AMD announces Zen 5 CPUs at Computex 2024 - releases in July; extends AM5 platform support to 2027+

[anonpuffs]

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AMD today announced its much awaited Ryzen 9000 series desktop processors. Built in the Socket AM5 package, and drop-in compatible with all current AM5 motherboards with a BIOS update, the processors are based on the new "Zen 5" CPU microarchitecture. The operational part of the processor, the CPU complex dies (CCDs), are built on the 4 nm process, wired to a 6 nm I/O die. AMD didn't get down into the nuts and bolts of the microarchitecture, but briefly mentioned an impressive 16% IPC increase over "Zen 4." Coupled with the fact that the first wave of processors lack 3D V-cache and can sustain higher boost frequencies and TDP, processors in the series should beat the Ryzen 7 7800X3D in gaming performance, which also means that AMD has beaten the 14th Gen Core "Raptor Lake Refresh" processor series by a significant margin.

The 16% IPC increase over "Zen 4" is backed by branch prediction improvements, wider pipelines and vectors, and deeper window sizes across the core design, for more parallelism. The core also features doubling in instruction bandwidth for front-end instructions, FPU to L1, and L1 to L2 data bandwidth, and a redesigned FPU to double AI performance and AVX512 throughput. The company hasn't put out a block design for "Zen 5," and we'll learn more about it in the run-up to the market availability of these chips some time in July 2024.

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During AMD's Computex 2024 kick-off keynote, AMD's CEO, Dr. Lisa Su, officially unveiled and announced the company's next generation of Ryzen processors. Today marks the first unveiling of AMD's highly anticipated Zen 5 microarchitecture via the Ryzen 9000 series, which is set to bring several advancements over Zen 4 and the Ryzen 7000 series for desktop PCs, which will launch sometime in July 2024.


AMD has unveiled four new chip SKUs using its Zen 5 microarchitecture. The AMD Ryzen 9 9950X processor will be the new consumer flagship part, featuring 16 CPU cores and a speedy 5.7 GHz maximum boost frequency. The other SKUs include, 6, 8, and 12 core parts, giving users a varied combination of core and thread counts. All four of these initial chips will be X-series chips, meaning they will have an unlocked multipliers and higher TDPs/clockspeeds.


In regards to performance, AMD is touting an average (geomean) IPC increase in desktop workloads for Zen 5 of 16%. And with the new desktop Ryzen chips' turbo clockspeeds remaining largely identical to their Ryzen 7000 predecessors, this should translate into similar performance expectations for the new chips.


The AMD Ryzen 9000 series will also launch on the AM5 socket, which debuted with AMD's Ryzen 7000 series and marks AMD's commitment to socket/platform longevity. Along with the Ryzen 9000 series will come a pair of new high-performance chipsets: the X870E (Extreme) and the regular X870 chipsets. The fundamental features that vendors will integrate into their specific motherboards remain tight-lipped. Still, we do know that USB 4.0 ports are standard on the X870E/X870 boards, along with PCIe 5.0 for both PCIe graphics and NVMe storage, with higher AMD EXPO memory profile support expected than previous generations.

AMD Ryzen 9000: Bringing Up to 16C/32T of Zen 5 to Desktop​

Zen 5 is AMD's latest advancement in Ryzen microarchitecture. While AMD hasn't disclosed many technical details, we know some of the brand-new features that Zen 5 will offer.

AMD Desktop CPU Generations
AnandTech	Ryzen 9000 (Granite Ridge)	Ryzen 7000 (Raphael)	Ryzen 5000 (Vermeer)
CPU Architecture	Zen 5	Zen 4	Zen 3
CPU Cores	Up to 16C / 32T	Up To 16C / 32T	Up To 16C / 32T
GPU Architecture	RDNA2	RDNA2	N/A
GPU Cores	2	2	N/A
Memory	DDR5-5600	DDR5-5200	DDR4-3200
Platform	AM5	AM5	AM4
CPU PCIe Lanes	24x PCIe 5.0	24x PCIe 5.0	24x PCIe 4.0
Manufacturing Process	CCD: TSMC N4 IOD:TSMC N6	CCD: TSMC N5 IOD: TSMC N6	CCD: TSMC N7 IOD: GloFo 12nm

Looking at architectural differences between the last couple of generations (Zen 4 and Zen 3) and Zen 5, we know that AMD uses a new manufacturing process for its Ryzen 9000 desktop chips. While many have touted and speculated that Zen 5 for desktops will be built on one of TSMC's N3 (3 nm) nodes, some of our sources are saying that the Zen 5 CCD will be fabbed on TSMC N4 – though we are awaiting official confirmation about this (Update: And TSMC 4nm is now confirmed for the consumer Ryzen CCD). Furthermore, AMD's mobile counterpart offering, the Ryzen AI 300 series (Strix Point) has been confirmed for 4nm, and we've yet to see an AMD desktop CPU die produced on a more advanced node than its mobile counterpart.

AMD Ryzen 9000 Series Processors Zen 5 Microarchitecture (Granite Ridge)
AnandTech	Cores / Threads	Base Freq	Turbo Freq	L2 Cache	L3 Cache	TDP	MSRP
Ryzen 9 9950X	16C / 32T	4.3GHz	5.7GHz	16 MB	64 MB	170 W	TBC
Ryzen 9 9900X	12C / 24T	4.4GHz	5.6GHz	12 MB	64 MB	120 W	TBC
Ryzen 7 9700X	8C / 16T	3.8GHz	5.5GHz	8 MB	32 MB	65 W	TBC
Ryzen 5 9600X	6C / 12T	3.9GHz	5.4GHz	6 MB	32 MB	65 W	TBC

 

[anonpuffs]

Pretty interesting that they managed to increase perf/watt so much that they dropped the TDP on the 6 and 8 core parts from 105w to 65w, and the 12core from 170w to 120w.

 

[ethomaz]

IPC increase looks better than previous Zen… even if it is AMD estimates it is still good.

Zen to Zen2: 3%
Zen2 to Zen3: 15%
Zen3 to Zen4: 13%

That gives an increase in performance around 62% in the last 7 years.

 

[John Elden Ring]

Wish i had the money to consistenly upgrade my machine, but i think i will be getting one of these this time.

 

[Gamernyc78]

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[anonpuffs]

Wish i had the money to consistenly upgrade my machine, but i think i will be getting one of these this time.

It's very tempting tbh i might build a new rig with the 9800x3d