AMD Launches EPYC 4005 Series Workstation CPUs with Up to 16 Zen 5 Cores and Remarkable Performance

Alright, let’s dive into this messy adventure of tech and silicone chips, where folks like me (or maybe not) try to make sense of AMD’s latest brainchildren—the EPYC 4005 CPUs. I mean, I’m no expert, but here’s my take.

Somehow, AMD decided to name these chips “Grado.” Sounds fancy, right? Maybe they wanted to sound both sharp and sophisticated. Not sure if it’s because they want to compete head-on with Intel’s brainy Xeon chips. These things are stuffed with power and wrapped up in terms like “scalable” and “efficient,” and I’m sitting here wondering how this translates to plain folks like us—just trying to turn on our computers without setting them on fire.

Okay, let’s see, did I mention this already? These new chips, EPYC 4005, use some kind of socket—AM5 or something like that—which sounds like a secret code but is somehow supposed to make everything work seamlessly in different forms. I mean, they’ve got servers, blades, and towers all covered. Imagine your grandma owning a server blade… not sure why I thought of that, but there it is.

Funny thing, there’s a test they did (Phoronix test suite) on these chips, one of them was a 16-core (fancy, huh?), and it apparently smoked Intel’s Xeon 6300P by, like, almost twice the speed, 1.83 times to be exact. I guess that’s impressive, but numbers make my head spin. Could they just use simpler words?

Anyway, AMD folks are all about balance—performance, simplicity, and affordability. Well, that’s what Derek Dicker, one of their corporate VPs, says. Must be true, right? Or maybe it’s just marketing jazz. Who knows. But the idea is that these processors are there to help businesses solve their everyday headaches. Businesses are so stressed, probably needs a yoga class more than a new CPU, just saying.

Can’t forget to mention all these partners—big names like Lenovo and Gigabyte hopped onto this EPYC train, which must mean something. Lenovo’s even throwing AI into the mix. It’s like everyone’s on this AI bandwagon. Like, is my smart fridge going to analyze my emails next? But back to the list—Altos, ASRock Rack, Gigabyte, MSI, and others are also part of the gang supporting these EPYC chips.

Look at this crazy table of specs. Numbers, numbers everywhere. From cores and threads to base clocks and max boosts—sounds like something out of a racecar fever dream to me.

Moving on, I saw some photos of these chips—or maybe they were motherboards, who knows? The pictures just looked high-tech, like from the future. And for some reason, I feel like touching those things would transport me to a sci-fi world where chips are kings and wires rule the land.

Well, that’s it. I think I got all the chaos down. AMD’s EPYC 4005—chips that could run a small country or at least make a mean pot of digital coffee. If that’s your thing.