AMD Zen 6 EPYC Venice tested: up to 93% gain with 1,024 threads
Tom's Hardware tested AMD's first EPYC 'Venice' server CPUs built on the Zen 6 architecture. The 256-core EPYC 9996 reaches 1,024 threads in a dual-socket setup and delivers up to 93% higher performance than the previous generation in SPEC testing. AMD claims an average 27% IPC uplift for Zen 6.