AMD Epyc 7742
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AMD Epyc 7742 vs AMD EPYC 9654P. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q3/2019
AMD Epyc 7742
AMD Epyc 7742
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Q4/2022
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AMD EPYC 9654P
AMD EPYC 9654P

What's the best choice AMD Epyc 7742 or AMD EPYC 9654P? Which processor is faster?

Compare the available specifications of these models.

AMD Epyc 7742 has a base frequency of 2.25 GHz. 64 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 225 W. Released in Q3/2019.

AMD EPYC 9654P has a base frequency of 2.40 GHz. 96 / 192 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 360 W. Released in Q4/2022.

Differences

AMD Epyc 7742 Reasons to consider
AMD Epyc 7742
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  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    225 W left arrow 360 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Epyc 7742 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    285 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    3 place
  • Monero Hashrate kH/s
    2 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    12 place
AMD EPYC 9654P Reasons to consider
AMD EPYC 9654P
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  • Higher clock speed

    Around 7% better clock speed

    2.40 GHz left arrow 2.25 GHz
  • More number of cores

    32 more cores

    96 left arrow 64
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 9 % higher specified turbo frequency

    3.70 GHz left arrow 3.40 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD EPYC 9654P CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    579 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    1 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Epyc 7742 AMD Epyc 7742
AMD EPYC 9654P AMD EPYC 9654P
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • CPU group
    AMD Epyc 7002 left arrow AMD EPYC 9004
  • Family
    AMD Epyc left arrow AMD EPYC
  • Generation
    2 left arrow 4
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
CPU Technical specs

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

  • Base Frequency
    2.25 GHz left arrow 2.4 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • CPU Cores
    64 left arrow 96
  • CPU Threads
    128 left arrow 192
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    3.4 GHz left arrow 3.7 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (64 Cores)
    2.8 GHz left arrow -
  • Core Configuration
    - left arrow 96x Zen 4
  • Turbo Frequency (96 Cores)
    - left arrow 3.55 GHz
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU name
    no iGPU left arrow no iGPU
  • GPU Turbo
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • H.264 / AVC
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • JPEG
    No left arrow No
  • VC-1
    No left arrow No
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD EPYC 9654P and AMD Epyc 7742. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Max. Memory
    - left arrow 6144 GB
  • Memory channels
    8 left arrow 12
  • Memory type
    DDR4-3200 left arrow DDR5-4800
  • PCIe lanes
    128 left arrow -
  • PCIe version
    4.0 left arrow -
  • Memory Bandwidth
    - left arrow 461 GB/s
  • PCIe
    - left arrow 5.0 x 128
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Epyc 7742 and AMD EPYC 9654P Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    - left arrow 100 °C
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    225 W left arrow 360 W
  • TDP down
    - left arrow 320 W
  • TDP up
    - left arrow 400 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Epyc 7742 and AMD EPYC 9654P, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Rome (Zen 2) left arrow Genoa (Zen 4)
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 left arrow SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512, BFLOAT16, VNNI
  • L2-Cache
    - left arrow 96 MB
  • L3-Cache
    256 MB left arrow 384 MB
  • Part Number
    - left arrow 100-000000803
  • Release date
    Q3/2019 left arrow Q4/2022
  • Socket
    SP3 left arrow SP5
  • Technology
    7 nm left arrow 5 nm
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V, SVM left arrow AMD-V, SVM
  • Chip design
    - left arrow Chiplet
  • Documents
    - left arrow Technical data sheet
  • Operating systems
    - left arrow Windows Server 2022, Linux, Windows 11
  • Release price
    - left arrow 10625 $

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs
Individual model tests

These results have no shared test of both models with the same version and settings. They are shown separately without a percentage difference.

AMD Epyc 7742

AMD EPYC 9654P

Individual system tests

Results were obtained on the reported systems. Test versions and settings remain separate; incomplete conditions do not support calculated model performance differences.

RandomX / XMRig 6.24.0 / 10M / 192 threads / linux

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD EPYC 9654P 82584.566596 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.24.0 / 10M / 192 threads / linux
System RAM: 192 GB
OS: Linux x86_64
Motherboard: Dell Inc. / 01KWRR
Duration: 121.088 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

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