Xeon 6740E vs EPYC 9654

Place in the ranking	5	37
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.27	18.71
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	AMD EPYC	no data
Power efficiency	19.76	18.15
Architecture codename	Genoa (2022−2023)	Sierra Forest (2024)
Release date	10 November 2022 (2 years ago)	3 June 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$11,805	$5,265

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon 6740E has 1373% better value for money than EPYC 9654.

Detailed specifications

EPYC 9654 and Xeon 6740E 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	96	96
Threads	192	96
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	3.2 GHz
Multiplier	24	no data
L1 cache	6 MB	96 KB (per core)
L2 cache	96 MB	4 MB (per module)
L3 cache	384 MB (shared)	96 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	5 nm, 6 nm	5 nm
Die size	12x 72 mm²	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	84 °C
Number of transistors	78,840 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+

Compatibility

Information on EPYC 9654 and Xeon 6740E 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	4710
Power consumption (TDP)	360 Watt	250 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by EPYC 9654 and Xeon 6740E. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

EPYC 9654 and Xeon 6740E technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by EPYC 9654 and Xeon 6740E are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by EPYC 9654 and Xeon 6740E. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR5-4800	DDR5
Maximum memory size	6 TiB	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	460.8 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by EPYC 9654 and Xeon 6740E.

PCIe version	5.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	128	88

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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.

EPYC 9654 78.01
+56.7%

Xeon 6740E 49.77

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

EPYC 9654 119388
+56.7%

Xeon 6740E 76167