| ▲ | reitzensteinm 4 days ago | |
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the EPYC 9965 (launched 10/10/24) with the Xeon Platinum 8280 (launched Q2 '19) and make a TCO argument for replacing outdated Intel servers with AMD.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." | ||
| ▲ | ashvardanian 4 days ago | parent [-] | |
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… | ||