AMD EPYC 8324P / 8324PN Siena 32-Core Siena Linux Server Performance

In more HPC workload type scenarios such as with Altair's OpenRadioss, the Xeon Gold 6421N with its higher turbo frequency did come out ahead in some benchmarks but at the cost of much higher power consumption.

The EPYC 8004 series processors with Zen 4C cores and just six channels of DDR5 memory still proved plenty capable for heavy HPC workloads.

Even for render farms AMD EPYC Siena may be a suitable option if craving maximum value and energy efficiency.

The EPYC 8324P and 8324PN processors performed very well for the Blender 3.6 open-source 3D modeling software and was able to squeeze out faster render times with switching over to the power determinism mode in the BIOS.

Similarly, with the LuxCoreRender and Appleseed renderers the EPYC 8324P series was delivering great performance, energy efficiency, and value.

With the proprietary V-RAY renderer was also a strong showing for Siena.