AMD Zen 5 Server CPU Rumors: Turin With Up To 128 Cores, Turin-X With Up To 1.5 GB L3 Cache, Turin Dense With 192 Zen 5C Cores

In addition to the Ryzen 8000 leak, information regarding AMD's Zen 5 & Zen 5C powered EPYC Turin, Turin-X & Turin-Dense CPUs have been revealed too.

AMD Readies At Least Five Zen 5 & Zen 5C CPU Families For EPYC Servers: Turin, Turin-X, Turin-Dense, Turin AI & Sorano

Once again, these new rumors come from Moore's Law is Dead latest roadmap which points out the next-generation EPYC CPU families. The roadmap covers at least five EPYC CPU lineups which can be expected in 2024-2025. AMD has already confirmed Turin as its next-gen EPYC family and it will utilize both Zen 5 and Zen 5C cores,

AMD EPYC Turin & Turn-X With Zen 5: Up To 128 Cores, 4nm Process

Starting with the first family, we have the AMD EPYC Turin (Classic) which will stick with the chiplet design and house up to 128 cores, 256 threads, and TDPs of up to 500W which can be configurable on certain SKUs up to 600W (as revealed in today's Gigabyte leak). In a previous leak, it was shown that the EPYC Turin chips would feature the same L2 and L3 cache as Zen 4 with a small upgrade to the L1 cache.

The major change will come in how AMD arranges the cache on Zen 5 chips which are expected to utilize a "Ladder" hierarchy. The chips are shown to enter production by Q1 2024 & will utilize the TSMC 4nm process node. The actual launch is expected to take place by the third quarter of 2023.

Moving on, we have the AMD EPYC Turin-X chips which will be outfitted with a 3D V-Cache. These chips will retain the 64MB of 3D V-Cache per CCD which totals 1024 MB across the 16 CCDs & 512 MB of standard L3 cache. Totaling up to 1536 MB or 1.5 GB of L3 cache. If we combine the L2 cache which is 1 MB per core or 128 MB in total, that increases to 1664 MB of total cache which is still not including the L1 cache. That's a 33% higher cache compared to the upcoming Genoa-X CPU family.

AMD EPYC Turin Dense & Turin AI With Zen 5C: Up To 192 Cores, 3nm Process

Moving over to the Zen 5C side of things, we first have the AMD EPYC Turin Dense chips which will be succeeding Bergamo. Turin Dense isn't an official name for now but it is expected to utilize the 3nm Zen 5C cores in up to 192 core SKUs. These chips will feature up to 500W TDPs but the most interesting thing is that they are expected to hit production before the standard Turin chips. MLID states that this is due to AMD speeding things to compete directly against Intel's Sierra Forest 144 core chips which are also expected around the same time in the first half of 2024.

There's also a secondary Turin Dense chip known as Turin AI which is expected to feature the same Zen 5C cores but with an AI chiplet. There aren't many details regarding this specific SKU but we can expect Xilinx IP to power the AI chiplet for certain applications. AMD is making AI its no.1 strategic priority and it makes sense to incorporate more AI-specific hardware within its EPYC CPUs for the customers that demand it.

Lastly, there's the follow-up to AMD's Siena CPUs known as Sorano. The AMD EPYC 8004 "Siena" lineup makes use of Zen 4/4C cores on the more mainstream and low-cost/low-TCO/low-power platform known as SP6. It has 6-channel memory support and 96 PCIe gen 5 interconnects. These chips will retain up to 64 cores and 225W TDP and production is expected in the 2H of 2024 with availability sometime in 2025.

AMD has so far announced its upcoming “AMD Data Center and AI Technology Premiere,” which will be the center stage for various server and data center-specific announcements. Definitely expect to hear more about future and upcoming products at the event which is taking place in June.

AMD EPYC CPU Families:

Family Name	AMD EPYC Verano	AMD EPYC Venice	AMD EPYC Turin-X	AMD EPYC Turin-Dense	AMD EPYC Turin	AMD EPYC Siena	AMD EPYC Bergamo	AMD EPYC Genoa-X	AMD EPYC Genoa	AMD EPYC Milan-X	AMD EPYC Milan	AMD EPYC Rome	AMD EPYC Naples
Family Branding	EPYC 9007	EPYC 9006	EPYC 9005	EPYC 9005	EPYC 9005	EPYC 8004	EPYC 9004	EPYC 9004	EPYC 9004	EPYC 7004	EPYC 7003	EPYC 7002	EPYC 7001
Family Launch	2027	2026	2025	2025	2024	2023	2023	2023	2022	2022	2021	2019	2017
CPU Architecture	Zen 7	Zen 6	Zen 5	Zen 5C	Zen 5	Zen 4	Zen 4C	Zen 4 V-Cache	Zen 4	Zen 3	Zen 3	Zen 2	Zen 1
Process Node	TBD	2nm TSMC	4nm TSMC	3nm TSMC	4nm TSMC	5nm TSMC	4nm TSMC	5nm TSMC	5nm TSMC	7nm TSMC	7nm TSMC	7nm TSMC	14nm GloFo
Platform Name	SP7	SP7	SP5	SP5	SP5	SP6	SP5	SP5	SP5	SP3	SP3	SP3	SP3
Socket	TBD	TBD	LGA 6096 (SP5)	LGA 6096 (SP5)	LGA 6096	LGA 4844	LGA 6096	LGA 6096	LGA 6096	LGA 4094	LGA 4094	LGA 4094	LGA 4094
Max Core Count	TBD	96	128	192	128	64	128	96	96	64	64	64	32
Max Thread Count	TBD	192	256	384	256	128	256	192	192	128	128	128	64
Max L3 Cache	TBD	TBD	1536 MB	384 MB	384 MB	256 MB	256 MB	1152 MB	384 MB	768 MB	256 MB	256 MB	64 MB
Chiplet Design	TBD	8 CCD's (1 CCX per CCD) + 2 IOD?	16 CCD's (1CCX per CCD) + 1 IOD	12 CCD's (1CCX per CCD) + 1 IOD	16 CCD's (1CCX per CCD) + 1 IOD	8 CCD's (1CCX per CCD) + 1 IOD	12 CCD's (1 CCX per CCD) + 1 IOD	12 CCD's (1 CCX per CCD) + 1 IOD	12 CCD's (1 CCX per CCD) + 1 IOD	8 CCD's (1 CCX per CCD) + 1 IOD	8 CCD's (1 CCX per CCD) + 1 IOD	8 CCD's (2 CCX's per CCD) + 1 IOD	4 CCD's (2 CCX's per CCD)
Memory Support	TBD	DDR5-12800	DDR5-6000?	DDR5-6400	DDR5-6400	DDR5-5200	DDR5-5600	DDR5-4800	DDR5-4800	DDR4-3200	DDR4-3200	DDR4-3200	DDR4-2666
Memory Channels	TBD	16-Channel (SP7)	12 Channel (SP5)	12 Channel	12 Channel	6-Channel	12 Channel	12 Channel	12 Channel	8 Channel	8 Channel	8 Channel	8 Channel
PCIe Gen Support	TBD	128-192 PCIe Gen 6	TBD	128 PCIe Gen 5	128 PCIe Gen 5	96 Gen 5	128 Gen 5	128 Gen 5	128 Gen 5	128 Gen 4	128 Gen 4	128 Gen 4	64 Gen 3
TDP (Max)	TBD	~600W	500W (cTDP 600W)	500W (cTDP 450-500W)	400W (cDP 320-400W)	70-225W	320W (cTDP 400W)	400W	400W	280W	280W	280W	200W

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