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