AMD has showcased a strong x86 data center performance for its 5th Gen EPYC CPUs, beating out Intel's Xeon & NVIDIA's Grace CPUs.
NVIDIA & Intel Are The Target In AMD's Latest 5th Gen EPYC CPU Performance Showcase, Big Data Center Capabilities & Efficiency
Press Release: Traditional enterprise applications like real-time recommendation engines, predictive maintenance, and vision and language processing are now augmented by AI, completely transforming the data center landscape. It’s now critical that enterprise infrastructure supports everything from traditional and AI-powered applications to large-scale accelerated AI workloads.
5th Gen AMD EPYC processors are the world’s best CPUs for enterprise AI & host node performance on GPU-powered clusters. AMD EPYC processors, built on the broadly deployed x86 architecture, deliver leadership performance and simple workload compatibility when compared to Arm-based solutions.
To handle this evolving demand, the AMD EPYC CPUs are designed to excel in both traditional and AI workloads. These CPUs power a complete and diverse portfolio of systems from all the global trusted server solutions providers (and global cloud service providers) to meet the most demanding business needs. These offerings feature:
- Unparalleled x86 Core Density – Up to 192 cores per socket, with a full portfolio of CPU offerings enabling high-performance execution of both AI inference and general compute tasks of all sizes.
- Leadership CPU Memory Capacity & Bandwidth – Supporting terabytes of the latest high-speed, industry-standard DDR5 memory, critical for scalable traditional workloads as well as AI models that require large datasets to be kept in memory.
- Scalability Without Disruption – The broadly supported x86 architecture allows for seamless AI adoption without the lengthy code rewrites or costly software porting efforts needed to adapt enterprise code to alternative architectures.
- Energy Efficiency for AI and Business Apps – AMD EPYC outperforms the NVIDIA Grace CPU Superchip by up to 2.75xii in power efficiency.
Key AMD EPYC Advantages Over NVIDIA Grace:
- 2.75x better power efficiency in dual-socket configurations (SPECpower testing)
- 2.17x higher performance in database workloads (MySQL TPROC-C)
- 2.90x higher throughput in video encoding (FFmpeg VP9 codec)
- Superior resource utilization through Simultaneous Multithreading technology (SMT)
- Up to 20% better throughput for GPU-accelerated workloads compared to competing x86 solutions
- 5GHz clock speeds, significantly outpacing NVIDIA Grace's 3.1GHz base frequency
The Smart Choice to Get More from GPUs
It’s well known that large-scale, low-latency AI workloads benefit from GPU acceleration. What is often overlooked, however, is that for those workloads and deployments that require GPUs, selecting the right host CPU is a critical decision. 5th Gen AMD EPYC processors are the best choice for maximizing the performance of GPU-enabled clusters, providing up to 20% more throughput compared to competing x86 solutions.
High-Frequency Host Processing to Fuel AI Acceleration
5th Gen AMD EPYC CPUs reach clock speeds of up to 5 GHz, offering 16% higher frequency than Intel’s top turbo frequency part, the recently announced 4.3GHz Xeon 6745P. It’s also substantially higher than the 3.1GHz base frequency of the NVIDIA Grace Superchip. This increased clock speed enables faster data movement, task orchestration, and efficient GPU communication—key factors in high volume, low latency AI training and inference operations.
