Thatguybil
Limp Gawd
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My ideal solution would be an 8 core Zen_X3D with a 16 core Zen_C core.Wishful/borderline delusional thinking. Zen 6 might get 12 cores on a single CCD and I wouldn't expect 16 cores until Zen 8 or later.
TSMC's 3nm tech increases transistor density by only 33% compared to the 4nm tech Zen 5 is currently using, which is what Zen 6 will likely be using. 33% more transistors won't fit double the cores on the same sized die.
Additionally, even though TSMC's 5nm tech improved transistor density by 80% compared to 7nm, we got bigger cores with larger caches instead of more cores with Zen 3 to Zen 4. I expect the trend of allocating die space to making larger cores to continue. Single-threaded performance continues to be king of determining overall gaming performance- a hypothetical 7600X3D (6-core X3D Zen 4) solidly beats a 7950x in gaming.
You have the 8 cores with all of the cache for lat next bound computing.
You have the 16 cores for the throughput bound computing.