AMD's Zen 6 EPYC Venice CPUs on TSMC N2P deliver up to 93% gen-on-gen gains; dual 9996 chips offer 1,024 threads, 9686F beats Nvidia Vera with redesigned vector engine and FP16 support

AMD Zen 6 EPYC ‘Venice’ deep dive and benchmarking – 9686F outclasses Nvidia’s Vera, dual EPYC 9996 with 1,024 threads delivers up to 93% performance gain gen-on-gen

AMD’s EPYC ‘Venice’ CPUs are the first to debut the new Zen 6 architecture, and we’ve been testing two chips from the range over the past several weeks to see how they compare to Nvidia’s Vera, and more broadly, how the Zen 6 architecture departs from Zen 5 ahead of the expected consumer-focused Olympic Ridge launch next year. Zen 5 was a ground-up redesign of AMD’s storied Zen core, and Zen 6 takes that foundation and expands it in just about every regard.Zen 6 uses TSMC’s N2P node, but it also...