# NVIDIA Vera Rubin and Blackwell Set a New Standard for Agentic AI Performance per Watt

DevFeed: [NVIDIA Vera Rubin and Blackwell Set a New Standard for Agentic AI Performance per Watt](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/nvidia-vera-rubin-and-blackwell-set-a-new-standard-for-agentic-ai-performance-per-watt-6912.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/nvidia-vera-rubin-and-blackwell-set-a-new-standard-for-agentic-ai-performance-per-watt/>)

Author: Elizabeth Goodman

Published: 2026-08-24T15:00:05Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [NVIDIA Developer](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/nvidia-developer.md>), [NVIDIA Technical Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/nvidia-technical-blog.md>)

Topics: [AI-assisted coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-assisted-coding.md>)

Tags: [agentic-ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agentic-ai.md>), [agentic-ai-generative-ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agentic-ai-generative-ai.md>), [agentic-coding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agentic-coding.md>), [ai-agent](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-agent.md>), [ai-agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-agents.md>), [ai-factory](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-factory.md>), [ai-infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-infrastructure.md>), [benchmark](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/benchmark.md>), [blackwell](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blackwell.md>), [cache](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cache.md>), [cloud-networking](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud-networking.md>), [cloud-services](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud-services.md>), [data-center-cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-center-cloud.md>), [gb300-nvl72](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gb300-nvl72.md>), [hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hardware.md>), [inference](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/inference.md>), [long-context](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/long-context.md>), [mixture-of-experts-moe](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mixture-of-experts-moe.md>), [nemotron](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/nemotron.md>), [nvidia](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/nvidia.md>), [performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/performance.md>), [software-defined-data-center](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-defined-data-center.md>), [tools](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tools.md>), [vera-rubin](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vera-rubin.md>), [vera-rubin-nvl72](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vera-rubin-nvl72.md>)

## AI overview

The article examines the SemiAnalysis AgentX benchmark for measuring infrastructure efficiency on replayed agentic coding sessions. It compares Vera Rubin and Blackwell NVL72 systems by agentic throughput per megawatt and explains why dynamic, stateful sessions require more realistic evaluation than fixed-length inference tests.

## Source excerpt

AI agents have expanded inference from single-turn interactions into multi-step workflows that reason, invoke tools, coordinate subagents, and carry growing...