better value for money than EPYC 9654.

Technical specs

Xeon Gold 6134 and EPYC 9654 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 speed3.2 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus support4 × 8 GT/sno data
L1 cache512 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache8 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache24.75 MB384 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm5 nm, 6 nm
Die sizeno data12x 72 mm2
Maximum core temperature79 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data78,840 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6134 and EPYC 9654 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)130 Watt360 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6134 and EPYC 9654. 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+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
StatusDiscontinuedno data

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6134 and EPYC 9654 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 6134 and EPYC 9654 are enumerated here.

AMD-Vno data+
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 6134 and EPYC 9654. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR5-4800
Maximum memory size768 GB6 TiB
Max memory channels6no data
Maximum memory bandwidth128.001 GB/s460.8 GB/s
ECC memory support+no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6134 and EPYC 9654.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes48128

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.

Xeon Gold 6134 10.82
EPYC 9654 79.49
+635%

EPYC 9654 outperforms Xeon Gold 6134 by 635% in our combined benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Xeon Gold 6134 16621
EPYC 9654 122091
+635%

EPYC 9654 outperforms Xeon Gold 6134 by 635% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Xeon Gold 6134 1205
EPYC 9654 1884
+56.3%

EPYC 9654 outperforms Xeon Gold 6134 by 56% in GeekBench 5 Single-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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Xeon Gold 6134 7480
EPYC 9654 19322
+158%

EPYC 9654 outperforms Xeon Gold 6134 by 158% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 10.82 79.49
Recency 25 April 2017 10 November 2022
Physical cores 8 96
Threads 16 192
Cost $2214 $11805
Chip lithography 14 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 360 Watt

The EPYC 9654 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon Gold 6134 in performance tests.


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