AMD just dropped its “Grado” EPYC 4005 server CPUs. I mean, these things are supposed to be real powerhouses for business platforms—at least that’s what they say. Anyway, they’re aiming to give a bang for your buck, as they claim to go toe-to-toe with Intel’s 6th-gen Xeon CPUs. Hold onto your hats, folks, because here’s a press tidbit: AMD’s EPYC 4005 Series is all about giving businesses those right-sized solutions with top-notch features. Not to mention, they’re talking up their performance and scalability for small to mid-sized businesses and IT service providers. Yeah, that’s a mouthful, isn’t it?
So, picture this: These CPUs are supposed to be the engine behind everything from enterprise apps to virtual environments. Imagine running this beast in the cloud all day long. That’s what they’re selling. It’s using this AM5 socket, which, of course, got proven chops with the older EPYC 4004 Series. Sounds like déjà vu, huh? According to the Phoronix tests, the EPYC 4565P 16-core outperformed Intel Xeon’s top line by around 1.83 times. Is that impressive? Depends who you ask, I guess.
Our buddy Derek Dicker, a higher-up at AMD, says these CPUs are basically the answer to the headaches small businesses face—like budget and deployment issues. Balance, simplicity, affordability, blah blah, all those corporate buzzwords. But hey, maybe they’re onto something.
There’s a whole list of tech heavyweights—Altos, ASRock Rack, Gigabyte, blah blah—that are jumping on the AMD bandwagon. It’s like a tech family reunion around the EPYC 4005. They swear these processors work with a wide range of enterprise solutions. You get the point.
Let’s talk numbers for a second. The 4565P packs 16 cores, a 64MB cache, and clocks in at a base of 4.3 GHz. It’ll cost you $589. Fancy something less… hefty? The 4245P has 6 cores and a 32MB cache, running at 3.9 GHz for $239. This is like shopping for gadgets—options galore.
Oh, and Lenovo’s jumping in too. They’re excited (who isn’t?), saying this tech preps small businesses for the AI boom. Reliable, they say. Tailored solutions for the AI era and whatnot.
Yeah, it’s a lot of tech talk, but there’s something oddly fascinating about how it all comes together. Or maybe it’s just me being easily entertained by shiny new things.
