Possible AMD Zen 5 CPU spotted on distributed computing platforms
It's very possible that AMD is already testing early renditions of Zen 5 CPUs.
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There have been two sightings of a possible Zen 5 CPU being tested on two major distributed computing platforms. These platforms are LHC@Home and Einstein home, making it possible that somebody at AMD is testing some of this early tech. Fortunately for us, some of this benchmarking software leaves a trace. That is how a possible AMD Zen 5 CPU was spotted on distributed computing platforms.
Possible Zen 5 CPU spotted on distributed computing platforms
LHC@Home and Einstein Home mark two very popular distributed computing platforms, and thanks to Bencheaks on Twitter, we might have one of the first glimpses of a Zen 5 CPU actually existing in the world right now. That’s the theory anyway.
But why are these CPUs thought to be Zen 5 CPUs? For that, we need to examine the postings from LHC@Home and Einstein Home.
Here we have LHC@Home, you can clearly see that the CPU type is labeled AuthenticAMD
AMD Eng Sample: 100-000001290-11_N [Family 26 Model 64 Stepping 0].
Next, we have Einstein Home, which also indicated not just the same CPU architecture, but the same CPU.
This is incredibly significant if we take “Family 26” into consideration, as Videocardz reports:
“The 25 (19H) was used for Zen3 and Zen4 architectures, while Family 24 (18H) included Zen2, Zen+, and Zen. The ID of 26 has not been used before, which strongly suggests a new architecture.” – Videocardz
Family 26 has never been used to classify an AMD CPU before, as VideCardz explained, Family 25 was used for Zen 4 and Zen 3, whilst Family 24 was for Zen 2, Zen +, and Zen. These findings make it very likely that Family 26 is indicative of a new CPU architecture.
This may very well be the beginning of the Zen 5 leaks, but it’s also important to note that this could be a refresh of Zen 4, or it could be something else entirely, we don’t know for sure. We can only use what we know about past CPUs to make claims about Zen 5. However, we do hope this is true.
It is incredibly possible that an AMD Zen 5 CPU was just spotted on distributed computing platforms.
