The EPYC 9654 features a mind blowing 96 cores and 192 threads based on AMD’s new architecture. This chip contains 384 MB of L3 cache while running at a base frequency of 2.15 GHz. The boost frequencies are rated at about 3.05 GHz for all cores. Power consumption is around 360W, which is decent as Intel’s best server chips are rated at about 700W of power.

— 结城安穗-YuuKi_AnS (@yuuki_ans) July 19, 2022 These results are promising and show the power than Zen 4 can offer. An interesting discrepancy is that AMD’s upcoming Zen 4 CPUs for the average consumer lag behind Intel’s Raptor Lake however the same architecture crushes Intel in the server department.

AMD s Upcoming EPYC 9654 Tears Apart Every Other Chip  L3 Cache Over 9 Times Faster Than Its Xeon Counterpart - 27