AMD Ryzen 8000 “Granite Ridge” CPUs Will Get A Major Boost

In 2024, AMD aspires to launch the novel Zen 5 architecture, heralding the Ryzen 8000 series of processors. As early as the initial quarter of the forthcoming year, we anticipate products supplanting the Zen 4 architecture. The successor to the current Ryzen 7000 series, codenamed “Raphael,” is denoted as “Granite Ridge,” maintaining compatibility with the AM5 platform.

As per a dispatch from Wccftech, the impending Granite Ridge will inherit the IO Die presently utilized by Raphael. This implies the continued incorporation of 28 PCIe 5.0 lanes, a DDR5 memory controller, USB functionalities, and integrated graphics founded on the RDNA 2 architecture, all crafted using Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC)’s 6nm process.

Earlier disclosures suggested that AMD’s next-gen desktop platform christened “Nirvana,” will proffer configurations ranging from 6 to 16 cores. The uplift in performance hinges upon advancements in the Zen 5 architecture, with core clusters adopting the freshly-minted CCD design, termed “Eldora.” Rumors indicate that compared to the Zen 4, the Zen 5 might witness an IPC enhancement of 20% to 25%, and a frequency surge ranging between 2% and 9%. This IPC augmentation largely emanates from a metamorphosis in cache architecture, wherein an expansive cache facilitates the concurrent dispatch of a greater volume of instructions.

The Ryzen 8000 series, sculpted on the Granite Ridge foundation, bears striking resemblance to the extant Ryzen 7000 series, accommodating up to 16 cores and 32 threads, with a TDP spectrum spanning 65W to 170W, endowed with a maximum of 16MB L2 cache and 64MB L3 cache. The clarity regarding whether Granite Ridge will embrace the 3nm process remains elusive, yet whispers in the tech corridors speculate a possible transition to the 4nm process.