Discussion Zen 5 Speculation (EPYC Turin and Strix Point/Granite Ridge - Ryzen 9000)

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LightningZ71

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Remember, a lot of development work was shared internally for the Xbox and PS for their current generation SoCs. There were customization differences, but they are similar platforms. AMD would want more from Sony to do their own specific SoC for the next generation if MS goes a different direction.

Strix Halo is already leaps ahead of the PS5 for CPU performance, even with just one active CCD. The GPU section should also be a notable improvement at this point. Sony could go with a Medusa Halo derived SoC that has only a single active CCD and up specced ram for their next SoC and achieve most everything that they need to. Development costs would be substantially lower, allowing for reasonable unit costs.

MS and Valve could easily transition to using any of the white box Strix Halo uSFF desktops as the basis for a branded product, or they could just push a spec for their OS and let others choose their vendor. Either way, both get generational upgrades over existing hardware if they just go with single CCD Medusa as their platform.

Any of the above could produce a premium product line based on an X3D CCD as well.
 
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adroc_thurston

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Sony could go with a Medusa Halo derived SoC that has only a single active CCD and up specced ram for their next SoC and achieve most everything that they need to. Development costs would be substantially lower, allowing for reasonable unit costs.
Wrong, console volumes mean always semicustom.
MS and Valve could easily transition to using any of the white box Strix Halo uSFF desktops as the basis for a branded product, or they could just push a spec for their OS and let others choose their vendor. Either way, both get generational upgrades over existing hardware if they just go with single CCD Medusa as their platform.
Halo is waayyyyy too expensive for that.
I don't think you have even the basic comprehension of console markers and their cost structures.
 
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Schmide

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Not sure what is the orginal source got it from here https://community.frame.work/t/request-verify-dgpu-support/69392/33
Still someone also tested code compilation in there

but it's a single data point, the difference in within margin of error, and the CLANG compilation results from the slide are showing 9950X with the lead I would expect
That's one of the worst graphs I've ever seen. Higher bars with lower numbers lower bars with higher numbers. Either normalize or don't but mixing and unmatching is not the way to do it.
 

LightningZ71

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Wrong, console volumes mean always semicustom.

Halo is waayyyyy too expensive for that.
I don't think you have even the basic comprehension of console markers and their cost structures.
Halo today, in it's full dress, is most certainly too expensive for that.

Halo in a matured ecosystem, sold at a committed volume in the millions, with only a single CCD, would be substantially less expensive than what we are currently seeing for relatively limited volume shipments to a couple of vendors. Right now, AMD is still pushing to recoup development costs in the units that are sold. They aren't hitting the massive volumes required to amortize those costs downward anytime soon.

As for console volumes meaning always semicustom, certainly in the past. Cost structures are not what they were for the last cycle. The cost per transistor has recently been rising, and development is getting substantially more expensive with each upcoming generation, even when accounting for inflation. Just look at what the XBserX Soc xtor count is at 15.3 billion and compare that to Granite Ridge with a single CCD at just under 12 billion, and that's before you add in the 40cu of the iGPU and the extra 2 memory controller channels of Halo. NAVI33 with 32CUs is 13.3 Billion Xtors, meaning a 40CU RDNA 3.5 is likely pushing nearly 20 billion alone before you add the MALL cache. A Single 12 core CCD of Zen6 plus a Halo IoD/iGPU will easily exceed 35 Billion XTors. That's going to be a MASSIVE monolithic custom SoC, which I don't see them doing for the sheer cost of it. Avoiding that, how else would they do things differently than HALO that would justify the exorbitant cost of custom development? Custom CCDs would be very pricey. Doing a custom IoD on the Halo platform is a possibility, but what would the cost savings be if they downscaled and how would that hamper performance? They won't be able to justify those costs against the volumes that they've sold in the past, and they certainly won't against the expected lower volumes going forward. Customization in the past was also driven by the fact that there wasn't a whole lot out there that could hit the performance targets that they needed in a SoC in that era. Going for a separate GPU with the required performance with a CPU with the level of performance needed would have been substantially more expensive than any developed SoC. Now, with a device like Halo in mass production, why would they even do anything more than customizing the bios or adding a support IC for needed I/O and encryption?

