AMD launches EPYC 8005 “Sorano” with up to 84 Zen 5 cores and 225W TDP

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AMD EPYC 8005 server CPUs for telco



AMD has now released its EPYC 8005 “Sorano” server CPU series, following the earlier announcement around MWC 2026. We already covered Sorano in February, but AMD has now shared more details.

EPYC 8005 is not using Zen 5c, despite being the successor to EPYC 8004 “Siena,” which used Zen 4c. AMD moved this lineup to full Zen 5 cores. This also increases L3 cache and raises clock speeds, with current SKUs reaching up to 4.5 GHz. 

Full Zen 5 instead of Zen 5cThe top model is the EPYC 8635P with 84 cores, 168 threads, 384MB of L3 cache and a 225W default TDP. AMD’s own blog says the new series scales from 8 to 84 Zen 5 cores and targets single-socket systems for edge, telco and cloud storage deployments.

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