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AMD outsells Intel in the datacenter space

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499 points baal80spam | 1 comments | 05 Nov 24 19:27 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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bloody-crow ◴[05 Nov 24 20:47 UTC] No.42055016[source]▶
Surprising it took so long given how dominant the EPYC CPUs were for years.
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parl_match ◴[05 Nov 24 20:58 UTC] No.42055100[source]▶
Complicated. Performance per watt was better for Intel, which matters way more when you're running a large fleet. Doesn't matter so much for workstations or gamers, where all that matters is performance. Also, certification, enterprise management story, etc was not there.

Maybe recent EPYC had caught up? I haven't been following too closely since it hasn't mattered to me. But both companies were suggesting an AMD pass by.

Not surprising at all though, anyone who's been following roadmaps knew it was only a matter of time. AMD is /hungry/.

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1. aryonoco ◴[05 Nov 24 21:37 UTC] No.42055396[source]▶
Performance per Watt was lost by Intel with the introduction of the original Epyc in 2017. AMD overtook in outright performance with Zen 2 in 2019 and hasn't looked back.