While I agree that, in the past, semicustom was the only way to go, I am of the opinion that any new gaming SoC that AMD makes going forward, for as long as HALO exists, will be no different than the shipping consumer part for HALO than the Z1 Extreme was from Hawk Point. If THAT is what you mean by Semicustom, then, yes. If it isn't, then we must disagree, and I will wait to be proven wrong.
 
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LightningZ71

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It's not without precedent as previous generations have recently used what amounts to the same type of cache. The alternative is a big tear up of the IOD, changing the controllers to GDDR6/7 and making it much wider to achieve the same effective bandwidth. That's going to cost more up front, cost more in parts, increase parts count, make board validation more expensive (extra traces) and cost them power (driving a much wider memory interface at higher speeds will be more energy intensive than staying with the MALL cache layout) which will increase the build cost for the power supply and cooling system. Also, commodity DDR 5 DRAM modules are much cheaper than GDDR6/X/7 modules, especially per GB capacity. Why do all that?
 
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marees

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This is probably good news for the halo stuff
Esp. Medusa halo

Microsoft still wants to build its own Xbox handheld in the future, but Microsoft has decided to prioritize its teams to improve Windows 11 gaming performance, specifically for devices like the ASUS partner device "Project Kennan." It's possible that the existential threat from SteamOS, which on paper delivers better gaming performance than Windows 11 itself, has informed these decisions. Our sources have indicated to us that Microsoft is still deeply investing in developing its own Xbox gaming handheld technology in the future, but it was announced internally today that the priorities are moving more deeply towards third-party OEM handhelds in the interim.

 

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This is probably good news for the halo stuff
Esp. Medusa halo

Microsoft still wants to build its own Xbox handheld in the future, but Microsoft has decided to prioritize its teams to improve Windows 11 gaming performance, specifically for devices like the ASUS partner device "Project Kennan." It's possible that the existential threat from SteamOS, which on paper delivers better gaming performance than Windows 11 itself, has informed these decisions. Our sources have indicated to us that Microsoft is still deeply investing in developing its own Xbox gaming handheld technology in the future, but it was announced internally today that the priorities are moving more deeply towards third-party OEM handhelds in the interim.

None of that is related to the big APU in any capacity whatsoever.
 

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100% this is the way, strix point not strong enough but Halo is king

- 1CCD 8core Halo with 3d cache
- RDNA4 32/40 cores
- pegged at 20-30w mobile
- dock mode for full 100w power

will be the ULTIMATE unbeatable handheld, fluid 1080p for everything

This could probably be done with Strix Halo already.

Single CCD with 3D cache for maximum gaming performance and cache hits that would alleviate the 256bit memory controller for better serving the 40CU iGPU.

Very expensive? Perhaps, but it should be less expensive to make than the 2xCCD AI Max 395.
 
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adroc_thurston

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This gives an opening for the likes of ASUS to work with AMD for fitting in the tablet APU in a meaty handheld
There is no tablet APU, premium FF swimlane is beyond dead.
Single CCD with 3D cache for maximum gaming performance and cache hits that would alleviate the 256bit memory controller for better serving the 40CU iGPU.
Esoteric and wholly pointless.
Just don't.
 

Joe NYC

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You know you can just buy stxH. No one's stopping you.

I think that's what the reference was. Strix Halo with full graphics, only 1 CCD + V-Cache. I think this model would be popular for Mini PCs. Same as the 9800x3d is breaking all records.

There is a lot of retardation among marketing types at AMD, who put together the Strix Halo configurations, by not offering the model that would sell the most units.
 

adroc_thurston

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Strix Halo with full graphics, only 1 CCD + V-Cache. I think this model would be popular for Mini PCs. Same as the 9800x3d is breaking all records.
No it's not.
Buy the halo as is.
Also NUCs are not a real market. There's a good reason Intel jettisoned that BU.
There is a lot of retardation among marketing types at AMD, who put together the Strix Halo configurations, by not offering the model that would sell the most units.
No one cares about V$ for parts with tiny mobile GPU.
The whole point of stxH is it being a bigger, fatter Strix and not something that makes your dick hard.
 

Joe NYC

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No it's not.
Buy the halo as is.
Also NUCs are not a real market. There's a good reason Intel jettisoned that BU.

