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7nm AMD EPYC "Rome" CPU w/ 64C/128T to Cost $8K (56 Core Intel Xeon: $25K-50K)
Yesterday, we shared the core and thread counts of AMD's Zen 2 based Epyc lineup, with the lowest-end chip going as low as 8 cores while the top-end 7742 boasting 64 and double the threads. Today, the prices of these server parts have also surfaced, and it seems like they are going to be quite a bit cheaper than the competing Intel Xeon Platinum processors.
The top-end Epyc 7742 with a TDP of 225W (128 threads @ 3.4GHz) is said to sell for a bit less than $8K, while the lower clocked 7702 and 7702P (single-socket) are going to cost $7,215 and $4,955 (just) respectively. That's quite impressive, you're getting 64 Zen 2 cores for just $5,000, while on the other hand Intel's 28-core Xeon Platinum 8280 costs a whopping $18K and is half as powerful.
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 23 2019, @10:28PM (1 child)
I had this discussion at work and lost.
Pros:
License costs for all but one vendor go down by half, as they are socket based, not core based. We would be able to turn all our multi processor systems into single processor systems (enough pci-e lanes with the Epyc part), and keep the same host count while increasing capacity. License cost savings would pay for the hardware in less than three years.
AMD is less expensive initially too.
Cons:
Can't live migrate workloads from existing Xeon based hardware to Epyc based hardware. Inconvenient, but is not a deal killer for us.
Moron managers can't wrap heads around concept that things have changed-- turns out this one trumps everything.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 24 2019, @02:47AM
Things will change when the first company goes bankrupt over intel on delivering on their promises.