AMD Ryzen 10000 “Olympic Ridge” to Debut with 6/8/10/12/16/20/24-Core “Zen 6” SKUs

AMD’s next-generation desktop Ryzen 10000 series “Olympic Ridge” processor platform will supposedly come in various SKU flavors ranging from 6 to 24 cores, in some very specific configurations based on the CCD structure. The first in the lineup are single-CCD SKUs, which include 6, 8, 10, and 12 “Zen 6” cores. With the “Zen 6” generation, AMD is boosting its CCD core count with up to 12 instances, whereas the previous-generation CCDs maxed out at 8 cores. However, for versions with two CCDs, the core count increases, starting at 12 cores, continuing with 16 and 20-core models, and topping off with the flagship 24-core dual CCD SKU. AMD is able to pack more cores per CCD due to the new manufacturing technology, which is TSMC’s N2 2 nm node, providing better transistor density compared to the older nodes used in previous generations.

The upcoming Ryzen 10000 series is expected to land on AMD’s AM5 socket, extending the socket life for another processor generation and confirming AMD’s long-term socket selection. For other specific information, AMD plans to implement up to 4 MB of L3 cache per core for a total of 48 MB of L3 cache per CCD, and a total of 96 MB of L3 cache for the fully-fledged 24-core SKU. This is, of course, before adding any 3D V-Cache enhancements that AMD is known for when it comes to boosting gaming performance. AMD is able to pack this much punch because TSMC’s N2 2 nm technology packs more than 200 million transistors per mm², depending on the configuration and whether AMD chooses the high-density or high-performance variant.

AMD is enriching its “Zen 6” cores with 16-bit AVX-512 calculations that will now be possible on consumer-oriented desktop CPUs, allowing developers to efficiently accelerate applications and data paths that leverage AVX-512. It is bringing feature parity with Intel’s best x86 extensions, meaning that useful advanced vector extensions like AVX512_BMM, AVX_NE_CONVERT, AVX_IFMA, AVX_VNNI_INT8, and AVX512_FP16 are coming to consumers to accelerate software running locally, and not just for expensive Xeon CPUs that Intel usually reserved these extensions for.