AMD EPYC 8534P / EPYC 8534PN Benchmarks - Siena Delivers Incredible Value & Energy Efficiency For Linux Servers

Outside of database workloads, the EPYC Siena processors were running great for OpenSSL that needs no introduction.

The Sapphire Rapids server was doing well for AES-256-GCM until looking at the power metrics and pricing.

For other algorithms the tested Siena CPUs were leading in raw performance and needless to say for power efficiency and value.

For code compilation workloads it depends upon the size of the code-base and number of files for how much of a difference the higher core/thread counts benefit. In the case of a default configuration of the Linux kernel, the Xeon Platinum 8458 processor led over the EPYC 8534P series.

But for a Linux kernel build with all of the kernel modules included, the EPYC 8534P series in power determinism mode were shaving 20 seconds off the build times compared to the Xeon Sapphire Rapids processor.

Even in the EPYC power determinism mode, the AMD EPYC CPUs were consuming much less power.

A look at the build times for some of the other popular open-source software projects.

With Altair's OpenRadioss software and using the Chrysler Neon one million model, the extra two DDR5 memory channels with the Xeon Scalable Sapphire Rapids processor was of significant benefit and allowed the Xeon Platinum 8468 to come out ahead of the EPYC processors tested.

What was interesting to see here is that the minimum power consumption recorded of the Xeon Platinum 8468 was higher than the peak power consumption found with the EPYC 8534P(N) processors.

Siena also is very interesting for its robustness in range of configurable TDP and performance/power determinism modes if really wanting to maximize value.

For those dealing with a lot of video encoding/transcoding, the AMD EPYC 8004 series performance was great not only for raw performance but really shine when looking at the power efficiency and TCO savings.