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AMD EPYC 9654 Review: Explore CPU Specs and Performance

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AMD EPYC 9654
Let's talk about the AMD EPYC 9654 processor, released in Q4/2022. This review covers all its specs and performance metrics, giving you a comprehensive overview. Feel free to dive into the details and compare it with other models. With its base clock frequency 2.40 GHz, core count , and memory support for DDR5-4800, this CPU packs a punch. It's compatible with Socket SP5 motherboards and has a thermal design power (TDP) of 360 W.

AMD EPYC 9654 specs

Complete list of technical specifications

CPU generation and family

Information about the AMD EPYC 9654 segment (for desktops or laptops) and the CPU family, along with the sales starting date.

Specification Value
Name AMD EPYC 9654
Family AMD EPYC
CPU group AMD EPYC 9004
Segment Desktop / Server
Generation 4
Predecessor --
Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Technical and quantitative specifications of the AMD EPYC 9654: number of cores and threads, base and maximum frequencies. The higher these specifications are, the more powerful your CPU will be.

Specification Value
CPU Cores / Threads 96 / 192
Core architecture normal
Cores 96x Zen 4
Hyperthreading / SMT Yes
Overclocking No
Frequency 2.40 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.70 GHz
Turbo Frequency (96 Cores) 3.55 GHz

Internal Graphics

Common specifications for the integrated graphics card in AMD EPYC 9654 along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

Specification Value
GPU name no iGPU
GPU frequency
GPU (Turbo) No turbo
Execution units
Shader
Max. GPU Memory --
Max. displays
Generation
Direct X --
Technology
Release date

Hardware codec support

List of video codecs supported by the AMD EPYC 9654 CPU. Hardware support of video decoding by embedded graphics cards directly affects the speed and quality of rendering videos.

Specification Value
h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
h264 No
VP8 No
VP9 No
AV1 No
AVC No
VC-1 No
JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

Memory type, clock frequency, multi-channel features, and PCIe version of the AMD EPYC 9654. The higher these numbers are, the better your CPU will be. Keep in mind that the maximum memory and frequency may also depend on the model of the motherboard.

Specification Value
Memory type DDR5-4800
Max. Memory 6144 GB
Memory channels 12
Bandwidth 461.0 GB/s
ECC Yes
PCIe 5.0 x 128
AES-NI Yes

Thermal Management

Let's find out what TDP has the AMD EPYC 9654? The Thermal Design Power (TDP) indicates the maximum amount of heat that should be dissipated by the chip cooling system. However, the value of TDP gives only a rough indication of the real power consumption of the CPU.

Specification Value
TDP (PL1) 360 W
TDP (PL2) --
TDP up 400 W
TDP down 320 W
Tjunction max. 100 \xc2\xb0C

Technical details

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for the AMD EPYC 9654 CPU along with a list of ISA extensions.

Specification Value
Technology 5 nm
Chip design Chiplet
Socket SP5
L2-Cache 96.00 MB
L3-Cache 384.00 MB
Architecture Genoa (Zen 4)
Operating systems Windows Server 2022, Linux, Windows 11
Virtualization AMD-V, SVM
Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512, BFLOAT16, VNNI
Release date Q4/2022
Release price 11805 $
Part Number 100-000000789
Documents Technical data sheet

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