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AMD Zen 6 rumours
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Intel is getting their sht back together. The new Core Ultras are ok.
I really hope this is a sign intel at least wants to fight back, we can't go back to the dark time of intel sticking a new number at the start of a cpu name and pushing out near identical silicon
They're having a pretty good 2026 so far, although a lot of that is based on AI-related stuff. We can only hope it feeds into the consumer market.
Edit - looks like this image is updating in realtime. Pretty cool.
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Intel seem to like the low hanging fruit, anything that requires effort they seem to half arse e.g. there attempt at discrete GPUS
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feel like it will be time to upgrade in the next cycle but I really can't tell if this is the year to go red
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According to "leaks" Zen 6 may not launch until early 2027 as it gives them more time to use that silicon for AI focused products.
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Aye seemingly they have found a way to sell chips for AI where they would usually be rejected for broken cores and not working, so they're picking up sales for their scrap.They're having a pretty good 2026 so far, although a lot of that is based on AI-related stuff. We can only hope it feeds into the consumer market.
Good for the company, not great for the consumer.
Id say the same but who knows what the prices will be like for components, I'd need ram as well
Best bet is to try nab certain parts when they go on sale or something at random points throughout the year like a case, PSU etc.
RAM might get lucky at some point during the year to nab a bit early as well
Some power figures for Zen6 EPYC processors released by AMD comparing relative performance on a 100KW budget.
www.guru3d.com
AMD Venice EPYC 256-Core Zen 6 Rack Benchmark Shows 100kW Performance Scaling
AMD has published early performance data for its next-generation EPYC processor family, codenamed Venice. The new server CPU generation is based on the Zen 6 architecture and a 2nm-class process node, with AMD using a 256-core configuration to demonstrate rack-level performance scaling under a...
www.guru3d.com
Some power figures for Zen6 EPYC processors released by AMD comparing relative performance on a 100KW budget.
AMD Venice EPYC 256-Core Zen 6 Rack Benchmark Shows 100kW Performance Scaling
AMD has published early performance data for its next-generation EPYC processor family, codenamed Venice. The new server CPU generation is based on the Zen 6 architecture and a 2nm-class process node, with AMD using a 256-core configuration to demonstrate rack-level performance scaling under a...
Weirdly or ironically AMD's Zen cores have always been very efficient. Right from the start with Zen 1 and its garbage Global Foundries 14nm it was still 2X as efficient as Intel's very mature 14nm chips.
Zen cores match and sometimes beat ARM cores for efficiency.
Its almost as if the Bulldozer era memes really really hurt AMD's feelings, it traumatized them so much the set out to create one of the most efficient semi-conductor architectures ever.
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Jim Keller was responsible. Hopefully AMD still have the engineering expertise to continuing progressing and not just forcing more power for more performance, Intel style.
Jim Keller left AMD in 2015.
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Yea amd chips are very efficient indeed
What so you're not going to attribute that to one man 12 years after he left and question weather or not AMD can achieve this without him?????? How very rational of you.
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It’s wasn’t just Jim Keller, his role was more of frontman than nuts and bolts engineering. AMDs engineering teams have grown pretty considerably since Keller left. The guys responsible* for Zen are still there.