AMD Subsequent-Gen Ryzen 7000 Raphael ‘Zen 4’ CPU Rumors: Computex Announcement, X670 Flagship Chipset With DDR5 & PCIe 5 Assist, RDNA 2 iGPU

There are new rumors concerning AMD’s next-generation Ryzen 7000 CPUs codenamed Raphael and primarily based on the 5nm Zen 4 core structure.

AMD Ryzen 7000 ‘Raphael’ CPU Rumors: 5nm Zen 4 Lineup To Be Introduced at Computex, X670 Flagship Chipset For AM5 Platform, RDNA 2 iGPUs

The subsequent-generation Zen 4 primarily based Ryzen Desktop CPUs shall be codenamed Raphael and can change the Zen 3 primarily based Ryzen 5000 Desktop CPUs which are codenamed, Vermeer. From the data we at present have, Raphael CPUs shall be primarily based on the 5nm Zen 4 core structure & will characteristic 6nm I/O dies in a chiplet design. AMD has hinted at upping the core counts of its next-gen mainstream desktop CPUs so we will anticipate a slight bump from the present max of 16 cores & 32 threads.

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– Zen 4 in Computex, and appears solely suport D5 (cpu can each)
– X670 may have no itx resulting from too many options
– Cell Rembrandt CES, desktop APU on 22 Q3 https://t.co/qrDoSaDXgN

— 포시포시 (@harukaze5719) December 22, 2023

The model new Zen 4 structure is rumored to ship as much as 25% IPC acquire over Zen 3 and hit clock speeds of round 5 GHz. AMD’s upcoming Ryzen 3D V-Cache chips primarily based on the Zen 3 structure shall be that includes stacked chiplets in order that design is predicted to be carried over to AMD’s Zen 4 line of chips too.

The newest rumors declare that AMD shall be asserting the Zen 4 chips at Computex 2023 which suggests Q2 2023 nevertheless the launch would not happen till the tip of Q3 or early This fall 2023.

AMD Ryzen ‘Zen 3D’ Desktop CPU Anticipated Options:

• Minor optimization on TSMC’s 7nm course of node
• As much as 64 MB of Stacked cache per CCD (96 MB L3 per CCD)
• Up To fifteen% Common efficiency enchancment in gaming
• Suitable With AM4 Platforms and current motherboards
• Identical TDP as current shopper Ryzen CPUs

AMD Ryzen  ‘Zen 4’ Desktop CPU Anticipated Options:

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• Model New Zen 4 CPU Cores (IPC / Architectural Enhancements)
• Model New TSMC 5nm course of node with 6nm IOD
• Assist on AM5 Platform With LGA1718 Socket
• Twin-Channel DDR5 Reminiscence Assist
• 28 PCIe Gen 4.0 Lanes (CPU Unique)
• 105-120W TDPs (Higher Sure Vary ~170W)

As for TDP necessities, the AMD AM5 CPU platform will characteristic six totally different segments beginning with the flagship 170W CPU class which is really useful for Liquid coolers (280mm or larger). It seems like this shall be an aggressively clocked chip with larger voltages and with CPU overclocking assist. This section is adopted by 120W TDP CPUs that are really useful to make the most of a high-performance air-cooler. Apparently, the 45-105W variants are listed as SR1/SR2a/SR4 thermal segments which suggests they might require normal heatsink options when working in a inventory configuration so not a lot else is required to maintain them cool.

AMD AM5 LGA 1718 Socket TDP Segments (Picture Supply: TtLexignton):

Kopite7kimi additionally provides to the AMD AM5 particulars that the platform might need two totally different IO dies. Now it isn’t identified if these are the platform-specific IO dies (PCH) or the Ryzen particular IO dies (IOD). Within the case of the latter, we all know that Raphael goes to characteristic a chiplet design whereas the Rembrandt APU is most definitely going to finish up with a monolithic design. The leaker speculates that Zen3D which shall be featured within the next-gen Ryzen mainstream lineup will characteristic a unique IOD than the one featured on Raphael which is smart however that might additionally counsel that Zen3D shall be launching on the AM5 platform which is not confirmed as earlier rumors have alleged AM4 for Zen3D CPUs.

AMD Ryzen ‘Rapahel’ Zen 4 Desktop CPU Socket & Package deal Photos (Picture Credit: ExecutableFix):

As the pictures reveal, the AMD Ryzen Raphael Desktop CPUs will characteristic an ideal sq. form (45x45mm) however will home a really chonky built-in warmth spreader or IHS. The actual reasoning behind it being so dense is unknown however it may very well be to stability out the thermal load throughout a number of chiplets or some fully one other goal. The perimeters are just like the IHS featured on the Intel Core-X line of HEDT CPUs.

As for the platform itself, the AM5 motherboards will characteristic the LGA1718 socket which goes to final fairly a while. The platform will characteristic DDR5-5200 reminiscence, 28 PCIe lanes, extra NVMe 4.0 & USB 3.2 I/O, and may additionally ship with native USB 4.0 assist. There shall be no less than two 600-series chipsets for AM5 initially, the X670 flagship and B650 mainstream. The X670 chipset motherboards are anticipated to characteristic each PCIe Gen 5 and DDR5 reminiscence assist however there’s some change in design that would not enable X670 to suit on extra entry-level or ITX choices. So ITX boards will solely be obtainable in B650 flavors.

The Raphael Ryzen Desktop CPUs are additionally anticipated to characteristic RDNA 2 onboard graphics which signifies that similar to Intel’s mainstream desktop lineup, AMD’s mainstream lineup can even characteristic iGPU graphics assist. With regard to what number of GPU cores there shall be on the brand new chips, Bilibili’s Fanatic Citizen states that it’s going to include both 1 or 2 compute items which suggests we are going to stand up to 128 cores however Greymon55 states that we will stand up to 4 compute items which suggests we will additionally anticipate as much as 256 cores. This shall be lesser than the RDNA 2 CU rely featured on the soon-to-be-released Ryzen 6000 APUs ‘Rembrandt’ however sufficient to maintain Intel’s Iris Xe iGPUs at bay.

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— Greymon55 (@greymon55) December 13, 2023

The Zen 4 primarily based Raphael Ryzen CPUs aren’t anticipated until late 2023 so there’s nonetheless a number of time left within the launch. The lineup will compete towards Intel’s Raptor Lake thirteenth Gen Desktop CPU lineup.

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