How To Define CPU And Software Stack Performance For Agentic AI

Agentic AI changes the CPU performance problem. A completed task can involve repeated model calls, retrieval, state management, tool execution, application interactions, policy checks and validation loops. Accelerators remain central to model execution, while CPUs coordinate and execute much of the surrounding system path from user intent to completed work. This paper proposes a use-case-driven framework for evaluating that CPU contribution. It separates CPU-visible work into two complementary a