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AMD’s Updated Roadmap Suggest Zen 3 ‘Ryzen 4000’ CPUs Before RDNA 2 ‘Radeon RX’ 7nm+ GPUs – Aiming 2020 Launch
AMD’s Updated Roadmap Suggest Zen 3 ‘Ryzen 4000’ CPUs Before RDNA 2 ‘Radeon RX’ 7nm+ GPUs – Aiming 2020 Launch-February 2024
Feb 12, 2026 8:28 AM

AMD has updated their next-generation CPU and GPU roadmaps which confirm that the Zen 3 and RDNA 2 would be shipping to customers in 2020. The new products would utilize TSMC's bleeding-edge 7nm+ process node, delivering higher performance and much better efficiency than existing products.

AMD's 7nm+ Zen 3 'Ryzen 4000' CPUs Arrive Before RDNA 2 Based Radeon RX GPUs - Aiming A 2020 Launch Window

While AMD isn't yet done with their 7nm based Zen 2 or RDNA (1) GPUs, their roadmap confirms that we will get a taste of new designs in 2020. AMD's Zen 2 chip architecture would be replaced with the Zen 3 core while the 1st Generation RDNA architecture would be replaced with the 2nd Generation RDNA architecture.

AMD Zen 3 7nm+ Chip Architecture - Zen 2 Refined For Next-Gen Servers and Desktops

The 7nm+ Zen 3 core design has been completed and we can see production commence sometime in 1H of 2020. While Zen 2 was the first processor architecture to be based on the 7nm node, Zen 3 would be based on an evolutionary 7nm+ node which allows for 20% more transistors than Zen 2's 7nm process. The 7nm+ process node also delivers 10% better efficiency. It is possible that we may not get as significant of a core bump as we got with Zen 2 processors but nevertheless, the added performance uplift would put more pressure on Intel in the server and desktop space.

AMD Zen 3 CPU Architecture For Ryzen, Ryzen Threadripper & EPYC CPUs

One of the flagship products of the Zen 3 core architecture would be the 3rd Gen EPYC line known as Milan. The EPYC Milan series of processors would be deployed in the Perlmutter Exascale super-computer, designed by CRAY. Early specifications for a singular node reveal that the Milan CPU has 64 cores and 128 threads and AVX2 SIMD (256-bit). There's also support for 8-channel DDR ram & support for greater than 256 GB per node.

AMD Zen 3 EPYC Milan, AMD Zen 4 EPYC Genoa

Aside from Zen 3, Zen 4 and Zen 5 have also been confirmed. The 3rd Generation EPYC lineup which was officially confirmed as 'Genoa' during the 2nd Generation EPYC 'Rome' launch event. Zen 4 is currently in-design and will have a launch scheduled around 2021-2022. It will be using sub-7nm process node and definitely be a proper upgrade over the Zen 2 / Zen 3 design. As with every Zen generation, the Ryzen and Ryzen Threadripper lineups would also be available, battling out and dominating the desktop/HEDT landscape with sheer amounts of performance & disruptive value proposition.

AMD CPU Roadmap (2017-2022)

Year202420232021-202220212020201920182017
ArchitectureZen (4) / Zen (5)Zen (4) / Zen (4C)Zen (4) / Zen 3 (+)Zen (3) / Zen 3 (+)Zen (3) / Zen 2Zen (2) / Zen+Zen (1) / Zen+Zen (1)
Process Node5nm / 3nm?5nm5nm / 6nm7nm7nm7nm14nm / 12nm14nm
ServerEPYC TurinEPYC BergamoEPYC 'Genoa'EPYC 'Milan'EPYC 'Rome'EPYC 'Rome'EPYC 'Naples'EPYC 'Naples'
Max Server Cores / Threads256/512128/25696/19264/12864/12864/12832/6432/64
High End DesktopRyzen Threadripper 8000 SeriesRyzen Threadripper 7000 SeriesRyzen Threadripper 6000 Series (TBD)Ryzen Threadripper 5000 Series (Chagall)Ryzen Threadripper 3000 Series (Castle Peak)Ryzen Threadripper 3000 Series (Castle Peak)Ryzen Threadripper 2000 Series (Coflax)Ryzen Threadripper 1000 Series (White Haven)
Ryzen FamilyRyzen 8000 SeriesRyzen 7000 SeriesRyzen 6000 SeriesRyzen 5000 SeriesRyzen 4000/5000 SeriesRyzen 3000 SeriesRyzen 2000 SeriesRyzen 1000 Series
Max HEDT Cores / ThreadsTBDTBDTBD64/12864/12864/12832/6416/32
Mainstream DesktopRyzen 8000 Series (Granite Ridge)TBDRyzen 7000 Series (Raphael)Ryzen 5000 Series (Vermeer-X)Ryzen 5000 Series (Vermeer)Ryzen 3000 Series (Matisse)Ryzen 2000 Series (Pinnacle Ridge)Ryzen 1000 Series (Summit Ridge)
Max Mainstream Cores / ThreadsTBDTBD16/3216/3216/3216/328/168/16
Budget APURyzen 8000 (Strix Point Zen 5)Ryzen 7000 Series (Phoenix Zen 4)Ryzen 6000 Series (Rembrandt Zen 3+)Ryzen 5000 Series (Cezanne Zen 3)Ryzen 4000 Series (Renoir Zen 2)Ryzen 3000 Series (Picasso Zen+)Ryzen 2000 Series (Raven Ridge)N/A

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