The AMD Zen 5 Microarcitecure

AMD unveiled the Zen 5 CPU microarchitecture at Computex 2024, introducing the Ryzen AI 300 series for mobile and Ryzen 9000 series for desktops. The Ryzen AI 300 series features the XDNA 2 NPU promising 50 TOPS of AI performance and RDNA 3.5 graphics for enhanced visuals. The Zen 5 architecture brings improvements like a dual-pipe fetch and advanced branch prediction for reduced latency and increased accuracy. It boasts a 16% better IPC than Zen 4, with enhancements in data bandwidth, ALUs, and FPU. The Ryzen AI 300 series includes the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 and Ryzen AI 9 365, offering a mix of Zen 5 and Zen 5c cores for high-performance notebooks. On the other hand, the Ryzen 9000 series for desktops features four models with Zen 5 cores, offering up to 16 cores and 5.7 GHz boost clock. These processors support overclocking and come with unlocked CPU multipliers. Both series leverage the latest Zen 5 microarchitecture, with the Ryzen 9000 series utilizing the TSMC N4 node and the AM5 platform.