Big and little cores are coming to AMD chips.
With a hybrid CPU, those small cores are perfect for executing the endless little tasks Windows or tray residing programs do in the background. There's no need to fire up a full fat core to do something that takes a millisecond to perform.
At the same time, if you do need lots of multi-threading grunt, those little CPU cores can take up the slack and perform very well—if there are enough of them. Zen 4c cores are sure to be closer in performance to full Zen 4 cores than an Intel Gracemont e-core is to a Golden Cove/Raptor Cove p-core. With AMD following Intel, the future of x86 is hybrid, and it makes perfect sense. From a gaming point of view, there's really no need for lots and lots of performance cores—yet. As long as consoles and laptops remain in the eight core range, developers won't spend the resources to optimize code for the relatively few users with very high core count CPUs. Things like encoding or rendering aside, loads of performance cores don't do a lot for gaming.
We're a long way away from seeing Zen 5 for desktops, but I wouldn't bet against AMD going the Intel route and introducing desktop parts with both types of cores. It's also possible AMD will rebrand Phoenix 2 as aAMD hasn't always experienced smooth sailing when it comes to optimized core utilization, going all the way back to the launch of Threadripper.
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