Zen 6 (''"Morpheus"'') is the name for an upcoming

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from AMD, shown on their roadmap in July 2024. It is the successor to

Zen 5 Zen 5 (''"Nirvana"'') is the name for a CPU microarchitecture by AMD, shown on their roadmap in May 2022, launched for mobile in July 2024 and for desktop in August 2024. It is the successor to Zen 4 and is currently fabricated on TSMC's 5 nm ...

(''"Nirvana"'') and is believed to use

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's 3 nm and 2 nm processes. Desktop processors will be codenamed ''"Medusa"'' under the Ryzen 10000 name, while

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server processors will be codenamed ''"Venice"''. Zen 6 is expected to release in late 2026 to early 2027.

Zen 6c

Like with the previous two

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generations, Zen 6 will come in the standard variant, as well as a high-core-density variant named Zen 6c (''"Monarch"'').

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