AMD is preparing a beast CPU with 96 cores and 400W consumption

Information on the new EPYC flagship

In addition to its Ryzen processors for the general consumer public and hardware enthusiasts that are expected to be refreshed at the end of the year with the arrival of the 7000 series, AMD also has in the works a refresh for its EPYC models, which are intended for use in servers, in supercomputers, telecommunication providers, universities and wherever else there are needs for abundant processing power.

The company’s new Zen 4 architecture will therefore reach the datacenters through the EPYC 9000 “Genoa” family of processors , which have been rumored for a long time. Now, leaker Yuuki_AnS is adding his own stone, who seems to have brought to the public the technical specifications of the most powerful model of the new series, EPYC 9664.

If his information is correct, the processor in question is expected to be a real beast, with 96 physical cores and 192 threads. They will have 1MB L2 cache each, while the L3 cache will amount to 384MB, for the huge combined memory pool of 480 MB. This is a huge increase of 67% compared to the Milan models, while the number of cores is increased by 50%.

Regarding the frequency for the engineering sample model, it is pointed out that the base clock for all these cores will be 2.25 GHz, with the boost clock raising the frequency where and when needed up to 3.8 GHz. Of course, all this power will also require a lot of electricity and thus the TDP will reach 400W.

At this point it is worth mentioning that previous leaks stated that AMD’s new Genoa processors can draw up to 800W from the socket!