The sale of AMD CPUS for servers have increased spectacularly in recent years, with a market share that has passed 2% in 2017 to 36.5% in 2025according to Passmark data.
During the analyzed period, AMD gained constantly ground in the data centers sector, reducing the gap with Intel. No one escapes that the company is taking advantage of the problematic situation of Intel and to follow the trend the segment could give a historical return.
AMD CPUS for servers, constant growth
The initial progress began in 2017 with the “Naples” EPYC processors of AMD based on Zen architecture, which marked the First significant incursion of the company in the high performance server segment which until then was completely dominated by Intel’s solutions. The subsequent generations of Zen, in collaboration with the advanced manufacturing nodes of the Foundrie TSMC, generated incremental improvements in the number of nuclei, energy efficiency and value for money.
The introduction of its first EPYC processors, with a “Naples” code name, marked AMD entry into data centers after years of focusing mainly on desktop and laptop computers markets. The Epyc Naples design offered up to 32 nuclei in a single socket, far exceeding many Intel Xeon models of the time. While gross performance figures were competitive, the real attraction resided in the combination of a High number of nuclei and a competitive Pricewhich offered a better performance for multihilo work loads, such as virtualization, large -scale databases and HPC tasks.
This initial success laid the foundations for the continuous collaboration of AMD with TSMC. By taking advantage of the most advanced TSMC process nodes (first 14 Nm for Naples and then 7 Nm for the “Rome” generation based on Zen 2), AMD achieved notable improvements in energy efficiency and clock speeds. Each generation introduced architectural improvementsas larger caches and more precise energy management controls, which were attractive for both hyperscaders and business clients.
After naples, AMD launched “Rome” in 2019which doubled the maximum number of nuclei at 64 and improved the performance performance per cycle in approximately 15 % compared to the previous generation. These improvements were directly translated into a lower total property for data centers.
In 2021, AMD launched “Milan”based on its architecture Zen 3, which further reduced latency and improved the performance of a single thread. By then, many cloud service providers had standardized parts of their infrastructure with EPYC processors, with favorable results in both SQL database tests and scientific computing work loads.
The latest version, “Genoa,” was launched at the end of 2022 with a 5 Nm process and extended the memory channels from eight to twelve. This configuration admitted greater memory and bandwidth capacity, crucial factors for memory analysis and AI inference tasks.
The cumulative effect of these successive improvements has been a constant ascending trajectory of AMD CPUS in the server market and to follow the trend threatens the position of an Intel that does not go through its best times.
And for the future, Epyc Venice
AMD recently celebrated details of its new generation of servers processors, Epyc ‘Venice’. They are based on the new microarchitecture Zen 6 And TSMC will manufacture them with the 2 nanometers process technology, the most advanced in the industry. They can include up 256 processing coresa substantial increase compared to EPYC processors based on current Zen 5c, which have a maximum of 192 cores. AMD projects an increase in performance of up to 70% compared to the previous generation.
These improvements indicate that AMD is focused on addressing growing demands of AIautomatic learning and other high performance computer tasks in data centers. EPYC VENICE is expected to be available in 2026.
