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AMD EPYC 9654 vs Apple M5
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
AMD EPYC 9654
49 %
96C / 192T · 3.70 GHz
Apple M5
100 %
9C / 9T · 4.61 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
AMD EPYC 9654
100 %
96C / 192T · 3.55 GHz
Apple M5
71 %
9C / 9T · 0.91 GHz
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Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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AMD EPYC 9654 | Apple M5 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | AMD EPYC (147) | Apple M series (38) |
| CPU group | AMD EPYC 9004 (21) | Apple M5 (6) |
| Architecture | Genoa / Genoa-X (Zen 4) | M5 |
| Technology | 5 nm | 3 nm |
| Segment | Server | Notebook |
| Socket | SP5 | |
| Predecessor | Apple M4 | |
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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AMD EPYC 9654 | Apple M5 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 96 / 192 | 9 / 9 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 96x Zen 4 2.40 - 3.70 GHz |
3x P-Core 0.91 - 4.61 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 6x E-Core 0.90 - 3.05 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 96.00 MB | 28.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 384.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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AMD EPYC 9654 | Apple M5 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | no iGPU | Apple M5 (10 Core) |
| GPU frequency | 0.34 - 1.90 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | / | 160 / 1280 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✓ |
| Max. displays | 3 | |
| Max. GPU Memory | 24 GB | |
| Technology | 3 nm | |
| Release date | Q4/2025 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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AMD EPYC 9654 | Apple M5 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 60 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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AMD EPYC 9654 | Apple M5 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR5-4800 (460.8 GB/s) | LPDDR5X-9600 (153.6 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 6144 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory channels | 12 | 2 |
| ECC | Yes | No |
| PCIe | 5.0 x 128 | 4.0 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 504.1 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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AMD EPYC 9654 | Apple M5 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 360 W | 17 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | 400 W | |
| TDP down | 320 W | 15 W |
| T. junction max. | 100 °C | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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AMD EPYC 9654 | Apple M5 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Windows Server 2022, Linux, Windows 11 | macOS, iPadOS |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | Armv9.2-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512, BFLOAT16, VNNI | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation, AVX2, SME |
| Release date | Q4/2022 | Q4/2025 |
| Release price | 11805 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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Apple M5
9C / 9T · 4.61 GHz
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AMD EPYC 9654
96C / 192T · 3.70 GHz
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