AMD Zen 7 will pull further ahead of Intel with dedicated 3D core, says leak
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Users building a new gaming PC will often have an AMD CPU with the X3D suffix at the top of their shopping list. With the X3D V-Cache able to produce unparalleled performance in gaming, it’s not surprising that Team Red is expanding on this concept with the upcoming Zen 7 architecture, at least according to one leak.
Hardware YouTuber and regular source of industry information, Moore's Law is Dead, spoke about AMD's plan for its in-development CPU architecture during the latest episode of the ‘Broken Silicon' podcast.
AMD Zen 7 could look to evolve X3D architecture
The guest for this episode was fellow hardware expert High Yield, who is considered something of an authority on CPU architecture. They discussed leaked documents from AMD, which showed plans for the Zen 7 chips, including plans for a ‘3D Core' alongside the usual dense cores, low-power cores, and efficiency cores.
Unlike the stacked V-Cache used in current X3D chips, the 3D cores will utilise cache chiplets with cores on top of them. High Yield and MLID agreed that this development could mark a significant improvement in gaming performance. No hard data was provided on the potential performance uplift of this technology, though MLID said he planned to go into more detail about the Zen 7 leak at a later date.
AMD CPUs currently on the market use Zen 5 architecture, with Zen 6 expected sometime late 2025 or early 2026. Zen 7 is likely to come along in either 2027 or 2028, though AMD has not officially announced release dates for these architectures yet.
Despite Intel’s plans to refocus on engineering and development, according to new Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan, Intel still does not have any chips that can compete directly with the X3D technology for gamers, and Zen 7 having a dedicated 3D core could allow Team Red to further dominate the CPU market.
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