AMD AM5 LGA 1718 processor socket for the next generation Ryzen desktop processors shown in latest renderings

Renderings of AMD’s next-generation AM5 processor socket that will support the next Ryzen Desktop processors in 2022 have been released by ExecutableFix. The renderings show a retention socket similar to that of Intel’s consumer LGA socket.

This is what AMD’s AM5 processor socket will look like for next-gen Ryzen desktop processors

The AMD AM5 platform will bring a host of new features and will also feature the latest LGA 1718 socket designed to support the next generation Ryzen Desktop. Renderings of this new socket were released by ExecutableFix which was also the first to unveil the IHS and package design of Raphael Desktop processors powered by Zen 4 which are targeting a 2022 launch.

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Looking at the renderings, we can see that the retention design for the AM5 ‘LGA 1718’ socket is very similar to existing Intel processor sockets. The socket has a single latch and you don’t have to worry about pins under your precious processors anymore. Next-gen Ryzen processors will include a ground grid array wrapper and the pins will be present in the socket itself which will contact the LGA pads under the processor.

AMD Ryzen ‘Rapahel’ Zen 4 desktop processor socket and packaging images (Image credits: ExecutableFix):

As the pictures reveal, the AMD Ryzen Raphael desktop processors will feature a perfect square shape (45x45mm) but house a very chonky or IHS integrated heat sink. The particular reasoning behind this is so dense is unknown, but it could be to balance the heat load across multiple chiplets or for some other purpose altogether. The sides are similar to the IHS featured on the Intel Core-X line of HEDT processors.

We can’t tell if the two partitions on either side are cutouts or just reflections of the render, but in the case of those cutouts, we can expect the thermal solution to have been designed to exhaust air, but it would mean that hot air would be blown to the motherboard VRMs or be trapped in this central chamber. Again, this is only speculation, so let’s wait and see the final chip design and remember this is a mockup render, so the final design could look a lot different. .

AMD Ryzen ‘Rapahel’ Zen 4 Desktop Processor Contact Plate Images (Image Credits: ExecutableFix):

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Here’s everything we know about AMD’s Raphael Ryzen ‘Zen 4’ desktop processors

The next-generation Zen 4-based Ryzen Desktop processors will be codenamed Raphael and replace the Zen 3-based Ryzen 5000 Desktop processors codenamed Vermeer. Based on current information, Raphael processors will be based on the 5nm Zen 4 core architecture and feature 6nm I / O arrays in a chip design. AMD has suggested increasing the core count of its next-gen consumer desktop processors, so we can expect a slight increase from the current maximum of 16 cores and 32 threads.

The brand new Zen 4 architecture is said to offer up to 25% IPC gain over Zen 3 and achieve clock speeds of around 5 GHz.

“Mark, Mike and the teams did a phenomenal job. We are as good as we are with the product today, but with our ambitious roadmaps, we are focusing on Zen 4 and Zen 5 to be extremely competitive.

“There will be more base counts in the future – I wouldn’t say those are the limits! This will come as we expand the rest of the system.

AMD CEO, Dr Lisa Su via Anandtech

AMD’s Rick Bergman on Next Gen Zen 4 Cores for Ryzen Processors

Q- To what extent will the performance gains provided by AMD’s Zen 4 processors, which are expected to use a 5nm TSMC process and could arrive in early 2022, come from instruction-per-clock (IPC) gains as opposed to number of cores and increasing clock speed.

Bergman: “[Given] the maturity of the x86 architecture now, the answer has to be, in a way, all of the above. If you’ve looked at our tech paper on Zen 3, it’s this long list of things we’ve done to get that 19% off [IPC gain]. Zen 4 going to have a long list of similar stuff, where you look at everything from caches to branch prediction, [to] the number of gates in the execution pipeline. Everything is scrutinized to get more performance.

“Certainly [manufacturing] process opens an additional door for us to [obtain] better performance per watt, etc., and we will benefit from that as well. “

AMD EVP, Rick Bergman, via The Street

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Raphael Ryzen Desktop processors are also expected to feature RDNA 2 integrated graphics, which means that just like Intel’s consumer desktop line, AMD’s consumer line will also include support for iGPU graphics. As for the platform itself, we will have the brand new AM5 platform which will support DDR5 and PCIe 5.0 memory. The Zen 4-based Raphael Ryzen processors aren’t expected until late 2022, so there’s still plenty of time to launch. The line will compete with Intel’s 13th generation Raptor Lake desktop processor line.

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