It looks like we’re getting an early glimpse into the next wave of CPUs from AMD and Intel, as AIDA64’s latest update through version 7.70.7500 quietly added preliminary support for two major upcoming architectures – AMD’s Zen 6 and Intel’s Wildcat Lake.
Thanks to Team Red’s “sensible naming”, we all expect the successor of Zen 5 to be, uh, Zen 6 as expected, and with every new generation, there’s gonna be a bump in more performance, particularly in changes to the Core Complex Die (CCD) layout this time around, as it is said to be moving from 8 to 12 per CCD.
Other possible design details include the retention of 3D V-Cache at 96MB L3 per chiplet, laptop variants moving to chiplet-based layout (according to some other leaks mentioning Medusa Point that comes with 12-core compute die and a 200mm² I/O die with an integrated RDNA GPU), and more. For the EPYC-class of offerings, it’s probably packing more cores while maintaining compatibility.
As for Intel, we have Wildcat Lake taking over the baton from Alder Lake-N, and as opposed to the retiring “E-Core Only” approach, Wildcat Lake is gonna use the “P+E” formula running Cougar Cove P-cores and Darmount E-cores. If leaks hold true, it will also inherit the SoC design elements from Lunar Lake, using low-power LPE cores in the SoC tile, while sharing architectural DNA with Panther Lake’s hybrid core mix.
As for the role of AIDA64 in all of these, the tool doesn’t confirm specs but rather the “existence” of these upcoming CPUs. Also, the same update also expands support for AMD’s current-gen Turin and Shimada Peak chips, as well as Intel’s Barlett Lake-S lineup, along with various GPU, peripheral, and handheld improvements.
Source: Tom’s Hardware
