AMD Zen 6 may bring 24-core Ryzen CPUs and 144 MB cache to X3D chips

AMD's Zen 6 architecture could enable 24-core Ryzen CPUs and 12-core X3D gaming chips with up to 144 MB of L3 cache per chiplet, boosting performance even in games that don't use all cores. Zen 6 packs 12 cores and 48 MB of shared L3 cache per chiplet, a 50% increase over Zen 5's eight cores and 32 MB. This allows single-chiplet 12-core processors, reducing latency from multi-chiplet communication and simplifying X3D designs. The architecture also improves branch prediction and operation cache, potentially raising instructions per clock. AMD's Epyc Venice-X servers already demonstrate 144 MB total cache per chiplet, but consumer clock speeds and power details remain unannounced.