AMD unveils new Epyc 4004 server CPUs spanning a range of price points

What just happened? AMD has announced its Epyc 4004-series entry-level server processors for small and medium-sized businesses and dedicated hosting. The announcement comes just days after the company launched its Ryzen 7 8700F and Ryzen 5 8400F “Hawk Point” processors for budget gaming rigs.

Based on the Zen 4 architecture, the Epyc 4004 processors will offer up to 16 cores and 32 threads. Designed for single-socket operation, the new chips will have a minimum base frequency of 3.7 GHz and a maximum clock speed of 5.7 GHz. They will offer up to 128 MB of L3 cache and support up to 192 GB of 5200 MT/s dual-channel DDR5 ECC memory.

To make the new platform affordable for existing AMD users, the new processors will use the AM5 socket and support AM4 cooling solutions. They have also…