Latest rumors around AMD have revealed some of the anticipated characteristics of their future generation of desktop processors that would be Ryzen 8000 and would have as code name “Granite Ridge“. Apart from the predictable use of the architecture Zen 5everything seems to indicate that it will be a conservative series in some aspects, especially with regard to maintaining the maximum 16 cores for the mentioned segment.

German news site PC Games Hardware and YouTube channel Moore’s Law is Dead have shared some of the features of AMD Zen 5 processors aimed at desktop computers. Amount cores whose name is Nirvanawill vary depending on the model between six and sixteen. This is in addition to the multiple core clusters combined inside new CCD named “Eldora”.

Continuing with more data exposed by PC gaming hardware, future AMD Ryzen 8000 processors will have a TDP ranging from 65 to 170 watts, up to 64 MB of L3 cache and up to 16 MB of L2 cache.

As for Moore’s Law is Dead, AMD’s alleged roadmap has been leaked, in which you can see the products the company intends to launch between 2022 and 2025. The fact that the word Server appears on the roadmap (server) may indicate that Granite Ridge would not refer to the Ryzen 8000. However, you can see a maximum of sixteen physical cores and a TDP between 65 and 170 watts.

Another detail to consider in the roadmap is the production start date located between the first quarter of 2024 and the first quarter of 2025, but we remember that these are very likely not consumption-oriented models and playing games.

The figures published by PC Games Hardware and Moore’s Law is Dead are in line with what we presented last month when we said that Zen 5 would retain a maximum of sixteen cores on consumer-oriented models. Despite the number of cores not being rumored to increase, Yes, improvements are expected on fronts like CPI.

Leaving aside the possible features of the Ryzen 8000 processors and the Zen 5 architecture, AMD has confirmed that there will be a line with 3D V-Cache in the future, which seems to be well received in the Ryzen 7000. AMD Ryzen 3D V-Cache processors implement a layered level 3 cache, an aspect that can bring some advantages, but with the disadvantage of requiring special handling when it comes to dissipation.