Why AMD for General IT
Whether you’re upgrading aging infrastructure or evaluating new options, choose AMD EPYC 9005 and 9004 Server CPUs to transform your general-purpose servers with 16-64 cores. Achieve superior value across power efficiency, total cost of ownership (TCO), space savings, and performance with AMD EPYC™ 9005 and 9004 Server CPUs — the smart choice.
Fewer Watts, More Savings
AMD values giving you the most out of your general-purpose server. With AMD EPYC 9005 and 9004 Server CPUs (16 to 64-cores), do more with fewer systems and a lower cost.
Simple Refresh
Use your existing (x86) software and applications for lower risk, higher return, and seamless modernization.
Migrating from Intel to AMD servers requires as little effort as upgrading from legacy Intel servers to new ones. Refresh with ease, grow with confidence.
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Choose AMD EPYC 9000 Series Server CPUs to advance your general IT servers with high performance at entry-level prices and security features you can trust.
AMD EPYC Server CPUs support existing x86 software and applications so that you can modernize with ease. Enjoy a simple refresh with AMD’s x86-64 instruction sets that are used and adopted by other organizations.
AMD EPYC™ 9005 and 9004 Server CPUs are designed to transform general-purpose servers by delivering exceptional performance, efficiency, and value. With 16–64 cores, they help organizations consolidate infrastructure, reduce power consumption, optimize space, and lower total cost of ownership (TCO) — all while delivering high performance.
These processors are ideal for:
- Virtualization
- Enterprise applications
- Databases
- Cloud infrastructure
- General-purpose business workloads
- Modernized data center environments
AMD EPYC 9005 and 9004 CPUs enable organizations to do more with fewer systems. Benefits include:
- Up to 57% space reduction2
- Up to 56% power savings3
- Up to 60% lower costs4
- Up to 2.47x faster performance4
AMD EPYC 9005 and 9004 Server CPUs help:
- Reduce hardware footprint
- Lower energy costs
- Increase workload consolidation
- Improved performance per server
AMD EPYC Server CPUs are built to help keep IT environments secure and running smoothly. They are designed for enterprise-grade reliability and support modern data center security requirements.
They are available across all major OEMs, ODMs and channel partners, make sure to ask for a quote.
Footnotes
- Quote from case study: https://www.amd.com/en/resources/case-studies/dbs-bank-ltd.html
- 9xx5TCO-022 This scenario contains many assumptions and estimates and, while based on AMD internal research and best approximations, should be considered an example for information purposes only, and not used as a basis for decision making over actual testing. The AMD Server & Greenhouse Gas Emissions TCO (total cost of ownership) Estimator Tool - version 1.55, compares the selected AMD EPYC™ and Intel® Xeon® CPU based server solutions required to deliver a TOTAL_PERFORMANCE of ~7,920 units of SPECrate®2017_int_base performance as of December 3, 2025. This analysis compares a 1P AMD 32 core EPYC_9355P powered server with a SPECrate2017_int_base score of 490,
https://spec.org/cpu2017/results/res2025q1/cpu2017-20250106-45892.pdf;
compared to a 2P Intel Xeon 16 core Xeon_6517P based server with a SPECrate2017_int_base score of 404,
https://spec.org/cpu2017/results/res2025q4/cpu2017-20251117-50326.pdf;
versus legacy 2P Intel Xeon 16 core Gold_5218 based server with a SPECrate2017_int_base score of 198,
https://spec.org/cpu2017/results/res2020q2/cpu2017-20200608-22659.pdf
Environmental impact estimates made leveraging data from the 2025 International Country Specific Electricity Factors and can be found at https://www.carbondi.com/#electricity-factors/ and the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator used in this analysis was sourced on 09/04/2024 and can be found at https://www.epa.gov/energy/greenhouse-gas-equivalencies-calculator..
For additional details, see https://www.amd.com/en/legal/claims/epyc.html#q=9xx5TCO-022.
