EPYC 9655P vs i7-965 Extreme Edition

Primary details

Comparing Core i7-965 Extreme Edition and EPYC 9655P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data2.62
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
SeriesIntel Core i7EEno data
Power efficiencyno data23.54
Architecture codenameNehalem (2008−2010)Turin (2024)
Release date17 November 2008 (16 years ago)10 October 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$10,811

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Core i7-965 Extreme Edition and EPYC 9655P 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)96
Threads8192
Base clock speedno data2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz4.5 GHz
Bus typeQPIno data
Bus rate6.4 GT/sno data
Multiplier24no data
L1 cacheno data80 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache8 MB384 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm4 nm
Die size263 mm212x 70.6 mm2
Number of transistors731 Million99,780 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-965 Extreme Edition and EPYC 9655P 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
Socketno dataSP5
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt400 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-965 Extreme Edition and EPYC 9655P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i7-965 Extreme Edition and EPYC 9655P are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i7-965 Extreme Edition and EPYC 9655P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5
Maximum memory size24 GBno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i7-965 Extreme Edition and EPYC 9655P.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data128

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 November 2008 10 October 2024
Physical cores 4 96
Threads 8 192
Chip lithography 45 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 400 Watt

i7-965 Extreme Edition has 207.7% lower power consumption.

EPYC 9655P, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 15 years, 2300% more physical cores and 2300% more threads, and a 1025% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Core i7-965 Extreme Edition and EPYC 9655P. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core i7-965 Extreme Edition is a desktop processor while EPYC 9655P is a server/workstation one.


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