AMD Unveils EPYC 4005 Workstation CPUs Featuring Up to 16 Zen 5 Cores and Outstanding Performance

So, AMD’s thrown its hat in the ring with the new “Grado” EPYC 4005 server CPUs, huh? This move seems like their latest jab at getting something cost-effective and powerful at the same time. Also, there’s this whole competition thing with Intel’s 6th-gen Xeon CPUs. You ever feel like tech companies are always just chasing each other in circles?

Anyway, AMD’s whole idea here, if I’ve got it right, is to make these CPUs perfect for businesses that can’t afford to throw money around like confetti. You know, small and medium-sized ones. They’re using the AM5 socket, which, if memory serves, is the same one from the EPYC 4004 series. Sounds like they’re keeping things consistent.

By the way, there’s this interesting bit where they tested this EPYC 4565P (16 cores, by the way) and apparently, it outdid Intel’s Xeon 6300P by 1.83x. Imagine that. Was it a fair test? Who knows. Numbers can be tricky like that—kind of like how I can’t ever seem to balance my checkbook.

Oh, Derek Dicker from AMD, whoever he is, has this to say: these CPUs are what small businesses need. Balance of performance and simplicity, yada yada. But hey, maybe he’s right. Scrappy businesses do like squeezing the most out of their tech without getting buried under complexity.

Then there’s this laundry list of companies standing behind these processors. Think names like Lenovo and Gigabyte. I wonder if Lenovo’s really jazzed about getting on board or just shrugging and going with the flow. They’ve got their line about being ready for the “AI era,” which at this stage feels like it means everything and nothing.

In terms of specifics—the kind I always wonder if folks actually want to hear—there’s a table somewhere (in my head?) mapping out models, cores, cache sizes. Like, the 4565P has 16 cores and a 4.3 GHz base clock, priced at $589. Bleh, too many numbers. But I guess for the detail-oriented among us, it’s gold.

Final thoughts? I don’t know. Tech’s always moving fast, and AMD’s pushing this as a way to get ahead in that perpetual race. Will it work? Only time will tell—or maybe the next big launch will. Guess we just have to wait and see.