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AMD EPYC 'Venice' benchmarks claim big lead over Nvidia Vera

AMD's first official EPYC Venice benchmarks position the 256-core chip as more than twice as fast as Nvidia's Vera.

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AMD has published its first official benchmarks for the EPYC 'Venice' server CPUs, and the results are aimed squarely at Nvidia. According to Tom's Hardware, AMD claims the 256-core Venice chip is more than twice as fast as Nvidia's Vera processor, while the 96-core Venice model delivers roughly 20% higher per-core performance.

These figures are notable because Nvidia is pushing into data-center CPUs with Vera, and AMD is using these official benchmarks to frame Venice as a direct competitor. As with any vendor-provided benchmark, however, the numbers are AMD's claims and should be treated as such until independent testing confirms them.

If the performance holds up, Venice could give AMD a strong talking point across both highly threaded and per-core-sensitive server workloads. More clarity will come once final silicon reaches reviewers and customers.

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  1. 01AMD 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-coreTom's Hardware
  2. 02AMD targets Nvidia with first official benchmarks for EPYC 'Venice' CPUs — company claims 256-core chip is more than twice as fast as Nvidia Vera, 96-core model 20% faster per-coreTom's Hardware

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