Nvidia’s 72-core Grace CPU gets remarkably close to AMD’s 96-core Ryzen Threadripper 7995WX in Geekbench

Nvidia achieves remarkable results with their 72-core ARM-based CPU

Nvidia’s 72-core Grace CPU has recently appeared on the Geekbench CPU benchmarking database, and it has delivered surprisingly good results. Grace is an ARM-based CPU from Nvidia that uses ARM Neoverse V2 CPU cores. In the Geekbench 5.5.1 result below, it showcases performance levels that are remarkably close to AMD’s 96-core Ryzen Threadripper 7995WX (result here). Not a bad result from Nvidia.

With a single-threaded score of 1636, Nvidia’s CPU is behind the Zen 4 cores of AMD’s Ryzen Threadripper. With a score of almost 2100, AMD’s Threadripper CPU beats it core-to-core. However, the gap closes when multi-threaded scores are compared. Even with 24 more CPU cores, AMD’s CPU is less than 7,000 points ahead of Nvidia’s Grace CPU.

Geekbench isn’t known to scale well to ultra-high core counts, especially with AMD CPUs. Regardless, Nvidia’s CPU is clearly doing something right to achieve such a high multi-threaded score.

(Nvidia Grace 72-core CPU performance in Geekbench 5.5.1 – Result via Guru of 3D)

Recent years have seen Intel and AMD facing competition within the enterprise segment of the server market. ARM-based CPUs are becoming more competitive than ever, and that means that both x86 CPU makers will need to work harder to maintain their market positions.

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