AMD Launches EPYC 9005 "Turin" Server Processors
AMD is using their Advancing AI event today to announce 5th Gen EPYC "Turin" processors. With up to 192 cores / 384 threads per socket, 17% IPC uplift, AVX-512 with a full 512-bit data path, and the Zen 5 architectural improvements, these new EPYC 9005 processors deliver a significant generational improvement over the EPYC 9004 Genoa and Bergamo processors.
This article offers a look at the EPYC 9005 series and features while also out today are initial benchmarks of some of these new AMD EPYC 9005 series processors. More AMD EPYC 9005 series benchmarks will be published on Phoronix over the coming days and weeks with a lot of exciting areas to explore.
There are not any 3D V-Cache "X" SKUs being announced today nor is there any announcements yet for any EPYC 8005 or EPYC 4005 processors lower down the stack. With the EPYC 9005 line-up debuting today, the top-end SKU is the EPYC 9965 at 192 cores / 384 threads with a 500 Watt default TDP. At the bottom of the stack is an 8-core EPYC 9015 part with a 155 Watt TDP. There are various frequency optimized "F" and single-socket only "P" SKUs among the initial EPYC 9005 line-up.
While the current Intel Xeon 6 Sierra Forest parts top out at 144 cores and the Xeon 6 Granite Rapids go up to 128 cores, with the Zen 5 dense cores there is 160 cores (EPYC 9845) and the 192 cores (EPYC 9965) options plus the EPYC 9825 to match Sierra Forest at 144 cores. With the 128 cores there is the EPYC 9755 as the top-end classic Zen 5 core option as well as the EPYC 9745 for dense cores while having the benefit of 100 Watts lower TDP. Having 128 classic cores is up from 96 cores with the EPYC 9004 line-up where there was the EPYC 9654/9684X as the top-end Genoa variants.
