October 10th, 2024

AMD EPYC 9965 Delivers Better Performance/Power Efficiency vs AmpereOne 192-Core

The AMD EPYC 9965 outperforms the AmpereOne A192-32X in benchmarks, despite its higher price of $14,813 and TDP of 500 Watts compared to AmpereOne's $5,555 and 276 Watts.

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AMD EPYC 9965 Delivers Better Performance/Power Efficiency vs AmpereOne 192-Core

The AMD EPYC 9965 "Turin Dense" processor has been compared to the AmpereOne A192-32X, both featuring 192 cores, in terms of performance and power efficiency. The EPYC 9965 operates at a base clock of 2.25GHz and can boost to 3.7GHz, while the AmpereOne runs at a 3.2GHz clock frequency. The EPYC 9965 has a thermal design power (TDP) of 500 Watts, compared to the AmpereOne's 276 Watts. Despite the higher power consumption, the EPYC 9965 is noted for better performance and efficiency in various benchmarks. The pricing also highlights a significant difference, with the AmpereOne priced at $5,555 and the EPYC 9965 at $14,813. The article emphasizes the delayed availability of the AmpereOne processors, which could have positioned them more competitively against AMD's offerings had they been released earlier. The analysis is based on previously collected data and benchmarks, as the AmpereOne server was only available for a limited time. Overall, the EPYC 9965 demonstrates superior performance metrics, although its higher price point may affect its market competitiveness.

- AMD EPYC 9965 shows better performance and power efficiency than AmpereOne A192-32X.

- The EPYC 9965 has a higher TDP of 500 Watts compared to AmpereOne's 276 Watts.

- Pricing differences are significant, with EPYC 9965 costing $14,813 versus AmpereOne's $5,555.

- The delayed release of AmpereOne processors may impact their competitive positioning.

- Benchmarks indicate that the EPYC 9965 outperforms the AmpereOne in various workloads.

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By @hi-v-rocknroll - 4 months
Instead of buying 2 EPYC 4004 (4584PX) with marginally useless server features, I stuck 2 Ryzen 7000 (Ryzen 9 7950X3D) in uATX H13SAE-MF server boards with ECC RAM. They include IGPUs, but whatever. They work fine for load testing 100 and 400 GbE NICs.
By @kristianp - 4 months
An overview of the new EPYC Turin server processors is here:

https://www.phoronix.com/review/amd-epyc-9005

By @tiffanyh - 4 months

           AmpereOne     EPYC
  Kernel:        6.8     6.10
Wasn’t there sizable efficiency improvements just in the newer kernel that could explain some of this away?
By @s-mon - 5 months
Thats insane! I wonder how the cooling works.