We have come a long way since the original AMD EPYC 7002 series launched in what we dubbed a “knockout.” AMD is poised for a double-digit server share for the first time in a long time. Intel has re-shuffled its product stack landing massive discounts often well over 60% with the Big 2nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Refresh. Intel also cut its next-gen mainstream dual-socket Intel Cooper Lake offering that was set to launch this quarter. While Intel has approached the EPYC 7002 thread by changing pricing and focusing its future products, AMD is now expanding its SKU stack and going directly at one of Intel’s high-margin businesses: frequency optimized SKUs. The launch of the AMD EPYC 7Fx2 frequency optimized CPUs, including the AMD EPYC 7F52 we are benchmarking and reviewing in this piece, AMD is entering a new higher-value (per core) business.
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