A recent database suggests that AMD may skip the Ryzen 4000 series naming altogether for its next-generation "Zen 3" CPU (aka "Vermeer") Ashes of the Singularity benchmark database has discovered an AMD Ryzen 7 8-core processor with the unexpected name 5800X was found.

The processor's 8-core, 16-thread loadout (discovered by TUM_APISAK, which also provides a link to the entry) will likely launch as a direct successor to the Ryzen 7 3800X and Ryzen 7 3800XT, which offer the same core count. The key difference, however, is the adoption of the Zen 3 architecture, which promises a complete redesign of the existing Zen 2 architecture rather than a simple refresh.

Zen 3 will likely feature the familiar 6-, 8-, 12-, and 16-core CPUs, but this is not yet confirmed.

What we can expect from the new architecture is an increase in instructions per clock (IPC), an important performance metric. Combined with modest clock speed increases and improved cache topology, we can expect even more valuable performance gains for gaming and single-threaded performance.

Ashes of the Singularity is hardly a benchmark for comparison testing; for one thing, it is older, but more than that, it is heavily optimized for AMD technology. Comparatively, Intel chips never do well on this benchmark, which is probably why it is one of the first benchmarks to be released to the public prior to the Red Team announcement.

AMD will announce the Zen 3 processor (tentatively called the Ryzen 5000 series) on October 8 at 12:00pm ET (9:00am PT, 5:00pm BST). Stay tuned for a live stream of that and the Radeon RX 6000 event later that month on October 28.