Xeon Platinum 8462Y+ vs EPYC 9554

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Primary details

Comparing EPYC 9554 and Xeon Platinum 8462Y+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking8not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.13no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesAMD EPYCno data
Power efficiency18.40no data
Architecture codenameGenoa (2022−2023)Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date10 November 2022 (2 years ago)10 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$9,087$5,945

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

EPYC 9554 and Xeon Platinum 8462Y+ 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 cores64 (Tetrahexaconta-Core)32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads12864
Base clock speed3.1 GHz2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed3.1 GHz4.1 GHz
Multiplier31no data
L1 cache4 MB80K (per core)
L2 cache64 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache256 MB (shared)60 MB
Chip lithography5 nm, 6 nm10 nm
Die size8x 72 mm24x 477 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data81 °C
Number of transistors52,560 millionno data
64 bit support++

Compatibility

Information on EPYC 9554 and Xeon Platinum 8462Y+ 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 configuration22
SocketSP54677
Power consumption (TDP)360 Watt300 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by EPYC 9554 and Xeon Platinum 8462Y+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

EPYC 9554 and Xeon Platinum 8462Y+ technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by EPYC 9554 and Xeon Platinum 8462Y+ are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by EPYC 9554 and Xeon Platinum 8462Y+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5-4800DDR5-4800
Maximum memory size6 TiBno data
Maximum memory bandwidth460.8 GB/sno data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by EPYC 9554 and Xeon Platinum 8462Y+.

PCIe version5.05.0
PCI Express lanes12880

Synthetic benchmark performance

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



GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

EPYC 9554 1902
Xeon Platinum 8462Y+ 1982
+4.2%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

EPYC 9554 18994
Xeon Platinum 8462Y+ 20762
+9.3%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 November 2022 10 January 2023
Physical cores 64 32
Threads 128 64
Chip lithography 5 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 360 Watt 300 Watt

EPYC 9554 has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

Xeon Platinum 8462Y+, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 months, and 20% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between EPYC 9554 and Xeon Platinum 8462Y+. We've got no test results to judge.


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