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AMD Secure Memory Encryption "SME" Performance With 4th Gen EPYC Genoa

The impact of running with AMD Secure Memory Encryption enabled on the EPYC 9654 two socket processor tended to be very minimal.

Across a wide range of real-world workloads, having the 256-bit AES-XTS Secure Memory Encryption enabled cost just up to ~2% or less in most workloads.