AMD Unveils 5th Gen EPYC “Turin” CPUs: Up To 192 “Zen 5” Cores, 384 Threads On SP5 Socket & Coming 2H 2024

AMD has officially unveiled its next-gen EPYC 9005 "Turin" CPU family which brings up to 192 Zen 5 cores in the second half of 2024.

AMD has finally lifted the curtains off its next-gen Data Center powerhouse, the Zen 5-based EPYC Turin CPU which is expected to be branded under the EPYC 9005 family and feature a diverse range chips ranging from compute, cloud, telco, edge optimized variants. AMD isn't giving us any specifics at the moment but what they are telling us is that Intel should be very afraid of what's coming since Turin looks like a monster!

In terms of performance, AMD stacks a 128-core EPYC "Turin" CPU against an Intel 5th Gen Xeon Emerald Rapids CPU, the Xeon Platinum 8592+, with 64 cores since as high as Emerald Rapids go. The AMD Turin CPUs offer anywhere from 2.5x to 5.4x gains in performance across various work loads which is very impressive.

The preliminary specifications of AMD's next-gen EPYC Turin lineup which will be branded under the 5th Gen EPYC family were also revealed a while back and included at least 20 SKUs based on the Zen 5 & Zen 5C core architecture. The CPUs are designed to feature drop-in compatibility with the existing 4th Gen EPYC family on the SP5 (LGA 6096) socket and will feature support for faster DDR5 6000 MT/s memory too. The lineup is going to feature up to 128 Zen 5 and 192 Zen 5C cores so starting with that let's take a look at the SKUs.

So far, we have seen SKUs such as the EPYC 9845 (160 Core / 320 Thread), 9825 (144 Core / 288 Thread), 9745 (128 Core / 256 Thread), 9655 (96 Core / 192 Thread), 9645 (96 Core / 192 Thread), and 9565 (72 Core / 144 Thread). All of these SKUs are 64 Core+ variants and feature more than 256 MB of L3 cache and TDPs ranging from 320/400 up to 500W. Following are the various CPU configurations that we should expect in the EPYC Turin family:

100-000000976-09 - 12 CCD + 1 IOD (192 Zen 5C Cores / 384 Thread / 384 MB Cache / 500W)

100-000001152-05 - 10 CCD + 1 IOD (160 Zen 5C Cores / 320 Thread / 320 MB Cache / 360W)

100-000001153-09 - 8 CCD + 1 IOD (128 Zen 5C Cores / 256 Thread / 256 MB Cache)

100-000001249 -XX - 2 CCD + 1 IOD (32 Zen 5C Cores / 64 Threads / 64 MB Cache)

100-000001538-03 - 16 CCD + 1 IOD (128 Zen 5 Cores / 256 Thread / 512 MB Cache)

100-000001245-XX - 16 CCD + 1 IOD (128 Zen 5 Core / 256 Thread / 512 MB Cache)

100-000001246-02 - 12 CCD + 1 IOD (96 Zen 5 Cores / 192 Thread / 384 MB Cache)

100-000001341-XX - 12 CCD + 1 IOD (96 Zen 5 Cores / 192 Threads / 384 MB Cache)

100-000001247-12 - 8 CCD + 1 IOD (64 Zen 5 Cores / 128 Threads / 256 MB Cache)

100-000001247-04 - 8 CCD + 1 IOD (64 Zen 5 Cores / 128 Threads / TBD MB Cache)

100-000001342-XX - 8 CCD + 1 IOD (64 Zen 5 Cores / 128 Threads / 256 MB Cache)

100-000001538-03 - 4 CCD + 1 IOD (32 Zen 5 Cores / 64 Threads / 128 MB Cache)

100-000001249-02 - 2 CCD + 1 IOD (16 Zen 5 Cores / 32 Thread / 64 MB Cache)

Now since it isn't mentioned if these are Zen 5 or Zen 5C SKUs, the cache pools range from 256 MB and up to 384 MB. For the 96-core SKU, if it is based on the Zen 5 architecture, then it should carry an impressive 512 MB of L3 cache but if it's based on the Zen 5C architecture, then it should retain a 256 MB cache.

EPYC Zen 5C: Up To 192 Cores, 384 MB L3 Cache (+50% More Cores / L3 Cache Versus Zen 4C)

EPYC Zen 5: Up To 128 Cores, 512 MB L3 Cache (+33% More Cores / L3 Cache Versus Zen 4)

The rest of the lineup is pretty much the standard 8, 16, 24, 32, 36, 48, 64 core affair with standard and Frequency-optimized offerings. The clock speeds range from as low as 2.0 GHz to up to 4 GHz (base) while the TDPs range from 155W/200W/210W/280W &300W+. AMD's EPYC Turin CPUs will support up to DDR5-6000 MT/s memory in up to 4 TB capacities on an 8 DIMM motherboard, offering up to 128 PCIe Gen5 lanes.

The AMD EPYC Turin "5th Gen" family for servers is expected to debut later this year after the formal launch of Zen 5 & Zen 5C architectures for the desktop and client PC platforms such as Granite Ridge and Strix Point. The 5th Gen EPYC Turin family will be competing against Intel's Xeon Granite Rapids P-Core and Sierra Forest E-Core (288 Core) CPUs. AMD recently confirmed that it is now sampling its 5th Gen EPYC Turin CPUs.