AMD’s next-generation Zen 6 ‘Medusa’ processor might be an absolute beast of a chip
AMD’s next-generation “Medusa” processor is shaping up to be a huge chip if recent rumors are to be believed, although it will be a long time before we even come close to seeing it.
The upcoming processor architecture, shared on X (formerly Twitter) by Olrak29shows the CPU side of the processor with Zen 6 CPU cores and the iGPU side with RDNA 5 GPU cores, skipping RDNA 4 entirely in favor of the more advanced component.
Memes aside, Medusa has RDNA 5 iGPU and skips RDNA 4 https://t.co/NBgY6tUenRFebruary 19, 2024
Obviously, we should take any news or rumor this far out from a release (the earliest we can expect from Medusa in late 2025, early 2026) with a ton of salt, especially since we know very little about AMD’s Zen 6. It’s It’s not even clear yet what AMD Zen 5, which will power the Ryzen 8000 series processors expected to launch in mid-2024, will bring to the table once those chips launch, and that release is just months away. Predicting what things will look like in two years is quite a task.
Still like Wccftech notes that there are some things we can speculate about, including based on AMD’s stated commitment to its AM5 platform through “2025+.” AMD Medusa will likely be the final desktop processor for the AM5 platform, and it is expected to feature a 2.5D chip interconnect to reduce CPU bottlenecks, something Intel has already integrated into its chips.
We don’t yet know which process node the Zen 6’s ‘Morpheus’ CPU cores will be made of, but they could go as high as 2nm for the CPU core architecture, which would make it one of the most advanced desktop processors on the market. it will eventually land sometime in 2025 or 2026.
It looks like AMD is investing in performance for Medusa
With the addition of RDNA 5 GPU cores (assuming the leak is legitimate), AMD seems to want to pack as much power into Medusa as possible.
It has long been reported that AMD’s RDNA 4 graphics architecture will not penetrate the enthusiast segment, leaving that ground to whatever Nvidia comes up with, and will instead stick to more mainstream and gaming segments for That generation.
But with RDNA 5 reportedly putting AMD back in contention across the stack, its possible inclusion in a mainstream Ryzen processor would save many people from having to buy one of the best graphics cards to play their favorite PC games , especially at lower resolutions. such as 1080p and 1440p. Considering the surprising power of AMD’s recent 8000G series chips, these next-generation Zen 6 processors may be just what we need to kick-start the budget PC gaming scene again.