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AMD EPYC 9686F Linux Benchmarks: 96 Zen 6 Cores At Up To 5.3GHz

Phoronix · By Michael Larabel ·

The Brief · written from 4 sources

  • AMD has announced availability of EPYC 9006 "Venice" series Socket SP7 processors, with systems beginning to ship from OEM/ODM partners on 2026-11-10.
  • Phoronix published benchmarks of the 256-core EPYC 9996, including a dual-socket configuration with 512 cores / 1024 threads.
  • Phoronix also tested the EPYC 9686F, a 96-core Zen 6 part with clocks up to 5.3GHz.
  • AMD also announced the EPYC Embedded 9006 Series SP7 processors.

Why it matters

Venice is the first server CPU family built on the Zen 6 architecture, so developers and operators planning server capacity or benchmarking workloads now have shipping hardware to evaluate.

Who’s affected

  • Server and data center operators evaluating SP7 platforms
  • Developers running highly parallel workloads on x86 servers

In addition to the AMD EPYC 9996 256-core CPU benchmarks out today in that dual socket configuration for a combined 512 cores / 1024 threads flagship Zen 6C server configuration, also tested recently at Phoronix was the EPYC 9686F part. The AMD EPYC 9686F is their new…

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Timeline

  1. AMD announced the EPYC 9006 Venice series at its Advancing AI event

  2. AMD announced Socket SP7 availability and systems began shipping from OEM/ODM partners

  3. Phoronix

    AMD EPYC Embedded 9006 Series SP7 Announced

  4. Latest from Tom's Hardware

    AMD Zen 6 EPYC ‘Venice’ deep dive and benchmarking

  5. Phoronix

    AMD EPYC 9686F Linux Benchmarks: 96 Zen 6 Cores At Up To 5.3GHz

  6. Phoronix

    AMD EPYC 9996 Benchmarks Show Unparalleled Performance With 256 Zen 6C Cores

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