# AMD EPYC Turin

8 Hacker News commenters recommended AMD EPYC Turin and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as AMD's latest EPYC server processors, praised for strong cloud benchmark performance and good efficiency per watt. No common caveat appeared in the quotes.

## Why people recommend it

- Efficient, good performance per watt (3 comments): "The latest EPYC 9005 are actually quite efficient." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45786947)) "the Turin gen of the AMD Epycs is very efficient" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48681730)) "where Zen 5 has better performance per watt" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47518904))
- Strong performance across cloud benchmarks (2 comments): "Turin is a huge leap again. AMD really is doing spectacularly well at the moment." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47293421)) "The benchmark shows AMD Turin's strong performance across providers" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47293986))
- Large leap over earlier generations (2 comments): "Turin is a huge leap again. AMD really is doing spectacularly well at the moment." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47293421)) "These things are absolutely insane." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49810535))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [AMD EPYC](https://hackerapproved.com/p/amd-epyc.md): 26 recommend
- [Intel Xeon](https://hackerapproved.com/p/intel-xeon.md): 14 recommend
- [Nvidia Vera CPU](https://hackerapproved.com/p/nvidia-vera-cpu.md): 11 recommend
- [Ampere CPU](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ampere.md): 8 recommend
- [AMD Opteron](https://hackerapproved.com/p/amd-opteron.md): 5 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=AMD+EPYC+9454P&tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Official site](https://www.amd.com/en/products/processors/server/epyc.html)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "AMD EPYC Turin", https://hackerapproved.com/p/amd-epyc-turin/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).