Zen 6
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| Launching | 2026 or 2027 (expected) |
| Designed by | AMD |
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| Architecture and classification | |
| Technology node | TSMC 2 nm |
| Microarchitecture | Zen |
| Instruction set | AMD64 (x86-64) |
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| Predecessor | Zen 5 • Zen 5c |
| Successor | Zen 7 • Zen 7c |
Zen 6 ("Morpheus") is the name for an upcoming CPU microarchitecture from AMD, shown on their roadmap in July 2024. It is the successor to Zen 5 ("Nirvana") and is believed to use TSMC's 3 nm and 2 nm processes. Desktop processors will be codenamed "Medusa", expected to be released under the Ryzen 10000 name, while Epyc server processors will be codenamed "Venice".
Zen 6 is expected to release in late 2026 to early 2027. It is expected that each Core Complex Die (CCD) will contain up to 12 cores each, enabling a maximum of 24 cores (48 threads) for consumer platform chips.
The architecture is confirmed to introduce new instruction extensions, including AVX512_BMM, AVX_NE_CONVERT, AVX_IFMA, AVX_VNNI_INT8 and AVX512_FP16.