Rumor from Kepler_L2 and InstLatX64, these two leaked a great deal about AMD’s upcoming Zen 5 and Zen 6 core counts, with Zen 6 maybe sporting up to 32 cores per CCD. The recent leaker decided to share some information related to AMD’s Zen 5 architecture. The new information asserts that to cover the Zen 5 name, AMD’s Zen 5 architecture is still planned and will be officially launched at Computex 2024.
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It is estimated that the products that imply this will be widely available until Q3 2024. In terms of Zen 5 and Zen 5C core counts, the cores would almost certainly be tinier than the current Zen 4 cores. Consequently, more CCD is supposed to be utilized in the CPU package. While Zen 4 supports up to 12 CCDs and Zen 4C features backing into Zen 4 CCDs with dual CCXs per CCD limit to 128 cores, the upcoming generation will look at Zen 5 reaching up to 16 CCDs and Zen 5C up to 12 CCDs.
Zen 5 will stick to a single CCX design per CCD limiting to 8 cores, totaling a maximum of 128 cores. However, Zen 5C’s CCD will consist of 16 cores as well as a single CCX per CCD, reaching up to 192 cores. Finally, we anticipate Zen 6’s architecture with three configurations for 8, 16, and up to 32 cores per CCD. This means a dual CCD setup, such as in Ryzen CPUs, could offer up to 64 cores, while the highest core counts will likely be part of the Zen 6C architecture, with standard non-C dies used for enthusiast parts.
High core counts, especially 16 or 32 cores per CCD, will be beneficial for multi-threaded applications, particularly in the Threadripper and EPYC lines. For mainstream users, increasing core counts may not offer significant advantages in gaming or applications not optimized for many cores, where 3D V-Cache options like the Ryzen 7 7800X3D, an 8-core CPU with stacked V-Cache, may provide better performance and cost efficiency.
