AMD Ryzen 7000 processors enter pre-production

AMD Ryzen 5000 processors arrived at the end of 2020 and in these days the latest models of this series were released. Although there is the sixth generation of Ryzen processors, it does not have models for desktop PCs, only for laptops. The next series, AMD Ryzen 7000 “Raphael”, will bring news, in addition to inaugurating a new socket, AM5, and the CPU is already in pre-production, according to a known leaker.

BenchLeaks posted on Twitter what the code would be for the pre-production version of the AMD Ryzen 7000 CPUs. In this situation, we are talking specifically about a model and the information reveals the number of cores, in addition to the strange value of 1024 KB of cache memory. . This value should not refer to the L3 cache as the amount is much higher than any Ryzen 5000 CPU.

Looks like Raphael got it’s production model ID (the previous one was 96), probably stepping RPL-B1.
AMD Eng Sample: 100-000000514-03_N
AuthenticAMD Family 25 Model 97 Stepping 1 / A60F11https://t.co/gF7PYTV1q4

— Benchleaks (@BenchLeaks) April 17, 2022

As for the code of the engineering sample, which until then was 96, now it changes to 97 and the term “Stepping 1”, indicating that the CPU used is one of the first, or even the first, albeit unofficially.

Regarding the nuclei, the information published in MilkyWay@Home says that the alleged Ryzen 7000 “Raphael” processor has 16 cores, without differentiating between threads, which may indicate an 8-core CPU with SMT (Simultaneous Multithreading) enabled, totaling 16 threads.

What is known about the seventh generation of AMD Ryzen “Raphael” processors is that it will be the inauguration of the Zen 4 microarchitecture, in addition to the new AM5 socket, which will be LGA, after five generations using the same AM4 socket, which uses PGA technology. . Besides, Ryzen 7000 CPUs will be manufactured at 5nm from TSMC, as opposed to 7nm for the current generation Ryzen 5000.

The decrease in the manufacturing process should bring a 15% improvement to the Ryzen 7000 CPUs compared to the current generation. AMD’s new 7th Gen Ryzen processors are expected in the second half of this year, and are expected to compete with Intel’s 13th Gen “Raptor Lake” CPUs.