- 9xx5TCO-023 This scenario contains many assumptions and estimates and, while based on AMD internal research and best approximations, should be considered an example for information purposes only, and not used as a basis for decision making over actual testing. The AMD Server & Greenhouse Gas Emissions TCO (total cost of ownership) Estimator Tool - version 1.55, compares the selected AMD EPYC™ and Intel® Xeon® CPU based server solutions required to deliver a TOTAL_PERFORMANCE of ~11,480 units of SPECrate®2017_int_base performance as of December 3, 2025. This analysis compares a 2P AMD 24 core EPYC_9255 powered server with a SPECrate2017_int_base score of 733,
https://spec.org/cpu2017/results/res2025q3/cpu2017-20250908-49474.pdf;
compared to a 2P Intel Xeon 24 core Xeon_6527P based server with a SPECrate2017_int_base score of 606,
https://spec.org/cpu2017/results/res2025q2/cpu2017-20250421-47759.pdf; versus legacy 2P Intel Xeon 24 core Gold_6252 based server with a SPECrate2017_int_base score of 287,
https://spec.org/cpu2017/results/res2019q4/cpu2017-20190916-18249.pdf
Environmental impact estimates made leveraging this Environmental impact estimates made leveraging data from the 2025 International Country Specific Electricity Factors and can be found at https://www.carbondi.com/#electricity-factors/ and the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator used in this analysis was sourced on 09/04/2024 and can be found at https://www.epa.gov/energy/greenhouse-gas-equivalencies-calculator..
For additional details, see https://www.amd.com/en/legal/claims/epyc.html#q=9xx5TCO-023.
- 9xx5TCO-024 This scenario contains many assumptions and estimates and, while based on AMD internal research and best approximations, should be considered an example for information purposes only, and not used as a basis for decision making over actual testing. The AMD Server & Greenhouse Gas Emissions TCO (total cost of ownership) Estimator Tool - version 1.55, compares the selected AMD EPYC™ and Intel® Xeon® CPU based server solutions required to deliver a TOTAL_PERFORMANCE of ~11,480 units of SPECrate®2017_int_base performance as of December 3, 2025. This analysis compares a 1P AMD 48 core EPYC_9455P powered server with a SPECrate2017_int_base score of 668,
https://spec.org/cpu2017/results/res2025q1/cpu2017-20250108-45901.pdf; compared to a 2P Intel Xeon 24 core Xeon_6527P based server with a SPECrate2017_int_base score of 606,
https://spec.org/cpu2017/results/res2025q2/cpu2017-20250421-47759.pdf, versus legacy 2P Intel Xeon 24 core Gold_6252 based server with a SPECrate2017_int_base score of 287,
https://spec.org/cpu2017/results/res2019q4/cpu2017-20190916-18249.pdf
Environmental impact estimates made leveraging this Environmental impact estimates made leveraging data from the 2025 International Country Specific Electricity Factors and can be found at https://www.carbondi.com/#electricity-factors/ and the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator used in this analysis was sourced on 09/04/2024 and can be found at https://www.epa.gov/energy/greenhouse-gas-equivalencies-calculator..
For additional details, see https://www.amd.com/en/legal/claims/epyc.html#q=9xx5TCO-024.
- Quote from case study: https://www.amd.com/en/resources/case-studies/dbs-bank-ltd.html
- 9xx5TCO-022 This scenario contains many assumptions and estimates and, while based on AMD internal research and best approximations, should be considered an example for information purposes only, and not used as a basis for decision making over actual testing. The AMD Server & Greenhouse Gas Emissions TCO (total cost of ownership) Estimator Tool - version 1.55, compares the selected AMD EPYC™ and Intel® Xeon® CPU based server solutions required to deliver a TOTAL_PERFORMANCE of ~7,920 units of SPECrate®2017_int_base performance as of December 3, 2025. This analysis compares a 1P AMD 32 core EPYC_9355P powered server with a SPECrate2017_int_base score of 490,
https://spec.org/cpu2017/results/res2025q1/cpu2017-20250106-45892.pdf;
compared to a 2P Intel Xeon 16 core Xeon_6517P based server with a SPECrate2017_int_base score of 404,
https://spec.org/cpu2017/results/res2025q4/cpu2017-20251117-50326.pdf;
versus legacy 2P Intel Xeon 16 core Gold_5218 based server with a SPECrate2017_int_base score of 198,
https://spec.org/cpu2017/results/res2020q2/cpu2017-20200608-22659.pdf
Environmental impact estimates made leveraging data from the 2025 International Country Specific Electricity Factors and can be found at https://www.carbondi.com/#electricity-factors/ and the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator used in this analysis was sourced on 09/04/2024 and can be found at https://www.epa.gov/energy/greenhouse-gas-equivalencies-calculator..
