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AMD EPYC 9654 vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X

Last updated: 2026-07-02

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 73 %

AMD EPYC 9654

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD EPYC 9654

Rank 2 - 96 %

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

96C / 192T · 3.70 GHz

2,025

64C / 128T · 5.10 GHz

2,897

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

96C / 192T · 3.55 GHz

23,214

64C / 128T · 3.20 GHz

26,562

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

96C / 192T · 3.70 GHz

1,529

64C / 128T · 5.10 GHz

2,030

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

96C / 192T · 3.55 GHz

79,486

64C / 128T · 3.20 GHz

55,282

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	AMD EPYC 9654	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X
Family	AMD EPYC (147)	AMD Ryzen Threadripper (16)
CPU group	AMD EPYC 9004 (21)	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7000 (3)
Architecture	Genoa / Genoa-X (Zen 4)	Storm Peak (Zen 4)
Technology	5 nm	5 nm
Segment	Server	Desktop
Socket	SP5	sTR5
Predecessor
Successor		AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9980X

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	AMD EPYC 9654	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X
CPU Cores / Threads	96 / 192	64 / 128
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	96x Zen 4	64x Zen 4
Frequency:	2.40 GHz	3.20 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	3.70 GHz	5.10 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	3.55 GHz
L2-Cache	96.00 MB	64.00 MB
L3-Cache	384.00 MB	256.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	AMD EPYC 9654	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X
GPU name	no iGPU	no iGPU
GPU frequency
CUs / Shader	/	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays
Max. GPU Memory
Technology
Release date

NPU AI performance

Wischen	AMD EPYC 9654	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	AMD EPYC 9654	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X
Memory	DDR5-4800 (460.8 GB/s)	DDR5-5200 (166.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory	6144 GB	1024 GB
Memory channels	12	4
ECC	Yes	Yes
PCIe	5.0 x 128	5.0 x 48
PCIe Bandwidth	504.1 GB/s	189.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	AMD EPYC 9654	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X
TDP	360 W	350 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up	400 W
TDP down	320 W
T. junction max.	100 °C	95 °C

Technical details

Wischen	AMD EPYC 9654	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X
Chip design	Chiplet	Chiplet
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows Server 2022, Linux, Windows 11	Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512, BFLOAT16, VNNI	SSE4A, SSE4.2, SSSE3, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3
Release date	Q4/2022	Q4/2023
Release price	11805 $	5900 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of AMD EPYC 9654 is 4.6 stars (16 ratings), while AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X has received 2.9 stars (97 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

AMD EPYC 9654
96C / 192T · 2.40 - 3.70 GHz

★★★★★

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X
64C / 128T · 3.20 - 5.10 GHz

★★★★★