AMD EPYC 9755 'Turin': Leaked benchmarks show significant performance gains over predecessor

Rumors are flying about AMD's next EPYC 'Turin' processor, and the early benchmarks are looking relatively good compared to the previous generation. A hardware enthusiast going by @9550pro shared some leaked numbers that suggest the 128-core AMD EPYC 9755 'Turin' is performing extremely well in 7zip compression and decompression tests—nearly doubling the performance of the current 128-core EPYC 9654 'Bergamo.'

These leaked benchmarks were run using 7zip version 24.06 and worked with a 32MB dictionary size. They used a 2,048MB file for compression, which was a 4,096MB file for decompression. What's worth noting is that they capped both processors at 64 threads, which might not show their full potential.

The EPYC 9755 'Turin' reportedly features:

• 128 Zen 5 cores
• Clock speeds of 2.70 GHz to 4.10 GHz (allegedly)
• 512MB of L3 cache (alledgedly)

In comparison, the EPYC 9654 'Bergamo' offers:

• 128 Zen 4c compact cores
• Maximum clock speed of 3.10 GHz
• 256MB of L3 cache

The significant performance leap can be attributed to several factors:

• Zen 5 microarchitectural improvements over Zen 4
• Higher clock speeds and doubled L3 cache capacity
• Focus on single-thread performance optimization

It's important to remember that the EPYC 9755 and EPYC 9654 are aimed at different markets. The 'Turin' chip is made for workloads that care a lot about single-thread performance, while 'Bergamo' is all about handling a different range of tasks.

As with all leaked benchmarks, these results should be approached with a grain of salt. The source and testing methodology have yet to be verified independently, so the actual performance of the final product could be different.