For additional details, see https://www.amd.com/en/legal/claims/epyc.html#q=9xx5TCO-022. - 9xx5TCO-023 This scenario contains many assumptions and estimates and, while based on AMD internal research and best approximations, should be considered an example for information purposes only, and not used as a basis for decision making over actual testing. The AMD Server & Greenhouse Gas Emissions TCO (total cost of ownership) Estimator Tool - version 1.55, compares the selected AMD EPYC™ and Intel® Xeon® CPU based server solutions required to deliver a TOTAL_PERFORMANCE of ~11,480 units of SPECrate®2017_int_base performance as of December 3, 2025. This analysis compares a 2P AMD 24 core EPYC_9255 powered server with a SPECrate2017_int_base score of 733,
https://spec.org/cpu2017/results/res2025q3/cpu2017-20250908-49474.pdf;
compared to a 2P Intel Xeon 24 core Xeon_6527P based server with a SPECrate2017_int_base score of 606,
https://spec.org/cpu2017/results/res2025q2/cpu2017-20250421-47759.pdf; versus legacy 2P Intel Xeon 24 core Gold_6252 based server with a SPECrate2017_int_base score of 287,
https://spec.org/cpu2017/results/res2019q4/cpu2017-20190916-18249.pdf
Environmental impact estimates made leveraging this Environmental impact estimates made leveraging data from the 2025 International Country Specific Electricity Factors and can be found at https://www.carbondi.com/#electricity-factors/ and the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator used in this analysis was sourced on 09/04/2024 and can be found at https://www.epa.gov/energy/greenhouse-gas-equivalencies-calculator..
For additional details, see https://www.amd.com/en/legal/claims/epyc.html#q=9xx5TCO-023. - 9xx5TCO-024 This scenario contains many assumptions and estimates and, while based on AMD internal research and best approximations, should be considered an example for information purposes only, and not used as a basis for decision making over actual testing. The AMD Server & Greenhouse Gas Emissions TCO (total cost of ownership) Estimator Tool - version 1.55, compares the selected AMD EPYC™ and Intel® Xeon® CPU based server solutions required to deliver a TOTAL_PERFORMANCE of ~11,480 units of SPECrate®2017_int_base performance as of December 3, 2025. This analysis compares a 1P AMD 48 core EPYC_9455P powered server with a SPECrate2017_int_base score of 668,
https://spec.org/cpu2017/results/res2025q1/cpu2017-20250108-45901.pdf; compared to a 2P Intel Xeon 24 core Xeon_6527P based server with a SPECrate2017_int_base score of 606,
https://spec.org/cpu2017/results/res2025q2/cpu2017-20250421-47759.pdf, versus legacy 2P Intel Xeon 24 core Gold_6252 based server with a SPECrate2017_int_base score of 287,
https://spec.org/cpu2017/results/res2019q4/cpu2017-20190916-18249.pdf
Environmental impact estimates made leveraging this Environmental impact estimates made leveraging data from the 2025 International Country Specific Electricity Factors and can be found at https://www.carbondi.com/#electricity-factors/ and the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator used in this analysis was sourced on 09/04/2024 and can be found at https://www.epa.gov/energy/greenhouse-gas-equivalencies-calculator..
For additional details, see https://www.amd.com/en/legal/claims/epyc.html#q=9xx5TCO-024.