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This is a misreading of their website. On the left, they compare the EPYC 9965 (launched 10/10/24) with the Xeon Platinum 8280 (launched Q2 '19) and make a TCO argument for replacing outdated Intel servers with AMD.

On the right, they compare the EPYC 9965 (launched 10/10/24) with the Xeon Platinum 8592+ (launched Q4 23), a like for like comparison against Intel's competition at launch.

The argument is essentially in two pieces - "If you're upgrading, you should pick AMD. If you're not upgrading, you should be."



It’s true that they compare to different Intel CPUs in different parts of the webpage, and I don’t always understand the intentions behind those comparisons.

Still, if you decode the unreadable footnotes 2 & 3 in the bottom of the page - a few things stand out: avoiding AMX, using CPUs with different core-counts & costs, and even running on a different Linux kernel version, which may affect scheduling…




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