AMD has already added support for its next-generation Zen 5 CPUs in monitoring software HWiNFO before it even started offering its Zen 4 CPUs. AMD’s first Zen 4 CPU series, codenamed Raphael, just entered the consumer market as the Ryzen 7000 series. Now, the company is planning to launch Genoa CPUs for EPYC and Phoenix Point/Dragon Range CPUs for Ryzen mobile series. However, this won’t be the end of Zen 4, there are several custom SOCs and Zen 4 V-Cache chips in the works.
But we do know that development of the next-generation Zen core is already underway, and since Zen 4 has been developed, work has now begun on Zen 5 and future chip architectures. HWiNFO is currently implementing early support for some Zen 5 CPU families. It’s likely that the software makers already have some information on product IDs and early data. Considering this is early support, there’s a lot more to come in the next few years. But with the next update, the software will have at least some basic support if Zen 5 starts to appear online, or if AMD engineers plan to use the software for hardware monitoring or diagnostics.
AMD is expected to launch Zen 5 in 2024, which will also have a 3D V-Cache version and will utilize the 4nm process node, while the compute-optimized Zen 5C will utilize the more advanced 3nm process node. Below is the full list of Zen CPU cores.
Zen 4 – 5nm (2022)
Zen 4 V-Cache 5nm (2023)
Zen 4C – 4nm (2023)
Zen 5 – 4nm (2024)
Zen 5 V-Cache – 4nm (2024+)
Zen 5C – 3nm – (2024+)
AMD confirmed that the new Zen 5 architecture will launch in 2024, confirming previous rumors. The Zen 5 CPUs will come in all three variants mentioned above, with the design of the chip itself based on an all-new microarchitecture focused on delivering enhanced performance and efficiency, a rearranged front-end, and integration with AI and machine learning optimizations broad issues together.
