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It was a bit to be expected; unless Zen 4 were slated for early 2022 they would need a filler CPU, if only to appease the OEMs. An optimized Vermeer with a slight speedbump and potentially a fix for that spectre-like breach would certainly do very well in that regard.

Also, if the next APUs would come too early for Zen 4, using Zen3+ would definitely make sense here, too. Especially considering how well Zen 2 already was and any additional performance with Zen 3 will already be a very tough pill to swallow for Intel, so having some Zen 3 filler would not hurt AMD either - unless Alder lake is coming with such a huge perf/watt increase that it makes Renoir look old and weak , which I very much doubt