Monday, December 12th 2016

AMD RYZEN Brand Name of First Enthusiast "ZEN" CPUs

Dec 12th, 2016 23:54 Discuss (70 Comments)

AMD has apparently chosen RYZEN (pronounced "risen") as the marketing name for the first consumer enthusiast processors based on the "ZEN" micro-architecture. Slated for market availability in Q1-2017, the first RYZEN part will feature 8 cores, 16 threads, 20 MB of total cache (8x 512 KB L2 + 2x 8 MB L3), and a clock speed of over 3.40 GHz. The chips will be built in the socket AM4 package, and will be launched alongside a new wave of motherboards with AMD X370 chipset.

Given the relatively modest clock speeds by AMD's standards, it's safe to say that AMD has made big IPC gains, and is now tapping into those gains. Intel, on the other hand, is clocking its upcoming Core i7-7700K at 4.00-4.40 GHz. AMD is also introducing enthusiast-segment features with RYZEN, including XFR (eXtended frequency range), Smart Prefetch, a tightly tuned power-management system built from the ground up, called AMD Pure Power, and its related feature, AMD Precision Boost.

70 Comments on AMD RYZEN Brand Name of First Enthusiast "ZEN" CPUs

#51

Jism

TheGuruStudThey wanted to hit 95w tdp, apparently. That's a mistake. Need a 125W model.

They develop a CPU with certain specs in mind. Proberly a high-end or "FX" CPU will be having that 125W power enveloppe.

But yes it's stated that 4GHz on air OC was possible and 5GHz on LN2.

#52

natr0n

#53

Xzibit

New preview comparisons wattage and speed in blender

#54

natr0n

natr0n

We finally beat Intel

#55

Steevo

So 1/4 of their performance uplift was from essentially AI, and its faster than a $1100 Intel chip without using its boost.... At first I thought maybe its gaming performance would be a little less as the branch prediction and handling is so much less linear than rendering or media conversion, but apparently is as fast or faster than whatever (unnamed) Intel chip that was in the gaming rig... so maybe its still a little slower than Intel at out of order, and still is slightly slower than them in single threaded, but as long as the price is right... fuck yeah.

#56

Countryside

Ohh that Live brings me back to good old 2003.

#57

thesmokingman

SteevoSo 1/4 of their performance uplift was from essentially AI, and its faster than a $1100 Intel chip without using its boost.... At first I thought maybe its gaming performance would be a little less as the branch prediction and handling is so much less linear than rendering or media conversion, but apparently is as fast or faster than whatever (unnamed) Intel chip that was in the gaming rig... so maybe its still a little slower than Intel at out of order, and still is slightly slower than them in single threaded, but as long as the price is right... fuck yeah.

Yea, it does look promising though we'll still have to wait and see. It is priced to compete with Skylake/Krabs yet they were benching it vs Broadwell E 8core. That will only benefit out wallets.

#58

Countryside

Correct me if im wrong but really 6700k dropping framerate in Dota 2 really am i the only one around here who saw that.

#59

natr0n

CountrysideCorrect me if im wrong but really 6700k dropping framerate in Dota 2 really am i the only one around here who saw that.

It was streaming as well hence drops.

#60

thesmokingman

CountrysideCorrect me if im wrong but really 6700k dropping framerate in Dota 2 really am i the only one around here who saw that.

Not many systems including 6700k can game and encode/stream at the same time. Most pros use two systems to play n stream at the same time.

#61

Countryside

natr0nIt was streaming as well hence drops.

thesmokingmanNot many systems including 6700k can game and encode/stream at the same time. Most pros use two systems to play n stream at the same time.

I hear ya but according to the live the new AMD system was not dropping and Pros don't have to use two of them.

#62

TheLaughingMan

I am sure it is unrelated that all AMD Processors are on sale on Newegg.com right now. www.newegg.com/AMD/EventSaleStore/ID-2029385?Order=PRICE Stock dumb or making room for some Late Dec, Early Jan shipments? If the leaks keep up this trend of being accurate, the assumption about release shortly after CES 2017 might also be real.

I am honestly excited for once. I haven't been this gitty since my AMD 64 X2 4600 chip.

#63

thesmokingman

Lisa did reiterate that they are on target for Q1 2017.

#64

TheGuruStud

Better not mean March (I want Jan >:( ).

#65

Camm

thesmokingmanNot many systems including 6700k can game and encode/stream at the same time. Most pros use two systems to play n stream at the same time.

I'm annoyed with this - the reason usually is is that encoding is multi threaded, so if you take 2 threads for the game, a 6700k only has another two threads (ignoring ht for a sec). Whilst Ryzen is rocking another 6. Of course its going to stream better. I could do the same thing on a 6900k and not get stuttering.

#66

TheGuruStud

CammI'm annoyed with this - the reason usually is is that encoding is multi threaded, so if you take 2 threads for the game, a 6700k only has another two threads (ignoring ht for a sec). Whilst Ryzen is rocking another 6. Of course its going to stream better. I could do the same thing on a 6900k and not get stuttering.

I think that was the point. With current (and likely future) prices Zen is what you want to buy unless you happen to have many hundreds of more dollars for the 6900k.

#67

Caring1

CammI'm annoyed with this - the reason usually is is that encoding is multi threaded, so if you take 2 threads for the game, a 6700k only has another two threads (ignoring ht for a sec). Whilst Ryzen is rocking another 6. Of course its going to stream better. I could do the same thing on a 6900k and not get stuttering.

Did you even watch the video?
They also ran the same game and streamed at the same time using a 6900k as well as the AMD chip, the 6700k dropped frames, the other two didn't.

#68

CounterSpell

looks promissing.

lets wait for benchmarks and prices. till then, we can only expeculate.

anyways, competition is always good

#69

Camm

Caring1Did you even watch the video?
They also ran the same game and streamed at the same time using a 6900k as well as the AMD chip, the 6700k dropped frames, the other two didn't.

Nope, had to work. lol. All I heard is that they did this against a 6700k, with no mention of the 6900k on that bench.

#70

TheLaughingMan

CammNope, had to work. lol. All I heard is that they did this against a 6700k, with no mention of the 6900k on that bench.

you should. Most of the tests were againt the 6900k.

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