The line’s junior CPU has just 16 cores
AMD just revealed its Epyc Genoa server processors. They have a maximum configuration up to 96 cores.
Like the Ryzen 7000, the Epyc 9004 series is based on Zen 4 architecture. It is made using 5nm process technology. AMD will later release GenoaX processors that have additional V-Cache memories, and Bergamo CPUs that use Zen 4C cores. These processors can support 128 cores. Some previously unknown Epyc Siena CPUs will be available on the same Zen 4 architecture, but with a totally new SP6 platform. These processors will be optimised primarily for performance per $1.
The CPUs are equivalent to the Epyc 9004 regular model, which has 96 cores and supports 192 computation threads. The processors are capable of running BFLOAT16 (VNNU) and AVX512. AMD’s largest socket, the SP5 socket (LGA-6096), is now available. The 12-channel DDR5 memory controller, which can install up to 6TB RAM per socket, is also visible.
AMD claims that its top-end 96core Epyc 9654 is faster than last year’s 64 core Epyc 7763, and three times faster then the Intel Xeon Platinum 8382, which has only forty cores. Genoa will be competing with the new Xeon CPU Max Series (Sapphire rapids).