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Executive Editor, PCWorld
News Analysis
Nov 10, 2026
AMD’s next-gen Zen 6 architecture brings 50% more cores and cache per chiplet, substantial improvements under the hood, and tantalizing possibilities for future Ryzen X3D chips.
AMD’s best gaming CPUs have eight cores. Its next generation could pack twelve into the same kind of chiplet, making every single one of them faster.
AMD’s Zen 6 architecture puts 12 full-performance cores and 48MB of shared L3 cache on a single chiplet, up from eight cores and 32MB with Zen 5.
