AMD Zen 6 CPUs tipped to arrive with up to 96 MB L3 cache on non-X3D model

Now that AMD's Zen 5 lineup is mostly out, rumours about the next-gen Zen 6 CPUs have stated showing up more frequently. For starters, the top-spec desktop model (Ryzen 9 11,950X, maybe) will no longer cap out at 16 CPU cores. A previous leak said that figure could go as high as 24. A new one from Weibo now sheds more light on that.

AMD plans to increase the amount of L3 cache per CCD to 48 MB. So, a 24-core CPU with 2 Zen 6 CCDs will have 96 MB of L3 cache. If we add a 64 MB 3D V-cache tile to one CCD, that gets us 160 MB of L3 cache or a whopping 224 MB if both CCDs get one. But, as of now, it is far too early to speculate what Zen 6 X3D has lined up, although it would be as good a time as any to show off a dual V-cache CPU in the consumer segnemtn. 

Next, AMD will cram 16 Zen 6c cores in one CCD along with 64 MB of L3 cache. A 32-core SKU with 2 such CCDs and 128 MB L3 cache exists, although it isn't clear what lineup it belongs to. If Strix Point is anything to go by, some laptop parts could come with a mix of Zen 5 and Zen 5 CCDs. And they'll be found on some next-gen Epyc server chips, which should also benefit from the extra cache.