AMD’s Epyc 9654 CPU Benchmarked in PassMark: Gets Highest Score Ever

AMD’s Epyc 9654 processor passed the PassMark benchmark and immediately landed at the top of the ‘High End CPUs’ list. With 124,119 points, the server CPU scores about 30% higher than the previous number 1: AMD’s Ryzen Threadripper Pro 5995WX. PassMark’s top 10 ‘High End CPUs’. That’s not surprising either; the Epyc top model, released in November, has 96 cores (192 threads) at its disposal, compared to ‘only’ 64 cores (128 threads) for the 5995WX. The base and boost clock speeds are a bit low…