The initial visual glimpse of Turin, AMD’s forthcoming Epyc processor based on Zen 5 architecture, has been unveiled by the leaker @yuuki_ans on X (Twitter), offering a first look at the 5th-generation Epyc server and datacenter CPU slated for a 2024 launch.
The All New AMD EPYC Turin
While the leaked images don’t divulge groundbreaking details, they do confirm that Turin will utilize the same SP5 socket as its predecessor, the 4th generation Epyc series—Genoa, Bergamo, and Siena. This continuity ensures that Turin can seamlessly fit into existing SP5 servers without necessitating a motherboard upgrade. The decision to retain the SP5 socket aligns with expectations, making it a foreseeable aspect of the new processor. Notably, Turin exhibits a change in the color of its carrier from orange to blue, although its overall appearance appears largely unchanged.
Accompanying the visual leaks, the leaker shared core layout diagrams of Turin, revealing two variants—one featuring Zen 5 cores and the other incorporating denser Zen 5c cores. Strikingly, these diagrams mirror those of Genoa and Bergamo, respectively, indicating a lack of fundamental alterations in the Zen 5 architecture. An interesting aspect is that Turin maintains a unified codename for both variants, rather than having distinct codenames for each.
The existence of this engineering sample provides valuable insights into AMD‘s progress in the Turin and Zen 5 launch timeline. Drawing a parallel with Epyc Genoa, which was initially pictured in April 2022 and subsequently launched in November, the unveiling of the Turin engineering sample implies a similar trajectory.
Notably, @yuuki_ans, the same leaker, had previously shared an image of a Genoa CPU a year before its launch, providing an actual model image rather than an engineering sample. This earlier leak occurred in August, a mere two months before the November 10 launch date of Genoa, underscoring the proximity of such leaks to product launches.
