AMD Ryzen 6000 ‘Warhol Zen 3+’ CPUs Reportedly Cancelled, Red Team To Focus on 7nm Ryzen 5000 XT Refresh & 5nm Raphael Zen 4 Chips Instead

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AMD's next-generation Ryzen 6000 CPUs based on the Zen 3+ core architecture and codenamed, Warhol, have reportedly been canceled. The information comes from multiple leakers & insiders whose latest updates suggest that AMD has cut off Warhol from its desktop roadmap and will now be focusing entirely on its Zen 4 Raphael CPUs.

AMD Ryzen 6000 'Warhol' CPUs Based on Zen 3+ 6nm Core Architecture Reportedly Canned, Ryzen 5000 XT Refresh In The Works

The AMD Ryzen 6000 lineup, codenamed Warhol, was expected to feature the Zen 3+ architecture based on the 6nm process node. The lineup would have offered similar gains in performance such as the AMD Zen 2+ (Pinnacle Ridge) chips which were branded as the Ryzen 2000 parts however, it looks like AMD has decided to move away from Warhol and focus on Raphael, its next-generation Zen 4 Desktop CPU lineup.

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This is reported by reliable leaker, ExectuableFix, who states that aside from the leaked roadmap, AMD's Ryzen 6000 Warhol lineup hasn't appeared anywhere yet. He states the Zen 4 based AMD Phoenix (Ryzen 7000) APUs have already shown up in other places and a part that comes earlier hasn't even shown up anywhere yet suggests that it no longer exists. On the other hand, another insider has stated that while AMD has cancelled Warhol CPUs, there's still a refresh coming which would be based on the existing Zen 3 core architecture and feature the 7nm process node known as the Ryzen 5000 XT.

It is likely that given the current CPU shortages and TSMC's inability to keep up with 7nm demand, AMD decided to skip Warhol CPUs and now focus its efforts on the next-generation AM5 platform featuring the Zen 4 based 5nm Raphael Ryzen CPUs. As mentioned above, there would still be an intermediary refresh for the AM4 platform as several manufacturers are readying X570S boards based on the AM4 socket and X570 chipset. These boards are expected to be announced later in May. Following is a video from Moore's Law is Dead & RedGamingTech which pretty much says the same thing:

As for the refreshed Ryzen CPUs, AMD will be boosting the clock speeds & optimizing them but we shouldn't expect to see any IPC uplifts considering they will be based on the same Zen 3 cores and not the updated Zen 3+ cores. This is all just a rumour for now and there's a chance that Warhol may still exist since the previous Ryzen 3000 Refresh was announced and leaked just days before launch. We will see if that's the case.

AMD Zen CPU / APU Roadmap:

Zen ArchitectureZen 6Zen 5 (C)Zen 4 (C)Zen 3+Zen 3Zen 2Zen+Zen 1
Core CodenameMorpheusNirvana (Zen 5)
Prometheus (Zen 5C)
Persphone (Zen 4)
Dionysus (Zen 4C)
WarholCerebrusValhallaZen+Zen
CCD CodenameTBAEldoraDurangoTBCBrekenridgeAspen HighlandsN/AN/A
Process Node3nm/2nm?4nm/3nm5nm/4nm6nm7nm7nm12nm14nm
ServerEPYC Venice (6th Gen)EPYC Turin (5th Gen)EPYC Genoa (4th Gen)
EPYC Siena (4th Gen)
EPYC Bergamo (4th Gen)
N/AEPYC Milan (3rd Gen)EPYC Rome (2nd Gen)N/AEPYC Naples (1st Gen)
High-End DesktopTBARyzen Threadripper 8000 (Shamida Peak)Ryzen Threadripper 7000 (Storm Peak)N/ARyzen Threadripper 5000 (Chagal)Ryzen Threadripper 3000 (Castle Peak)Ryzen Threadripper 2000 (Coflax)Ryzen Threadripper 1000 (White Haven)
Mainstream Desktop CPUsRyzen **** (Medusa)Ryzen 8000 (Granite Ridge)Ryzen 7000 (Raphael)Ryzen 6000 (Warhol / Cancelled)Ryzen 5000 (Vermeer)Ryzen 3000 (Matisse)Ryzen 2000 (Pinnacle Ridge)Ryzen 1000 (Summit Ridge)
Mainstream Desktop . Notebook APUTBARyzen 8000 (Strix Point)
Ryzen **** (Krackan Point)
Ryzen 7000 (Phoenix)Ryzen 6000 (Rembrandt)Ryzen 5000 (Cezanne)
Ryzen 6000 (Barcelo)
Ryzen 4000 (Renoir)
Ryzen 5000 (Lucienne)
Ryzen 3000 (Picasso)Ryzen 2000 (Raven Ridge)
Low-Power MobileTBARyzen 8000 (Escher)Ryzen 7000 (Mendocino)TBATBARyzen 5000 (Van Gogh)
Ryzen 6000 (Dragon Crest)
N/AN/A
Do you think cancelling Warhol to focus on Ryzen 5000 refresh and Zen 4 Raphael CPUs is going to be a good decision by AMD?
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