Zen 4 promises to be a genuine advancement over Zen 3, offering significant improvements and new features.
Zen 4 promises to be a genuine advancement over Zen 3, offering significant improvements and new features.
It seems you're comparing the performance improvements between Gen 13th Intel and Zen 4 to earlier generations like Zen 2, Zen 3, and the newer Alder Lake/Rocket Lake lines. You mentioned you won't be covering those later models, so I'll focus on how the transition from Gen 13th Intel to Zen 4 might feel in terms of gains over previous generations.
Uncertainty remains about the actual gains. Zen 3 to 4 performance improvements are claimed over 15% in single-threaded tasks, combining IPC and frequency increases. I’ll assume a modest increase of around 15% overall compared to today’s results. If Intel doesn’t make any progress, Zen4 should match previous single-threaded speeds since the 12th generation already exceeds that by over 15%. Zen4 is expected to excel in multithreaded applications due to its full core support, potentially reaching up to 32 cores. The 13th generation will likely focus more on E-cores and maintain a 8-core configuration. In real-world scenarios, the difference in games and everyday use should be minimal. This applies to all existing Zen 2 through 12 generations as well. Personally, I play on mid-range CPUs like the 8700k/5700xt and 10900kf/3080, often not noticing any noticeable change unless I adjust settings.