Performance Brief on 4th Gen AMD EPYC Processors

This technical report presents a performance brief focused on the 4th Generation AMD EPYC processors, specifically the EPYC 9654 and EPYC 7763 models, in comparison to Intel Xeon Platinum 8380 processors. It outlines the significant performance uplifts achieved by the AMD processors in Autodesk Arnold rendering tasks, detailing competitive performance improvements of up to approximately 2.74 times over the Intel processors. The report specifies the architectural advancements of the 4th Gen AMD EPYC processors, including increased core counts, enhanced memory bandwidth, and support for advanced technologies such as PCIe Gen 5 and AVX-512 instructions. It also discusses the system configurations used for testing and the methodology employed to evaluate performance. The document includes charts that illustrate the performance comparisons across various thread counts and rendering scenarios, providing a clear visual representation of the advantages offered by AMD's latest processor generation. Overall, this performance brief serves as a comprehensive resource for understanding the capabilities of the 4th Gen AMD EPYC processors in media and entertainment workloads.