EPYC 9555 vs Pentium Gold G5500

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium Gold G5500 and EPYC 9555 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1782not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.74no data
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
SeriesIntel Pentium Goldno data
Power efficiency4.47no data
Architecture codenameCoffee Lake (2017−2019)Turin (2024)
Release date2 April 2018 (6 years ago)10 October 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$75$9,826

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold G5500 and EPYC 9555 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 cores2 (Dual-core)64 (Tetrahexaconta-Core)
Threads4128
Base clock speed3.8 GHz3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz4.4 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier38no data
L1 cache64K (per core)80 KB (per core)
L2 cache256K (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB (shared)256 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm4 nm
Die size126 mm28x 70.6 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data66,520 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold G5500 and EPYC 9555 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)2
Socket1151SP5
Power consumption (TDP)51 Watt360 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold G5500 and EPYC 9555. 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 Pentium Gold G5500 and EPYC 9555 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 Pentium Gold G5500 and EPYC 9555. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR5
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD Graphics 630N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold G5500 and EPYC 9555.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanesno data128

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2018 10 October 2024
Physical cores 2 64
Threads 4 128
Chip lithography 14 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 51 Watt 360 Watt

Pentium Gold G5500 has 605.9% lower power consumption.

EPYC 9555, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, 3100% more physical cores and 3100% more threads, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Pentium Gold G5500 and EPYC 9555. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Pentium Gold G5500 is a desktop processor while EPYC 9555 is a server/workstation one.


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