Discussion Zen 7 speculation thread

[adroc_thurston]

Zen 7 uses 40% less power than zen 6 for the same performance

https://twitter.com/x/status/1993349207856492554

A14 itself is 25-30% less power iso perf so yeah

 

[soresu]

A14 itself is 25-30% less power iso perf

Vs N2?

 

[adroc_thurston]

Vs N2?

Yuh.

 

[soresu]

Yuh.
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Super Power Rail is their brand of backside power delivery?

 

[adroc_thurston]

Super Power Rail is their brand of backside power delivery?

Yeah.

 

[MoistOintment]

Zen 7 uses 40% less power than zen 6 for the same performance

https://twitter.com/x/status/1993349207856492554

Valve is waiting for something like Zen 7? Call me skeptical, but Valve has made it quite clear by now, both in action and interviews, that they're not interested in adopting the current gen architectures for their hardware because they want to pursue volume at low cost. If Valve is waiting for Zen 7, then that means we shouldn't expect a Steam Deck 2 until after the launch of Zen 8. Maybe they are, but does that mean we're potentially 5+ years away from a SteamDeck 2?

 

[desrever]

The CPU probably isn't what would be keeping Valve from launching steam deck 2. If anything, they would be waiting for AMD to move past RDNA 3.5.

Zen 7 uses 40% less power than zen 6 for the same performance

https://twitter.com/x/status/1993349207856492554

 

[marees]

The CPU probably isn't what would be keeping Valve from launching steam deck 2. If anything, they would be waiting for AMD to move past RDNA 3.5.

There are no monolithic low power rdna 5 apus with zen 6 medusa

Zen 7 grimlock point 4 should come in at 15 watts or less

 

[511]

Zen 7 uses 40% less power than zen 6 for the same performance

https://twitter.com/x/status/1993349207856492554

It's amazing how is sounds but Intel said the same with Panther Lake vs Lunar Lake node shrink gives 25-30% Power reduction ezy plus some architectural improvement and 40% is not a tall order.

 

[SteinFG]

Valve is waiting for something like Zen 7? Call me skeptical, but Valve has made it quite clear by now, both in action and interviews, that they're not interested in adopting the current gen architectures for their hardware because they want to pursue volume at low cost. If Valve is waiting for Zen 7, then that means we shouldn't expect a Steam Deck 2 until after the launch of Zen 8. Maybe they are, but does that mean we're potentially 5+ years away from a SteamDeck 2?

Zen 7 would be too new for a 2028 launch from valve. a 4.0 ghz zen6c is already way ahead of 3.5 ghz zen2 that's in the steam deck, and probably uses the same amount of power. And now that Ryzen Z series is an actual line of products, amd can justify making a refresh of MDS1 with RDNA 5 instead of 3.5; there's no need for amd to wait until Zen7 to put a decent GPU architecture into their mainstream APUs