CPU Comparison

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AMD

AMD

AMD EPYC 9684X

CORE STATE Genoa-X

CORE SPECS 96 Cores / 192 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 2.55 Base / 3.7 GHz Turbo

CACHE 1152 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 400W

ARCHITECTURE Zen 4

nm

PROCESS 5 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2023

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AMD

AMD

Ryzen 9 9950X

CORE STATE Granite Ridge

CORE SPECS 16 Cores / 32 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 4.3 Base / 5.7 GHz Turbo

CACHE 64 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 170W

ARCHITECTURE Zen 5

nm

PROCESS 4 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2024

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

10,418

5,657

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

1,470

798

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

43,409

23,571

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

6,128

3,327

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

103,355

56,122

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

14,591

7,923

geekbench_multicore

15,668

21,441

geekbench_singlecore

1,586

3,386

passmark_data_compression

2,698,807

896,544

passmark_data_encryption

178,453

44,366

passmark_extended_instructions

177,956

71,564

passmark_find_prime_numbers

2,020

345

passmark_floating_point_math

472,174

159,063

passmark_integer_math

844,145

242,097

passmark_multithread

121,595

66,030

passmark_physics

24,686

3,279

passmark_random_string_sorting

349,126

94,368

passmark_single_thread

2,891

4,737

passmark_singlethread

2,891

4,737

3dmark_16_threads

N/A

16,263

3dmark_2_threads

N/A

2,543

3dmark_4_threads

N/A

4,958

3dmark_8_threads

N/A

9,298

3dmark_max_threads

N/A

16,780

3dmark_single_thread

N/A

1,293

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

EPYC 9684X

9 9950X

Core Specs

Cores

96

16 -83.3%

Threads

192

32 -83.3%

Base Clock (GHz)

2.55

4.3 +68.6%

Boost Clock (GHz)

3.7

5.7 +54.1%

Frequency (GHz)

2.55

4.3 +68.6%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

3.7

5.7 +54.1%

Multiplier

25.5

43 +68.6%

SMP CPUs

2

1 -50.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

64 KB (per core)

80 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

1 MB (per core)

1 MB (per core)

L3 Cache

1152 MB (shared)

64 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

400

170 -57.5%

PPT

—

230 W

Configurable TDP

320-400 W

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Architecture

Architecture

Zen 4

Zen 5

Codename

Genoa-X

Granite Ridge

Generation

EPYC (Zen 4 (Genoa))

Ryzen 9 (Zen 5 (Granite Ridge))

Process Size

5 nm

4 nm

Transistors

135,240 million

16,630 million

Die Size

12x 72 mm²

2x 70.6 mm²

Foundry

TSMC

TSMC

Memory

Memory Support

DDR5

DDR5

Memory Bus

Twelve-channel

Dual-channel

Memory Bandwidth

460.8 GB/s

89.6 GB/s

ECC Memory

Yes

Yes

Platform

Socket

AMD Socket SP5

AMD Socket AM5

Chipsets

—

X870E, X870, B850, B840, X670E, X670, B650E, B650, A620

PCIe

Gen 5, 128 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 5, 24 Lanes(CPU only)

AMD Multi-Die

IO Process Size

6 nm

6 nm

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

—

Radeon Graphics

Other

Market

Server/Workstation

Desktop

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$14756

$649

Part Number

100-100000892

100-000001277

Package

FC-LGA6096

FC-LGA1718

Tj Max

—

95°C

Bundled Cooler

None

None

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