# Tom's Hardware benchmarks Nvidia Vera CPU against AMD Turin and Intel Granite Rapids-AP

Digest AI · Hardware & Compute · published 2026-10-30T11:00:00Z

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## Summary

Tom's Hardware tested Nvidia's new 88-core Vera CPU, built on the custom Olympus core and Armv9.2-A architecture, against AMD EPYC 9755 and 9965 Turin chips and Intel Xeon 6980P Granite Rapids-AP in a dual-socket configuration. Vera leads in SPEC CPU 2026 intrate by 1.5% over the EPYC 9755 despite having 352 threads versus AMD's 512, and shows a 12% advantage in GCC compilation. It delivers up to 1.2 TB/s memory bandwidth via LPDDR5X-9600 and 1.8 TB/s socket-to-socket bandwidth, outperforming both x86 rivals in STREAM benchmarks. Python performance is 4% ahead of the EPYC 9755, a key metric for agentic AI workloads. Vera trails in cryptography, Zstd decompression, and LLVM compilation. Nvidia provided remote access but placed no restrictions on testing. The review notes no standardized end-to-end agentic benchmarks exist yet. AMD's Zen 6 Venice and Intel's Diamond Rapids are expected later in 2026 and 2027 respectively.

## Key points

- Memory bandwidth reaches 1.2 TB/s, more than double AMD Turin's per-core bandwidth
- Python performance leads by 4%, critical for current agentic AI frameworks

## Why it matters

Nvidia's first custom data center CPU challenges AMD and Intel in AI infrastructure, showing strength in Python and memory bandwidth crucial for agentic workloads before next-gen x86 chips arrive.

## Sources

1. [Benchmarking Nvidia’s Vera CPU for the data center — standalone Vera tested against Granite Rapids-AP and EPYC Turin](https://tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/benchmarking-nvidias-vera-cpu-for-the-data-center-standalone-vera-tested-against-granite-rapids-ap-and-epyc-turin) (Tom's Hardware, 2026-10-30)

Part of the developing story: [Nvidia's Dual Push Into Enterprise And Consumer AI](https://digestai.news/thread/nvidia-launches-rtx-spark-pc-for-creators-and-ai-agents) (7 stories)

## Cite

Digest AI, "Tom's Hardware benchmarks Nvidia Vera CPU against AMD Turin and Intel Granite Rapids-AP", 30 October 2026, https://digestai.news/story/tom-s-hardware-benchmarks-nvidia-vera-cpu-against-amd-turin-and-intel

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