https://wccftech.com/amd-next-gen-ryzen-7000-raphael-zen-4-cpu-rumors-computex-announcement-x670-flagship-chipset-with-ddr5-pcie-5-support-rdna-2-igpu/ > There are new rumors regarding AMD's next-generation Ryzen 7000 CPUs codenamed Raphael and based on the 5nm Zen 4 core architecture. > The next-generation Zen 4 based Ryzen Desktop CPUs will be codenamed Raphael and will replace the Zen 3 based Ryzen 5000 Desktop CPUs that are codenamed, Vermeer. From the information we currently have, Raphael CPUs will be based on the 5nm Zen 4 core architecture & will feature 6nm I/O dies in a chiplet design. AMD has hinted at upping the core counts of its next-gen mainstream desktop CPUs so we can expect a slight bump from the current max of 16 cores & 32 threads.