# Bad Influence story: AMD releases 6th Gen EPYC SP7 Zen 6 server CPUs for agentic AI and cloud

Active · 2 articles · 2 sources · First reported 11-10 12:02. Times are ET.
Story page: https://badinfluence.news/story/08dc0af9-b2a0-4b44-9023-99d6db58759e

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Latest update (11-10 12:06): AMD details sixth-gen Venice Epyc CPUs for agentic AI workloads

Overview: AMD releases its 6th Gen EPYC SP7 processors, built on the Zen 6 architecture, and says systems are shipping from server vendors now. Cloud instances from Azure and Oracle Cloud are coming soon, according to AMD's announcement on X. AMD positions the CPUs for agentic AI, enterprise, cloud and HPC workloads.

The Next Platform reports AMD's claims for the chips, previously called "Venice." It says AMD states 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 also reports AMD's claim of 3.3 times the agents per watt of Nvidia's Vera for its 256-core chip at 400 watts. These performance figures are AMD's own claims and have not been independently verified.

Coverage timeline (newest first):
1. 11-10 12:06 · The Next Platform · [AMD details sixth-gen Venice Epyc CPUs for agentic AI workloads](https://badinfluence.news/items/fwcy4fd1r4fgtwfm1tqo4rkpb)
2. 11-10 12:02 · AMD · [AMD releases 6th Gen EPYC SP7 processors built on Zen 6](https://badinfluence.news/items/qi82onfhjr01irwa4s08gh3v7)
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