Rumors suggest that AMD Ryzen 7000 CPUs powered by the Zen 4 architecture will get a 3D V-Cache version in 2023. Much is expected from this series in terms of performance, although new reports claim that the 3D V-Cache technology will not be present.
Ryzen 7000 will not feature 3D V-Cache this year
The 3D V-Cache technology made its desktop debut with the Ryzen 7 5800X3D model and showed good gaming performance for that model. However, this technology may not be as easy to implement in the Ryze 7000 series, at least for now.
ZEN3D currently has only one production line.
ZEN4 will have vcache, and current 3D packaging devices will switch to ZEN4 3D in the future.— Greymon55 (@greymon55) April 14, 2022
The source Greymon55 claims on Twitter that the implementation of 3D V-Cache in the Ryzen 7000 series will not happen this year. Supposedly, the first “Zen 4” processors with 3D V-Cache will launch in 2023, although no exact dates have been given yet.
Greymon55 has also stated that current 3D packaging equipment can be effortlessly transferred to Zen 4 (3D) and that production of next-generation chips can begin as soon as Zen 3D production numbers are reached.AMD will likely halt further production of Zen 3D by the fourth quarter and begin production of Zen 4 (3D) Ryzen in the first quarter of 2023 7000 3D V-Cache CPUs, with the final packaged processors likely to hit retail in mid-Q3 2023, and the initial lineup will include only the standard ‘X’ parts on the X670 board platform. The Ryzen 7000 ‘X3D’ CPUs will be moved to 2023, but that’s good news as we’ll get more 3D V- Cache benefits.
On top of that, AMD may make more than one SKU for the gaming space. the 5800X3D performs great, but users would like to see 3D V-Cache implemented on more mainstream parts in the $250 to $350 range. On top of that, we may see AMD stacking higher capacity 3D V-Cache stacks and opening them up to overclocking in the future.
This year, AMD plans to launch the Ryzen 7000 processors in the third quarter. These first models will ship without the 3D V-Cache technology. Sometime in 2023, the first models with this technology will hit the market.
My sources tell me that ZEN4 3D needs to wait for the production line ZEN3D to stop .So, yes, 2023 is more likely.
— Greymon55 (@greymon55) April 14, 2022
AMD has increased production of its “Zen 3D” chips from 20.000 units to 50,000 units per quarter, so it will be difficult to see this technology integrated into the traditional Ryzen series yet, but would instead be released in “separate” models, such as the 5800X3D.
It’s claimed that production of the first ‘Zen 4 3D’ processors would begin in the first quarter, with a view to launching in the third quarter of 2023, so chips with 3D V-cache would take more than a year to come out.