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"The EPYC 4004 series is a home-run, total knockout, or whatever you want to call it for this new entry-level EPYC Zen 4 line-up obliterating the Xeon E-2400 competition... The top-end Xeon E-2488 only has half the core/thread count of the EPYC 4564P / EPYC 4584PX SKUs, the Raptor Lake Xeons do not boast any AVX-512 support, the Xeon E-2400 lack any options akin to AMD's "PX" SKUs with 3D V-Cache, and the EPYC 4004 series was consistently delivering better value and power efficiency. In some extreme cases that top-end Xeon E-2400 series processor even was outperformed by the 6-core EPYC 4244P processor."
"In addition to the value proposition of the EPYC 4004 family, these processors are also ideal for frequency-sensitive workloads that may not be so well threaded or not having the need to scale to high thread counts. ...the 16-core EPYC 4564P is a 4.5GHz base clock and 5.7GHz boost clock or with the 16-core 3D V-Cache EPYC 4584PX is the 4.2GHz base clock and same 5.7GHz boost clock."
I always wanted to see high-frequency EPYCs.
"When first hearing of the EPYC 4004 series I was a bit apprehensive thinking that they were going to be overpriced Ryzen CPUs renamed. I was surprised and happy when seeing the list prices matching that of the Ryzen 7000 series."
Also I forgot that AMD offers EPYC with 3D v-cache.
"...you may be wondering... What happens if trying to install an EPYC 4004 in an existing AM5 consumer motherboard? Or a Ryzen CPU in a new EPYC 4004 motherboard? Given the platform commonality and same AGESA, it does work but is not officially supported."
What do these chips do my 7950 doesnt? I am guessing there are differences - I just dont have any experience with a proper server, as opposed to my laptop or router acting as a server.
"The EPYC 4004 series for now means BMC, RAID, server OS certifications, and other features/certifications over Ryzen while it will be interesting to see what other features they may tack on in future EPYC 4000 level processors. These features make the EPYC 4000 series very appealing for budget dedicated hosting, small businesses, cost effective CI/CD workflows, and other cases where 16 cores or less is suitable and desiring power efficient performance and are aiming to maximize value."
I'm also guessing these are not optimized for gaming.
Since they are derived from Ryzen 7000 series, I would assume they are just as capable as the equivalent Zen 4 Ryzens.
