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OpenAI's Dots Autonomous Agents Utilize Nine-Core AMD EPYC VMs
Key points
- OpenAI's Dots use nine-core AMD EPYC 9V74 VMs.
- Geekbench 7 multi-core scores for Dots reach 9,435.
- Dots' performance is 6x higher in multi-core than Meta's Muse.
- Preloaded applications include Chromium, Blender, and Python.
Hardware Configuration Revealed
Geekbench 7 results, including a pre-launch score shared on X, suggest that OpenAI's Dots autonomous agents operate on virtual machines equipped with a nine-core slice of an AMD EPYC 9V74 processor and 9.73GB of memory. The operating system identified was Ubuntu for the pre-launch leak and Debian for post-launch runs.
Public Geekbench 7 data shows six runs on this configuration since the Dots launch, with single-core scores ranging from 1,512 to 1,614 and multi-core scores from 8,135 to 8,991. The pre-launch score of 9,435 multi-core was an outlier but within the same performance range.
Dots Launch and Capabilities
OpenAI launched Dots, powered by GPT-6 Astra, at its DevDay event for Pro and Business Premium users. OpenAI describes these autonomous agents as having "their own cloud computer, their own browser, and the apps you’ve connected."
Preloaded applications on the Dots' cloud computer include Chromium, Blender, GIMP, Inkscape, Kdenlive, Godot, FreeCAD, OpenSCAD, KiCad, QGIS, ParaView, 3D Slicer, along with Python, Node.js, and Git. The cloud computer runs Debian Linux.
Performance Comparison with Meta's Muse
OpenAI's Dots demonstrate higher performance compared to Meta's Muse agents. Muse runs on AMD EPYC Turin with two cores and 8GB per sandbox, yielding median Geekbench scores of approximately 1,041 single-core and 1,394 multi-core.
The post-launch median scores for Dots are about 1,570 single-core and 8,550 multi-core. This translates to roughly 1.5 times the single-core performance and 6 times the multi-core performance of Muse. The difference is attributed to the nine-core versus two-core configuration and varying clock speeds (2.6GHz for EPYC 9V74 vs. 1.5GHz for EPYC 9D25).
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Reporting from
Geekbench 7 results indicate that OpenAI's newly launched Dots autonomous agents run on virtual machines powered by nine-core AMD EPYC 9V74 processors with 9.73GB of memory. This hardware configuration provides significantly higher multi-core performance compared to Meta's Muse agents, which use two-core AMD EPYC Turin processors.