Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/AMD" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AMD</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/EPYC9845" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EPYC9845</span></a> Makes For A Persuasive Upgrade With Performance & Energy Efficiency Review<br />EPYC 9845 is AMDs top-end SKU for 400 Watts or less that allows for 160 dense cores per socket compared to the 128 core EPYC 9754 Bergamo. Effectively the same power level and 25% more -- and better (<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Zen5C" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Zen5C</span></a>) cores.<br />Simply upgrading BIOS and swapping CPU withouta memory upgrade and any increased power/cooling requirements while achieving 1.36x performance is a very persuasive upgrade.<br /><a href="https://www.phoronix.com/review/amd-epyc-9845" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">phoronix.com/review/amd-epyc-9</span><span class="invisible">845</span></a></p>