EPYC 9554 vs Xeon Platinum 8173M

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8173M and EPYC 9554 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	345	7
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	3.09
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Platinum	AMD EPYC
Power efficiency	no data	18.50
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2019)	Genoa (2022−2023)
Release date	no data (2024 years ago)	10 November 2022 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$9,087

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 8173M and EPYC 9554 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	28 (Octacosa-Core)	64 (Tetrahexaconta-Core)
Threads	56	128
Base clock speed	no data	3.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.1 GHz	3.1 GHz
Multiplier	21	31
L1 cache	1.75 MB	4 MB
L2 cache	28 MB	64 MB
L3 cache	38.5 MB	256 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	5 nm, 6 nm
Die size	no data	8x 72 mm2
Number of transistors	no data	52,560 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8173M and EPYC 9554 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	8 (Multiprocessor)	2
Socket	Socket P	SP5
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	360 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8173M and EPYC 9554. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 8173M and EPYC 9554 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

+

no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 8173M and EPYC 9554 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 Xeon Platinum 8173M and EPYC 9554. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR5-4800
Maximum memory size	1,536 GB	6 TiB
Max memory channels	6	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	128.001 GB/s	460.8 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 8173M and EPYC 9554.

PCIe version	3.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	48	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	18.31	73.05
Physical cores	28	64
Threads	56	128
Chip lithography	14 nm	5 nm

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