AMD dishes out more Zen 5 details — compact core is 25% smaller than the normal core, new SoC and chip architecture with dual CCXs

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AMD recently held its Zen 5 Tech Day, unveiling the details of its soon-to-be-released Ryzen 9000 'Granite Ridge' and Ryzen AI 300 'Strix Point' processors to the world. There was plenty of information, but the company followed up this week with even more deep-dive details on its Zen 5 microarchitecture and SoC layout.

AMD revealed that its Zen 5c 'compact' cores are roughly 25% smaller than the standard full-fat Zen 5 cores and that the two core types have varying amounts of cache on the same die — a first for an AMD design. The company also announced many other interesting technical details, which we'll cover below.

The SoCs and Zen 5c's ~25% reduction in die area