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Leaked Geekbench results for AMD's unreleased EPYC 9996 server processor show substantial single-threaded performance advantages over current Zen 5 architecture. Tested inside a Dell PowerEdge R9815 server, the massive 256-core, 512-thread chip reportedly scored 2,847 points in the Geekbench single-core test while running at roughly 4.1 GHz. [1][2]
Hardware enthusiasts compared the result against an eight-core Ryzen 7 9700X desktop processor locked to the same 4.1 GHz clock speed. The Zen 6c dense-core design, configured with 1GB of total L3 cache across eight CCDs, outpaced the Zen 5 desktop chip's Linux score of 2,483 across every individual test, including a 24 percent boost in browser tasks, 21 percent in video encoding, and 19 percent in asset compression. [1]
The findings suggest notable instructions-per-clock improvements for AMD's next-generation architecture, which had faced criticism for modest single-thread gains during the Zen 5 rollout. Because the EPYC 9996 relies on efficiency-focused Zen 6c cores with limited clock ceilings, standard Zen 6 desktop processors arriving on the AM5 platform next year could see even larger performance jumps. [1]
A purported AMD EPYC 9996 sample has appeared in Geekbench 7.1 results, offering an early look at the dense-core Zen 6c design. In a single-core run, the 256-core, 512-thread server processor reportedly scored 2,847 points while operating around 4.
via Guru3D
A benchmark leak and a direct clock-matched comparison from an enthusiast seed the idea that Zen 6 may come with a decent IPC bump as well as increased clocks.
via Tom’s Hardware