EPYC 9565 vs Athlon 240GE

Primary details

Comparing Athlon 240GE and EPYC 9565 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1674	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.42	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Server
Series	AMD Athlon	no data
Power efficiency	7.67	no data
Architecture codename	Zen (2017−2020)	Turin (2024)
Release date	21 December 2018 (5 years ago)	10 October 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$75	$10,486

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Athlon 240GE and EPYC 9565 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	72 (Doheptaconta-Core)
Threads	4	144
Base clock speed	3.5 GHz	3.15 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.5 GHz	4.3 GHz
Multiplier	35	no data
L1 cache	96K (per core)	80 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512K (per core)	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	384 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	4 nm
Die size	209.78 mm2	12x 70.6 mm2
Number of transistors	4,800 million	99,780 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 240GE and EPYC 9565 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 configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	2
Socket	AM4	SP5
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	400 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 240GE and EPYC 9565. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	+
Precision Boost 2	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 240GE and EPYC 9565 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

+

+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 240GE and EPYC 9565. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4 Dual-channel	DDR5
Maximum memory size	64 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	42.671 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon Vega 3

N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 240GE and EPYC 9565.

PCIe version	3.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	12	128

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	21 December 2018	10 October 2024
Physical cores	2	72
Threads	4	144
Chip lithography	14 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	400 Watt

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