GoKawiilAMD publishes detailed Venice EPYC benchmarks claiming lead over Nvidia Vera
AMD released a white paper expanding on its earlier performance claims for the upcoming EPYC 'Venice' server CPUs, reiterating that a 96-core Venice chip is about 20% faster per-core than Nvidia's 88-core Vera on SPEC CPU 2026's Integer Rate test. The paper also details throughput results showing the 256-core EPYC 9996 outperforming Intel's Xeon 6980P by 2.37x and Vera by 2.24x, plus a 78% generational gain over the prior 192-core EPYC 9965.
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These are vendor-supplied figures mixing different compiler versions and data sources, so independent verification will matter before drawing firm conclusions about real-world performance. Still, the comparisons signal how fiercely AMD is positioning Venice against Nvidia's entry into server CPUs, a market AMD has long dominated with Intel as its main rival.
- AMD claims 20% per-core advantage for 96-core Venice over Nvidia's 88-core Vera
- 256-core EPYC 9996 shown as more than twice as fast as Vera and Intel's Xeon 6980P
- Benchmark comparisons use mixed compiler versions and data sources, warranting caution
Source: tomshardware.com — Jake Roach, 2026-09-18
Published there as: “AMD shares first official benchmarks for EPYC 'Venice' CPUs, targets Nvidia — company claims 256-core chip is more than twice as fast as Nvidia Vera, 96-core model 20% faster per-core”
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