AMD could launch Ryzen 6000 CPUs in early 2022 to fight back against Intel

AMD has confirmed that new Ryzen processors using the 3D V-Cache tech it revealed back in June will debut early in 2022, with a big performance uplift compared to existing Ryzen 5000 CPUs.

This revelation was made as AMD celebrated the five-year anniversary of the launch of Ryzen chips, in a YouTube video with the firm’s chief marketing officer John Taylor, and director of technical marketing, Robert Hallock.

With the confirmation that new Zen 3 CPUs will be here at the start of 2022 – a refresh of existing models with the aforementioned 3D V-Cache beefing up cache performance – Taylor noted that these processors are set to deliver a 15% performance uplift with the cache alone, adding that it’s “like a generational uplift” in gaming performance.

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