AMD Zen 3 CPUs could be more powerful than expected with double digit IPC boost

AMD Zen 3 will feature a hefty instruction per clock increase over its predecessor, new rumours claim. The third generation of the Zen architecture is not expected to be all that dissimilar from Zen 2, beyond the shift to the new and improved N7+ process from TSMC. However, rumours now suggest that Zen 3 could be more exciting that we first imagined. Booting the Zen 3 rumour mill back up to life, word comes from tech forum Chiphell and user Zoo. These remain unconfirmed at this time, and we’re unlikely to get official word from AMD on this matter for a long, long time – like months even. The post claims an IPC increase of 1x%, so we’re potentially talking a double digit improvement with Zen 3. An engineering sample is also said to be running at 100-200MHz faster than Zen 2, which is promising for a product nearly a year out from launch. The frequency bump likely stems from the improvements TSMC – AMD’s foundry partner of choice for its high-performance silicon – is able to offer its customers with the shift from the N7 process node to N7+.
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