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AMD EPYC 9016
8C/16T · 4.8 GHz · 130 W
Released
Jul 23, 2026
CPUServerReleased Jul 23, 2026
AMD EPYC 9966
192C/384T · 4.0 GHz · 600 W
The EPYC 9966 is a 192-core, 384-thread model of AMD's 6th Gen EPYC 9006 series, announced on July 23, 2026, built for the high-end SP7 platform. Its density-optimized Zen 6c cores run at 2.9 GHz base and up to 4.0 GHz boost with 768 MB of L3 cache, aimed at cloud-scale and other throughput-oriented workloads. It supports one- or two-socket systems; SP7 provides sixteen channels of DDR5 RDIMM or MRDIMM memory per socket and 96 lanes of PCIe 6.0. CPU power defaults to 600 W and is configurable from 400 W to 600 W.
General
- Manufacturer
- AMD
- Model
- AMD EPYC 9966
- Segment
- Server
- Generation
- EPYC 9006 (Venice)
- Codename
- Venice Dense
- Architecture
- x86_64
- Microarchitecture
- Zen 6c
- Release date
- Jul 23, 2026
- Price
- $14,079Search on Amazon
Cores & clocks
- Cores / threads
- 192 cores / 384 threads
- Base clock
- 2.90 GHz
- Boost clock
- 4.00 GHz
- TDP (design W)
- 600 WMax: 600 W
- Unlocked
- ✕ No
- L2 cache
- 192 MB
- L3 cache
- 768 MB
- Technology (nm)
- 2 nmTSMC N2
Platform
- Socket
- SP7
- 2-CPU (multi-socket)
- ✓ YesUp to 2 sockets
- Integrated GPU
- None
- Memory type
- DDR5-8000 RDIMM / MRDIMM-1280016-channel
- Memory size
- —
- ECC memory
- ✓ Yes
- PCIe
- PCIe 6.0 (96 lanes)
Instructions & AI
- Instruction extensions
- —
- NPU
- None
OS support
- Linux
- UbuntuFedoraArch Linux
- Notes
- A server processor, typically deployed with Windows Server or enterprise Linux. The EPYC 9006 series is not named on Microsoft's Windows 11 24H2 or 25H2 supported-processor lists, and it launched after Windows 10 support ended. Mainstream Linux distributions run on it; a recent kernel is recommended for full Zen 6 support.
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