EPYC is a line of server CPUs designed by AMD, first released in June 2017. EPYC CPUs operate on the Zen microarchitecture and use the SP3 socket type.

The EPYC line is a direct competitor to Xeon processors by Intel, designed primarily for data center operation.

Features

EPYC features include:

  • Up to 32 cores (64 threads).
  • Up to 64 MB of L3 cache.
  • Support for up to 2 TB of DDR4-2666 RAM.
  • Up to 128 PCIe lanes.
  • Dual CPUs configured for symmetric multiprocessing.

AMD, CPU terms, Ryzen, Server, Threadripper, Zen