The anticipation for the upcoming generation of AMD processors, featuring their Zen 5 architecture, is beginning to pick up. According to a new benchmark leak from Moore’s Law is Dead and Kitguru, an engineering sample for a dual-AMD Zen 5 system attained an impressive Cinebench R23 score of 123,000, demonstrating a 12% increase from the 108K achieved by dual-AMD Zen 4 processors.
This leak suggests that the Zen 5 CPU has a maximum clock speed of 3.85 GHz and consists of 128 cores and 256 threads across eight cores per CCD. It would boast 10MB of L1 cache, with each core containing 80 KB. Additionally, the variant “Turin-Dense” would house 16 cores per chiplet.
Although no official confirmation has been given regarding the accuracy of these leaks, the conceivable performance offered by the Zen 5 CPUs bodes well for the potential of the architecture. Its AI-enhanced features would especially be indicative of a smooth integration with AMD GPUs, as these would be featured in their upcoming FSR 3.0 frame-rate boosting technology, granting AMD a more competitive edge with Nvidia’s DLSS.
AMD Zen 5 processors are slated to arrive no earlier than 2024, around the same time as Intel’s Meteor Lake and Arrow Lake chips. If AMD chooses to release the Zen 5 around the same time as Meteor Lake, which is planned for 2023, the competition between the two chip architectures would be tighter and give AMD a chance to outperform Intel in terms of performance. On the other hand, if the release is closer to the release window of Arrow Lake in late 2024, Intel’s expected massive integrated graphics advancement could leave AMD behind.
For now, all we can do is wait for further official information on the Zen 5 chips to arrive—which we’ll be sure to keep you posted on. Until then, if you’re in the market for a processor, our guide Best Processors provides a great place to start your research.
