# AMD details sixth-gen Venice Epyc CPUs for agentic AI workloads

> Original title: AMD Tunes Up CPUs For Agentic AI With “Venice” Epyc Processors

- Source: The Next Platform
- Published: 2026-11-10T17:06:06.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/fwcy4fd1r4fgtwfm1tqo4rkpb
- Original: https://www.nextplatform.com/compute/2026/11/10/amd-tunes-up-cpus-for-agentic-ai-with-venice-epyc-processors/5308850

## Summary

AMD is providing more details on its sixth-generation Epyc "Venice" CPUs, built on the sixth-generation Zen microarchitecture, for agentic AI workloads. AMD says the Epyc 9006 series delivers 1.9X the throughput of the prior Turin Epyc 9005 processors, with 16 channels of DDR5 at 1.6 TB/sec and PCI-Express Gen 6. The article reports AMD's claim of 3.3 times the agents per watt of Nvidia's Vera for its 256-core chip at 400 watts.