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title: "AMD claims EPYC 'Venice' CPUs sharply beat Nvidia's Vera"
url: https://www.parallelquant.com/posts/amd-claims-epyc-venice-cpus-sharply-beat-nvidia-s-vera-a64bb6
source_name: "Tom's Hardware"
source_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
published: 2026-09-18T21:51:29.000Z
topics: ["chips"]
publisher: "Parallel Quant"
---

# AMD claims EPYC 'Venice' CPUs sharply beat Nvidia's Vera

*2026-09-18 · Source: [Tom's Hardware](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)*

AMD released first official benchmarks for its upcoming EPYC 'Venice' server CPUs, claiming its 256-core chip is more than twice as fast as Nvidia's Vera and its 96-core model is 20% faster per-core. These are AMD's own figures, ahead of independent verification.

**Why it matters:** Nvidia's move into CPUs with Vera threatens AMD and Intel's traditional server turf, so this benchmark release is as much a competitive signal as a technical claim, and it will shape how data centers pair CPUs with GPUs for AI workloads.

**Topics:** chips

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