GoKawiilAMD details Zen 6 CPU core architecture changes ahead of launch
Technical analysis of AMD's upcoming Zen 6 CPU core shows it builds on Zen 5 with expanded out-of-order execution structures while reworking integer scheduler layout and branch prediction recovery logic. Testing indicates Zen 6 reduces the latency penalty of branch mispredictions to roughly 3-3.5ns, down from Zen 5's 3.5-4ns, and improves dual-branch-per-cycle handling within the L1 instruction cache.