AMD said Nov. 10 that platforms based on its 6th-generation EPYC 9006 SP7 server processors are now shipping, the company wrote in a blog post. TechSpot reported the same launch, describing the chips as the first Zen 6 EPYC parts, codenamed Venice.
Why it matters: AMD said the SP7 chips offer up to 256 cores and 512 threads, frequencies up to 5.3 GHz on 96-core parts, up to 1.6 TB/s of memory bandwidth per socket with JEDEC-standard MRDIMM-12800, and PCIe Gen 6 I/O. The company said SP7 is the first of four planned 9006 families, with EPYC 9006 SP8, 9006X SP7 and 9006 LP still to come. TechSpot said SP8 systems are expected in the first half of 2027.
TechSpot, citing AMD’s published list, said the top-end EPYC 9996 is a 256-core, 512-thread chip with a 2.55 GHz base clock, boosts up to 4.1 GHz and a 600-watt default power, and that AMD lists it at $14,904, with an eight-core EPYC 9016 at $700. Those prices and SKU details come from TechSpot’s account of AMD’s list.
TechSpot also said Tom’s Hardware measured a dual-9996 server at up to 93% faster than a dual EPYC 9965 in SPEC CPU 2026’s integer-rate test, and that AMD claims large gains over Intel Xeon 6980P in its own benchmarks. Those comparisons should be read as early or vendor-provided results, not a full third-party review of every SKU.