With the Zen 5 architecture, AMD is starting to release its newest CPUs; two mobile processors are now available and four desktop chips will follow shortly. It is anticipated to release its Zen 5-based Epyc CPUs for data centers when its consumer CPUs are available in the wild. It appears that AMD has increased the number of cores and L3 cache on its fifth-generation CPUs.


A well-known hardware leaker on X has released a screen grab from Windows Task Manager that shows the specifications of the next AMD Epyc CPU. Several items stick out, one of which is the baseline Epyc CPU's increased core count from 96 to 128. This was anticipated because it corresponds to the maximum number of cores available in the company's current Bergamo Zen 4c CPUs. The enormous boost in the L3 cache, which has an additional 128MB above the L3 cache on its Genoa CPUs for a total of 512MB, was unexpected.

As can be seen in the picture above, the dual-socket system contains 1GB of L3, making it the first AMD server CPU without V-Cache to accomplish so. Additionally, AMD offers a portfolio of Genoa-X CPUs with 1.1GB of L3 cache per CPU; so, when AMD releases its next-generation Epyc-X CPUs, that already absurd amount is probably going to increase much further. Additionally, it offers twice as much L3 as its existing Bergamo CPUs, which have Zen 4c cores for the highest possible core density.

Another noteworthy finding is that AMD increased the number of cores in their chiplets from eight to sixteen. According to Tom's Hardware, AMD employed twelve chiplets in Genoa and Bergamo, meaning that an eight-core architecture would give 96 cores. With its newfound 128 cores, it would only require eight chiplets as opposed to twelve, assuming it had 16-core CCDs. AMD may now add 64MB of L3 to each CCD thanks to this; 8 x 64 = 512.

AMD has long had some of the most unbeatable server CPUs on the market, and with its next-generation offerings, it appears that it will put even more pressure on Intel. These processors are expected to be given the codename Turin by AMD, and the Zen 5c variant is said to have up to 192 cores and 384 threads. With its future Sierra Forest Xeon processors, which will include two 144-core E-Core chiplets for a total of 288 cores because Intel's E-cores don't support hyper-threading, Intel is hoping to challenge AMD in this market.