EPYC 9655 vs Xeon Silver 4516Y

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4516Y and EPYC 9655 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Architecture codenameno dataTurin (2024)
Release date1 October 2023 (1 year ago)10 October 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$11,852

Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4516Y 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 cores24 (Tetracosa-Core)96
Threads48192
Base clock speed2.2 GHz2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz4.5 GHz
L1 cacheno data80 KB (per core)
L2 cacheno data1 MB (per core)
L3 cache45 MB384 MB (shared)
Chip lithographyIntel 7 nm4 nm
Die sizeno data12x 70.6 mm2
Maximum core temperature81 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data99,780 million
64 bit support-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4516Y 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 configurationno data2
SocketFCLGA4677SP5
Power consumption (TDP)185 Watt400 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4516Y and EPYC 9655. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512no data
AES-NI++
AVX-+
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX+-
Precision Boost 2no data+
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4516Y and EPYC 9655 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data
SGXYes with Intel® SPSno data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Silver 4516Y 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 Silver 4516Y and EPYC 9655. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5-4400DDR5
Maximum memory size4 TBno data
Max memory channels8no 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 Silver 4516Y and EPYC 9655.

PCIe version5.05.0
PCI Express lanes80128

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2023 10 October 2024
Physical cores 24 96
Threads 48 192
Power consumption (TDP) 185 Watt 400 Watt

Xeon Silver 4516Y has 116.2% lower power consumption.

EPYC 9655, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Silver 4516Y and EPYC 9655. We've got no test results to judge.


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