… When AMD launched Zen 4, the refrain was, "wait for Raptor Lake." After Intel launched Raptor Lake a few weeks later, it was "wait for Zen 4 V-Cache." A few months after that, AMD did a paper launch for Zen 4 V-Cache, but didn't include pricing, a launch date, or benchmarks. …
… However, it's shown with the Ryzen 7 5800X3D that it can exceed Intel's performance in games even with a clock speed deficit. That's rather impressive, so we're very curious to see if V-Cache makes it to Zen 4, or if the 5800X3D remains a one-off CPU experiment. …
… Now Read : Alder Lake Extravaganza: Intel Unloads Details on its Next-Gen CPU AMD Roadmap Leak: Major Platform, Graphics Changes Coming in Zen 4 The Ballad of AM4: How AMD Stretched a CPU Socket From 28nm to 7nm
… AMD drew this roadmap years in advance. AMD will introduce Zen 4 later this year, but the CPUs that will become Zen 5 and Zen 6 are already in-development. …