AMD has published full pricing and specifications for its EPYC 9006 "Venice" server processors, covering a range from an 8-core entry chip at $700 to a 256-core flagship at $14,904. The lineup is split across two sockets: the SP7 platform targets maximum memory capacity and throughput with 16 memory channels and MDRDIMM support, while the SP8 platform trades memory bandwidth for lower cost and more expansion, offering 128 PCIe 6.0 lanes versus the SP7's 96.
The pricing structure rewards buyers who scale up. The flagship 256-core EPYC 9996 works out to about $58 per core, whereas the 64-core EPYC 9556 on the same SP7 platform costs roughly $125 per core. That aggressive per-core pricing makes high-count SKUs attractive for data centers and cloud providers, even though the absolute price remains steep—a dual-socket system with two EPYC 9996 chips costs $29,808 before memory.
AMD is also keeping its high-frequency "F" SKUs, which boost to 5 GHz. These parts carry a premium: the 64-core EPYC 9586F costs almost as much as the 96-core EPYC 9656 despite having a third fewer cores, and its TDP runs 100 W higher. The move mirrors AMD's approach of offering both raw core counts and clock-speed-optimized variants to serve different workload types, with SP7 supporting up to 600 W TDPs and SP8 staying in a 130–400 W envelope.