The Genoa family, the new generation of AMD’s EPYC processors focused on the server side, is coming with strong steps. According to the test results, the flagship of the new generation EPYC Genoa processors, the EPYC 9654, is 2 times to 2.6 times faster than both Intel and the previous generation.

The AMD Zen 4 roadmap will be split into three families: standard Zen 4 for EPYC Genoa, Zen 4C optimized for EPYC Bergamo, and Zen 4V-Cache for EPYC Genoa-X. In addition to these, there will be another series called EPYC Siena, which is more affordable and entry-level but still uses the same Zen 4 cores.

AMD EPYC Genoa server processor family

The standard Zen 4 series will consist of 12 CCDs, 96 cores and 192 threads. Each CCD is optimized to offer 32MB of L3 cache and 1MB of L2 cache per core. EPYC 9004 CPUs are poised to enter servers with BFLOAT16, VNNU, AVX-512 (256b bus), 57b/52b addressable memory and higher bandwidth internal AMD Gen3 Infinity Fabric architecture and features.

The platform will support 12 DDR5 channels with DIMM support up to 4800 Mbps and offer 2,4,6,8,10,12 interleaving options. In addition, thanks to the support of 2 DIMMs per channel, capacities of 6 TB per socket will be made possible. In addition, 12 PCIe Gen 3, 160 gen 5, 32 SATA and 64 IO lanes will be supported. It is stated that the TDP values ​​of the processors will vary between 200W and 400W.

AMD EPYC Genoa performance results

Performance-wise, the leaked charts show SPEC2017 Integer (Base) benchmarks of 14 processors in the AMD EPYC Genoa series. Five of the processors break the 1000 point barrier, while the rest are ranked in intermediate and entry-level competitive positions. Meanwhile, all tests were run on 2P (two-socket) platforms, thus with two EPYC Genoa processors.

The graphics also provide comparative data with Intel’s flagship Ice Lake-SP Xeon Platinum 8380 and flagship EPYC Milan 7763. Based on this, we see that AMD’s new EPYC 9654 processor is 2.6 times faster than its Intel Xeon competitor and 2 times faster than the EPYC Milan series EPYC 7763 as stated in the tests. More importantly, the EPYC 9654 has achieved an ambitious 1.7 times the performance per watt. Of course, it should not be forgotten that all these results are based on a reliable leak source called Moore’s Law is Dead.

EPYC Genoa processors will be very ambitious on the server side

The EPYC 9000 “Genoa” CPU series developed by AMD for servers seems to provide a huge increase in performance. Considering the previous leaks, it would not be surprising if a dual-slot configuration with a total of 192 cores and 384 threads broke the world record in performance tests. AMD is expected to launch the EYPC Genoa 9000 series by the end of the year.