{
  "id": 8316354,
  "title": "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",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/amd-shares-first-official-benchmarks-for-epyc-venice-cpus-targets",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-18T21:51:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Tom's Hardware",
    "slug": "tom-s-hardware",
    "url": "https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/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-percent-faster-per-core"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "AMD unveiled official benchmark results for its upcoming EPYC Venice CPUs on Friday, expanding on the performance claims made after the July launch of the EPYC Venice servers. The company stated that a 96-core Venice chip would be approximately 20% faster than Nvidia's 88-core Vera in SPEC CPU 2026's Integer Rate test. However, the white paper offered a more detailed comparison between the two processors.\n\nAMD compared various configurations of the Venice and Vera chips in different benchmarks. In SPEC CPU 2026's intrate test, the 256-core 9996 Venice chip showed a 2.37x performance improvement over the Intel Xeon 6980P and a 2.24x improvement over Vera. The 9996 is AMD's highest-performance Venice chip, featuring 256 cores.\n\nAMD also highlighted a significant improvement over the previous generation, with the 9996 being around 78% faster than the 192-core EPYC 9965. The white paper compared the individual subtests of SPEC CPU 2026 intrate, showing AMD's 96-core Venice model outperforming Nvidia's Vera in various subtests.\n\nAMD's benchmark results in cloud workloads, such as database, Java, and cryptography tasks, demonstrated the 96-core Venice model's lead over Vera and other competitors. The company further showcased the advantages of the Venice chip in high-performance computing (HPC) workloads, outperforming Intel's flagship Granite Rapids-AP offering.\n\nWhile AMD's benchmark results are impressive, the company's use of different compiler versions (GCC 16.1 compared to Nvidia's GCC 15.2) in some tests should be noted, as this can impact performance. AMD also mentioned that the Venice chip's power budget differs from the 256-core model, reaching 500W instead of the 600W limit for the 256-core version.",
  "summary": "AMD has released several benchmarks for its EPYC 'Venice' CPUs in a clear shot at Nvidia.",
  "key_points": [
    "256-core EPYC Venice chip claimed 2.37x faster than Intel Xeon 6980P in SPEC CPU 2026 intrate test",
    "96-core Venice model outperformed Nvidia Vera in various SPEC CPU 2026 subtests",
    "Venice chip's power budget reaches 500W, compared to 600W for 256-core version"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}