AMD has presented its latest Zen core architecture roadmap, confirming Zen 6 and Zen 7 for future EPYC & Ryzen CPU families.
AMD's Zen 6 To Offer Higher Performance & Efficiency, While Zen 7 Strengthens AI Side Too With New Engines
As per the latest roadmap presented during the Financial Analyst Day 2025, AMD confirmed its Zen 6 and future Zen 7 core architectures. Zen 6 is lined up for a 2026 launch and will be leveraging TSMC's top-of-the-line 2nm process technology. Mark Papermaster stated that Zen 6 will offer even higher performance and efficiency, and will include both standard "Zen 6" flavors for high-performance and "Zen 6C" flavors for efficiency-focused platforms.
In addition to Zen 6, AMD is also confirming its future Zen 7 core architecture for the first time. As per the roadmap, Zen 7 CPUs will be based on a future process technology while offering new additions besides just performance and efficiency enhancements. The lineup will feature a New Matrix Engine and support new AI Data Formats. This will build upon the Zen 6 architecture, which also adds support for new AI Data types and increases the AI pipelines.
We recently covered the first details for AMD's Zen 6 ISA architecture, which features a range of new instruction set capabilities as detailed here. What we know about Zen 6 is that it will be featured in the EPYC Venice lineup alongside Olympic Ridge "Ryzen Desktop" and Medusa Point "Ryzen Mobile" CPU families, along with several other lineups.
The Helios servers will be a leadership product based on the Zen 6 core architecture. The same EPYC Venice CPUs will be combined with 5th Gen Infinity Fabric, while leveraging 2.5D packaging, and a 64 GB/s SerDes interconnect with leading-edge PCIe 7.0 & PAM4 support, offering up to 224 GB/s of raw bandwidth.
Helios racks will also be fitted with AMD's next-gen CDNA 5 GPUs based such as the MI400 series, and brand new AI NICs.
AMD's Zen 7 core architecture will be landing in the next-gen EPYC Verano CPU, which is expected to land sometime around 2027. The company hasn't yet confirmed consumer-tier products based on the Zen 7 core architecture, but it is likely we will know more about those once we approach the launch timeframe around 2027-2028.
AMD Zen CPU / APU Roadmap:
| Zen Architecture | Zen 7 | Zen 6C | Zen 6 | Zen 5 (C) | Zen 4 (C) | Zen 3+ | Zen 3 | Zen 2 | Zen+ | Zen 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core Codename | TBA | Monarch | Morpheus | Nirvana (Zen 5) Prometheus (Zen 5C) | Persphone (Zen 4) Dionysus (Zen 4C) | Warhol | Cerebrus | Valhalla | Zen+ | Zen |
| CCD Codename | TBA | TBA | TBA | Eldora | Durango | TBC | Brekenridge | Aspen Highlands | N/A | N/A |
| Process Node | TBA | 3nm/2nm? | 2nm/3nm | 3nm | 4nm | 6nm | 7nm | 7nm | 12nm | 14nm |
| Server | TBA | EPYC Venice (6th Gen) | EPYC Venice (6th Gen) | EPYC Turin (5th Gen) | EPYC Genoa (4th Gen) EPYC Siena (4th Gen) EPYC Bergamo (4th Gen) | N/A | EPYC Milan (3rd Gen) | EPYC Rome (2nd Gen) | N/A | EPYC Naples (1st Gen) |
| High-End Desktop | TBA | TBA | TBA | Ryzen Threadripper 9000 (Shamida Peak) | Ryzen Threadripper 7000 (Storm Peak) | N/A | Ryzen Threadripper 5000 (Chagal) | Ryzen Threadripper 3000 (Castle Peak) | Ryzen Threadripper 2000 (Coflax) | Ryzen Threadripper 1000 (White Haven) |
| Mainstream Desktop CPUs | TBA | TBA | Ryzen **** (Olympic Ridge) | Ryzen 9000 (Granite Ridge) | Ryzen 7000 (Raphael) | Ryzen 6000 (Warhol / Cancelled) | Ryzen 5000 (Vermeer) | Ryzen 3000 (Matisse) | Ryzen 2000 (Pinnacle Ridge) | Ryzen 1000 (Summit Ridge) |
| Enthusiast Mobile CPUs | TBA | TBA | Ryzen **** (Gator Range) | Ryzen 9000HX (Fire Range) | Ryzen 7000HX (Dragon Range) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Mainstream Desktop . Notebook APU | Ryzen AI 500 (Sound Wave)? | Ryzen AI 500 (TBA) | Ryzen AI 400 (Medusa Point / BB) | Ryzen AI 300 (Strix Point) Ryzen *** (Krackan Point) | Ryzen 7000 (Phoenix) | Ryzen 6000 (Rembrandt) | Ryzen 5000 (Cezanne) Ryzen 6000 (Barcelo) | Ryzen 4000 (Renoir) Ryzen 5000 (Lucienne) | Ryzen 3000 (Picasso) | Ryzen 2000 (Raven Ridge) |
| Low-Power Mobile | TBA | TBA | TBA | Ryzen *** (Escher) | Ryzen 7000 (Mendocino) | TBA | TBA | Ryzen 5000 (Van Gogh) Ryzen 6000 (Dragon Crest) | N/A | N/A |
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