No one cares about V$ for parts with tiny mobile GPU.
The whole point of stxH is it being a bigger, fatter Strix and not something that makes your dick hard.

Overpriced Cinebench box
vs.
Balanced PC for work + play + AI dabbling

One thing to keep in mind that DIY guys are lazy and many of them are aging. The PC I described, with full Strix Halo CU count + 8 core V-Cache - would serve this market (demographics) even grow it.

But most important part is that it would have all AMD silicon and highest margin for AMD.

But the marketing types don't see this because they wear blinders. No initiative, no vision, no independent thought...

Kind of like dropping the ball by not including MoP, which the same type of "logic" lead them to...
 

adroc_thurston

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Overpriced Cinebench box
Nope.
Balanced PC for work + play + AI dabbling
Nothing balanced about strapping a V$ part to a 60W mobile part.
One thing to keep in mind that DIY guys are lazy and many of them are aging. The PC I described, with full Strix Halo CU count + 8 core V-Cache - would serve this market (demographics) even grow it.
They don't know stxH exists.
It also has no geforce aka you can go kick rocks.
Kind of like dropping the ball by not including MoP
MoP sucks, it's always a last ditch effort.
Just a massive cost adder, twice so for lower volume stuff like stxH.
 

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Overpriced Cinebench box
Well, it seems you have really a narrow view of the Halo family if you think people buy it for Cinebench
One thing to keep in mind that DIY guys are lazy and many of them are aging. The PC I described, with full Strix Halo CU count + 8 core V-Cache - would serve this market (demographics) even grow it.
Does Halo GPU even need x3D cache, it's not terribly powerful GPU. I mean it's like 4060 equivalent if I remember correctly. Do you recommend people pair 9800x3D with 4060 for gaming? One normal CCD, with full GPU, would make more sense if you wanted to optimise for gaming, imo. It would also keep the cost lower.
 
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gdansk

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Does Halo GPU even need x3D cache
No. But this line of thought is throw all the silicon at it for marginally more performance per watt and stacked cache would further that.

I don't think they comprehend how expensive it'd be even with a single CCD. It's the cost of N44+9800X3D in a single part with less performance. Or if they do understand they're not thinking straight. That would be a very hard sell for any gaming market.
 
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StefanR5R

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(taken from the Zen 6 speculation thread)
In this video hardware unboxed seems to hint about new AM5 cpu coming in Q3, multiple times infact
Any ideas what could be incoming ?

Strix Halo on AM5 ?
Fire Range SKU's ?
Dual X3D CCD "9960X3D" ?

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Strix Point (or rebranded as Grogon Point) is rumored to come as Ryzen 9000G series.
Hard to say if this is the right thread to continue, but...
Computerbase reports that mainboard makers told them at Computex that CUDIMM support is coming, presumably with a new cIOD. Which datarates will be supported then is not yet fixed.
Could be Gorgon Point (Zen 5 APU, to replace both Strix Point and Krackan Point in laptops in 2026), but before that released as an AM5 socketed product:
https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-pre...rgon-point-and-epyc-4005-grado-for-am5-socket (April 30)
https://videocardz.com/newz/gigabyte-leak-mentions-ryzen-9000g-for-am5-socket (May 29 — a very very weakly supported rumor)
(but Computerbase.de picked it up despite the weak evidence, maybe they have more undisclosed info to go by) https://www.computerbase.de/news/pr...rwaehnt-die-zen-5-apu-fuer-desktop-pcs.92915/ (May 30)
 
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Joe NYC

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Could be Gorgon Point (Zen 5 APU, to replace both Strix Point and Krackan Point in laptops in 2026), but before that released as an AM5 socketed product:
https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-pre...rgon-point-and-epyc-4005-grado-for-am5-socket (April 30)
https://videocardz.com/newz/gigabyte-leak-mentions-ryzen-9000g-for-am5-socket (May 29 — a very very weakly supported rumor)
(but Computerbase.de picked it up despite the weak evidence, maybe they have more undisclosed info to go by) https://www.computerbase.de/news/pr...rwaehnt-die-zen-5-apu-fuer-desktop-pcs.92915/ (May 30)

Most likely Gorgon Point (Kraken refresh), to go into Dell desktop corporate PCs, with CoPilot+ sticker.
 
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