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AMD EPYC Venice "Zen 6" CPU Samples and SP7 Platform Details Leak

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AMD's 6th Gen EPYC Venice "Zen 6" CPUs Surface: Early Details Revealed

Leaked samples of AMD's upcoming 6th Gen EPYC Venice "Zen 6" CPUs and details concerning the SP7 platform have emerged within the openbenchmarking database. This provides an intriguing early glimpse into the architecture and capabilities of AMD's next-generation server processors.

The Venice lineup is poised to succeed the 5th Gen "Turin" family, introducing the new Zen 6 core architecture and projected support for an impressive up to 256 cores, alongside significant platform updates.

Detailed Platform Configurations Unveiled

Evaluation boards (EVBs) codenamed Congo, Kenya, and Nigeria were identified, each tested with unique Venice engineering samples, showcasing various configurations and core counts.

Congo Platform

The Congo platform featured two distinct engineering samples during testing:

  • An engineering sample (100-000001053-03) with 192 cores and 384 threads, reporting a clock speed of 4.02 GHz. This configuration operated with 8 sticks of 64 GB DDR5 memory at 8000 MT/s and was evaluated using the 7-Zip compression benchmark.
  • A second Congo platform utilized a 64-core, 128-thread chip (100-000001863-02). This sample was configured with 4 sticks of 64 GB DDR5 memory operating at 6400 MT/s and also underwent 7-Zip compression testing.

Kenya Platform

The Kenya platform was tested with an AMD EPYC Venice sample (100-000001056-09).

  • This particular chip featured 128 cores and 256 threads, running at a clock speed of 4.02 GHz.
  • The platform was configured with two sticks of 128 GB DDR5 memory, impressively operating at 8000 MT/s. This sample's performance was evaluated using the x265 benchmark.

Nigeria 2P Platform

A powerful dual-socket "SP7" platform, known as Nigeria 2P, was also detailed:

  • It was observed running several AMD EPYC Venice "Zen 6" engineering samples, including configurations with 64 cores (100-000002138-02), 128 cores (100-000001056-03), and 192 cores (100-000001051-08).
  • The memory configuration was substantial, including up to 32 sticks of 64 GB DDR5 memory at 8000 MT/s, providing a total of 2 TB of memory capacity.

Early Performance Observations and Future Outlook

Initial benchmark results indicate that the AMD EPYC Venice "Zen 6" CPUs, even in their engineering sample state, demonstrate performance levels comparable to similar core count SKUs from the current 5th Gen Turin lineup in 7-Zip and x265 benchmarks.

AMD has previously articulated expectations for a 70% performance and efficiency improvement, coupled with a 30% increase in overall density, for the final Venice chips.

These EPYC Venice CPUs are anticipated to be integrated with new Instinct AI accelerators within the Helios AI rack, a solution projected for release in the second half of 2027. This leak offers an exciting glimpse into the future of AMD's server processor roadmap.