Massive leak reveals key specs of AMD Zen 5 "Granite Ridge" processor lineup

[DragonSlayer101]

What just happened? A new leak has seemingly revealed key specifications of AMD's Ryzen 8000 series of desktop processors, codenamed Granite Ridge. As per the report, the lineup will max out at 16 cores and 32 threads, which is the same as the current generation Zen 4 chips, with the top-of-the-line Ryzen 9 7950x also offering 16 cores and 32 threads.

The report, which comes from German blog PC Games Hardware, also confirms that the Ryzen 8000 series will use AMD's Zen 5 CPU architecture and will be built on TSMC's N3E or N3P manufacturing node. The leaked document reportedly comes from one of AMD's board partners, meaning the information is likely to be fairly accurate.

The document also reveals that the Zen 5 CCDs are codenamed 'Eldora,' while the Zen 5 CPU cores are called 'Nirvana' internally within AMD. It claims that the entry-level Zen 5 CPU will come with a minimum of six cores, and that the maximum TDP for the chips would be 170W. Their caches are also said to be identical to that of their Zen 4 predecessors, meaning they could come with up to 16MB of L2 cache and 64MB of L3.

The new leak doesn't reveal anything else about the Ryzen 8000 lineup, including anything about their clock speeds, but it does suggest that they will launch in the second half of 2024. If the rumored roadmap holds up, it will put the Ryzen 8000 series squarely in competition with Intel's Meteor Lake lineup, which is also set to arrive sometime next year.

Meanwhile, a leaked AMD product roadmap published by popular YouTube channel Moore's Law is Dead seems to contradict some of the leaked information published by PC Games Hardware. As per the video, Granite Ridge does not refer to the Ryzen 8000 desktop series, but rather embedded solutions. However, it also confirms the 6-16 core count and the 65-170W TDP range. The slide also seems to suggest that the Granite Ridge lineup could enter production between Q1 2024 and Q1 2025.

Neither the leaked document nor the YouTube video, however, says anything about the Ryzen 8000X3D series, although AMD has confirmed that Zen 5-based 3D V-Cache SKUs are in the works. As reported by VideoCardz, the company is yet to reveal whether those chips will be meant for the consumer desktop market, so it will be interesting to see how AMD will position its Ryzen 8000 3D V-Cache lineup.

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[mbk34]

So the new processors will be nearly the same as the current generation but will be called something different. And that's your definition of a massive leak???

 

[Puiu]

So the new processors will be nearly the same as the current generation but will be called something different. And that's your definition of a massive leak???

With all of the info put together, Zen5 will be a massive leap compared to Zen4. A conservative estimate puts the IPC at over 20% with a completely revamped cache structure.

 

[Kam7r]

So the new processors will be nearly the same as the current generation but will be called something different. And that's your definition of a massive leak???

Leaks are a trend... or a good PR / free Ad ... I'm quite sure it's "controlled leaks"... but every tech sites reports them as click bait... you can't really blame techspot for doing the same...

anyway , I don't really care about leaks... I'll see when it's officially out...

 

[fps4ever]

According to website MLiD. What embedded systems use 65-170 watt cpu's? Are we talking about servers and or specialty systems?

 

[ScottSoapbox]

Looking forward to Zen 5 + cheaper and faster DDR5 + full array of MoBo options.

My diabolical plan to skip Zen 4 is coming together marvelously. Bwahahaha!

 

[Nobina]

Without these leaks I would've thought Zen4 was the end of the AMD CPUs.

 

[wiyosaya]

Without these leaks I would've thought Zen4 was the end of the AMD CPUs.

After AMD said that AM5 will be around for a while?

 

[Tom Yum]

So the new processors will be nearly the same as the current generation but will be called something different. And that's your definition of a massive leak???

There is a lot more to a CPU microarchitecture than the core count and cache configuration. AMD have indicated that Zen5 is a complete from the ground up redesign, with a much wider execution engine more akin to Golden Cove rather than the current design which has remained largely static since Zen1.

But agreed with you that this leek is a nothing-burger with respect to information that actually shows what is new about Zen5.

 

[daffy duck]

With all of the info put together, Zen5 will be a massive leap compared to Zen4. A conservative estimate puts the IPC at over 20% with a completely revamped cache structure.

And Arrow Lake will be about 30%+ IPC over Raptor Lake R (the refresh) and have vastly improved e-cores. So I think AMD's will take a massive beating in MTing. Why they aren't releasing version with their dense 5c cores is bizarre. An 8850X with 8 Zen 5 and even 4 Zen 5c cores would be very strong, let alone a version with 6 or 8 5c cores.

 

[kiwigraeme]

Leaks are a trend... or a good PR / free Ad ... I'm quite sure it's "controlled leaks"... but every tech sites reports them as click bait... you can't really blame techspot for doing the same...

anyway , I don't really care about leaks... I'll see when it's officially out...

Sensible - but remember the excitement of youth getting super excited for something - Myself I just enjoy seeing big improvements - most of us hardly need these new chips - Plus I somewhat team AMD ( not enough to not buy a better Intel CPU/MB solution ) - but enough Intel annoyed me with their silly YOY increases of last decade and silly high end prices

 

[Puiu]

And Arrow Lake will be about 30%+ IPC over Raptor Lake R (the refresh) and have vastly improved e-cores. So I think AMD's will take a massive beating in MTing. Why they aren't releasing version with their dense 5c cores is bizarre. An 8850X with 8 Zen 5 and even 4 Zen 5c cores would be very strong, let alone a version with 6 or 8 5c cores.

This just means that we'll have better competition. The smaller AMD c cores seem to be server only for now. My guess is that they are afraid that their thread scheduler is not as robust as Intel's to have a proper Big-little CPU. The X3D chips kinda show this.

AMD can compete in MT perf on the high end because they still have as many as 16 big cores as opposed to 8 from Intel. But they do indeed need to do better at the mid range. To be fair, they did drop the 7700x price to 13600k levels to better compete. (during some sales it was cheaper)