Zen 2

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Zen 2 is AMD’s second-generation Ryzen/EPYC CPU microarchitecture, known for its 7 nm process, significant IPC gains, and strong multi-core performance in desktops and servers.

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Zen 2 canonical 4
Zen 2 microarchitecture 1

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instanceOf CPU microarchitecture ⓘ
announcementDate 2019-05-27 ⓘ
architectureType out-of-order superscalar ⓘ
codename Matisse (desktop) ⓘ
Renoir (mobile APU, CPU cores) ⓘ
Rome (server) ⓘ
coreDesign chiplet architecture ⓘ
separate CPU core chiplets and I/O die ⓘ
developer AMD ⓘ
Advanced Micro Devices ⓘ
fabricationProcess GlobalFoundries 12 nm I/O die ⓘ
TSMC 7 nm process ⓘ
improvementOverPredecessor better branch prediction ⓘ
higher IPC ⓘ
higher clock speeds potential ⓘ
improved energy efficiency ⓘ
improved floating-point performance ⓘ
larger L3 cache ⓘ
L3CachePerCCX 16 MB ⓘ
L3CachePerChiplet 32 MB ⓘ
launchYear 2019 ⓘ
marketedAs 7 nm CPU microarchitecture ⓘ
marketSegment consumer desktop ⓘ
data center ⓘ
enthusiast desktop ⓘ
workstation ⓘ
maxCoresPerChiplet 8 ⓘ
maxThreadsPerCore 2 ⓘ
notableFeature competitive performance with Intel contemporaries ⓘ
hardware mitigations for some Spectre-class vulnerabilities ⓘ
significant performance-per-watt gains ⓘ
strong multi-core performance ⓘ
partOfSeries Zen microarchitecture family ⓘ
pipelineType deep pipeline ⓘ
predecessor Zen+ ⓘ
successor Zen 3 ⓘ
supports AMD-V ⓘ
AVX2 ⓘ
DDR4 memory ⓘ
FMA3 ⓘ
PCI Express 4.0 ⓘ
linked to: PCI Express

SMT ⓘ
SSE4.2 ⓘ
Secure Encrypted Virtualization ⓘ
Secure Memory Encryption ⓘ
x86-64 instruction set ⓘ
targetPlatform HEDT platforms ⓘ
desktop computers ⓘ
mobile platforms ⓘ
server computers ⓘ
usedIn EPYC 7002 series "Rome" processors ⓘ
EPYC 7742 ⓘ
Ryzen 3000 series desktop processors ⓘ
Ryzen 4000 series mobile processors ⓘ
Ryzen 5 3600 ⓘ
Ryzen 5000G series APUs (some models) ⓘ
Ryzen 7 3700X ⓘ
Ryzen 9 3900X ⓘ
Ryzen 9 3950X ⓘ
Ryzen Threadripper 3000 series processors ⓘ
linked to: Threadripper

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zen → followedBy → Zen 2 microarchitecture ⓘ
linked to: Zen 2
Zen 3 → predecessor → Zen 2 ⓘ