AMD Zen 6c Benchmark Results Reported
Reported Geekbench results show AMD's EPYC 9996 leading in single-core performance over Zen 5.
AMD's upcoming Zen 6c architecture has reportedly shown significant performance improvements in early benchmark results. According to OC3D, the EPYC 9996 processor led by between 8.2% and 25.7% over Zen 5 at 4.1 GHz across Geekbench’s single-core workloads.
Guru3D reported that the EPYC 9996 features 1 GB of L3 cache, according to the Geekbench report. The benchmark comparison was performed on a Dell PowerEdge R9815 running Linux, with the EPYC processor utilizing AVX2 instructions. OC3D noted an implied IPC increase of around 23.36% for Zen 6c cores compared to Zen 5.
Key facts
- EPYC 9996 leads Zen 5 by up to 25.7% in single-core Geekbench tests
- 1 GB of L3 cache reported on EPYC 9996
- IPC increase of around 23.36% for Zen 6c cores versus Zen 5
