EPYC 9224 vs EPYC 9174F

Primary details

Comparing EPYC 9174F and EPYC 9224 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	105	180
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	6.69	11.99
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	AMD EPYC	AMD EPYC
Power efficiency	10.33	12.65
Architecture codename	Genoa (2022−2023)	Genoa (2022−2023)
Release date	10 November 2022 (2 years ago)	10 November 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$3,850	$1,825

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

EPYC 9224 has 79% better value for money than EPYC 9174F.

Detailed specifications

EPYC 9174F and EPYC 9224 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	16 (Hexadeca-Core)	24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads	32	48
Base clock speed	4.1 GHz	2.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.1 GHz	2.5 GHz
Multiplier	41	25
L1 cache	1 MB	1536 KB
L2 cache	16 MB	24 MB
L3 cache	256 MB (shared)	64 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	5 nm, 6 nm	5 nm, 6 nm
Die size	8x 72 mm2	4x 72 mm2
Number of transistors	52,560 million	26,280 million
64 bit support	+	+

Compatibility

Information on EPYC 9174F and EPYC 9224 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	2	2
Socket	SP5	SP5
Power consumption (TDP)	320 Watt	200 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by EPYC 9174F and EPYC 9224. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by EPYC 9174F and EPYC 9224 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by EPYC 9174F and EPYC 9224. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR5-4800	DDR5-4800
Maximum memory size	6 TiB	6 TiB
Maximum memory bandwidth	460.8 GB/s	460.8 GB/s

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by EPYC 9174F and EPYC 9224.

PCIe version	5.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	128	128

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	35.60	27.23
Physical cores	16	24
Threads	32	48
Power consumption (TDP)	320 Watt	200 Watt

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