Overview
- AMD said EPYC “Venice” on Zen 6 targets over 70% combined performance and efficiency improvement versus Zen 5 “Turin,” plus more than 30% higher thread density, based on internal SPECrate2017_int estimates.
- Zen 6 debuts in 2026 on TSMC’s 2 nm process in both high‑performance “Zen 6” and efficiency‑focused “Zen 6C” variants with more AI pipelines and new AI data type support.
- Zen 7 appeared on the roadmap as a future‑node successor that introduces a new matrix engine and expanded AI data formats, with timing and specifications undisclosed.
- The client plan lists Gorgon in 2026 as a Zen 5 refresh and Medusa in 2027 on Zen 6, with AMD projecting greater than 10× on‑device AI performance for Medusa.
- AMD also previewed system and graphics plans, including Helios servers pairing EPYC Venice with CDNA5 GPUs over 5th‑gen Infinity Fabric and a next‑gen gaming GPU architecture beyond RDNA featuring Radiance Cores, Neural Arrays and a Universal Compression Engine.