AMD Ryzen 9000 Desktop CPUs Launching In 16, 12, 8 & 6 Core Flavors, Retail Availability In July

AMD Ryzen 9000 "Granite Ridge" Desktop CPUs are reportedly going to hit retail shelves in July and will include four distinct flavors with Zen 5 cores.

The latest rumor on the AMD Ryzen 9000 "Granite Ridge" Desktop CPUs comes from wjm47196 at Chiphell Forums who states that the red team is on the verge of introducing its next-generation family based on the latest Zen 5 cores. These CPUs are expected to bring some major performance improvements in multi-threading workloads and also benefit from higher IPC.

While the message from the leaker is quite cryptic, it shouldn't be that hard to guess what he's going on about in his post. According to the details, the AMD Ryzen 9000 "Granite Ridge" CPUs should be available in four configurations from the get-go which include the top 16 core parts & followed by 12, 8, and 6 core variants. If AMD retains the Ryzen 9000 branding & keeps it similar to existing Ryzen 7000 parts, we should expect the following SKUs:

Based on the core configurations, it looks like AMD won't be uplifting the core specs with Zen 5 but there are plans to introduce more cores in future generations of Zen chips such as the most recent report suggested.

It is also stated that while AMD will be introducing the AMD Ryzen 9000 "Granite Ridge" Desktop CPU family along with the new AM5 platforms at Computex 2024, the actual launch is expected in July 2024 which puts it ahead of Intel's Arrow Lake which should be targeting a launch closer to late Q3 or early Q4 2024. But with that said, the two desktop CPU families shouldn't be that far apart from each other.

As of right now, all motherboard vendors including ASUS, MSI, Gigabyte, ASRock & Biostar have released the respective BIOS for their AM5 motherboards to support the upcoming CPUs. These companies will also be introducing new motherboards based on the 800-series chipset though it looks like some vendors will likely focus on the existing 600-series lineup since a lot of Ryzen PC builders who shifted to AM5 made the shift so they can be eligible for a drop-in upgrade to a future Ryzen CPUs. AMD is committed to 2025+ plans for the AM5 family and Ryzen 9000 will mark the 2nd AM5 Desktop family.

Additionally, we have seen rumors state an IPC increase of close to 10% with some specific workloads pushing performance gains as high as 40%. Several engineering samples have also been leaked as spotted here. Not a lot about AMD's Zen 5 core architecture is known at the moment but the following highlights are what we officially know:

We are just a few days away from the AMD keynote so expect more information. The company will also introduce its Ryzen AI 300 mobile APUs which kicks things off with the new Strix designs.

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