Wednesday, October 17th 2018
AMD Zen 2 Offers a 13% IPC Gain over Zen+, 16% over Zen 1
AMD "Zen" CPU architecture brought the company back to competitive relevance in the processor market. It got an incremental update in the form of "Zen+" which saw the implementation of an improved 12 nm process, and improved multi-core boosting algorithm, along with improvements to the cache subsystem. AMD is banking on Zen 2 to not only add IPC (instructions per clock) improvements; but also a new round of core-count increases. Bits n Chips has information that Zen 2 is making significant IPC gains.
According to the Italian tech publication, we could expect Zen 2 IPC gains of 13 percent over Zen+, which in turn posted 2-5% IPC gains over the original Zen. Bits n Chips notes that these IPC gains were tested in scientific tasks, and not in gaming. There is no gaming performance data at the moment. AMD is expected to debut Zen 2 with its 2nd generation EPYC enterprise processors by the end of the year, built on the 7 nm silicon fabrication process. This roughly 16 percent IPC gain versus the original Zen, coupled with higher clocks, and possibly more cores, could complete the value proposition of 2nd gen EPYC. Zen 2-based client-segment products can be expected only in 2019.
Source:
Bits n Chips (Twitter)
According to the Italian tech publication, we could expect Zen 2 IPC gains of 13 percent over Zen+, which in turn posted 2-5% IPC gains over the original Zen. Bits n Chips notes that these IPC gains were tested in scientific tasks, and not in gaming. There is no gaming performance data at the moment. AMD is expected to debut Zen 2 with its 2nd generation EPYC enterprise processors by the end of the year, built on the 7 nm silicon fabrication process. This roughly 16 percent IPC gain versus the original Zen, coupled with higher clocks, and possibly more cores, could complete the value proposition of 2nd gen EPYC. Zen 2-based client-segment products can be expected only in 2019.
63 Comments on AMD Zen 2 Offers a 13% IPC Gain over Zen+, 16% over Zen 1
Big news for me is 7nm CPUs really coming Q4'18.
and i did this several months ago so prob not but i did paint a zen CCX redesign and sent it to them, i REALLy hope they use my design.... so i can take some credit....
i really wish AMD could make a tech that takes say... an 8core/16 thread cpu and splits the cores like this... 2 pairs of 4 cores as being two cores but, all 8 cores and 16 threads are splitting and sharing data with one another, so that the games and apps that only use mostly single threaded performance can be like ok 1 core but its 4 total logicals acting as one in single thread and multi-thread uses all 8/16 as like a dual core but like games that support only up to a quad core would see it as a dual or quad but still utilize all the cores/threads 8 or 16 cores (not threads) 8 core would run in 2x 4core/8t and all the cores would add to the performance exponentially so to speak,
idk just an idea.. that is what i wanna see, since most games arnt using 8+ cores yet if any at all... not this bullshit "Dynamic local mode crap" for threadripper 16+ core CPUs... amd dynamic local mode
plus this idea would also work with GPUS so that multiple die or MCM GPUs can also do the same thing, so that 2+ or in pars of 2 say 2 or 4 or 6 die gpus could work as one wether over Infinity fabric or xGMI or whatever maybe the case!!!!
AMDs GPUs NEED MORE ROPS, 64 now just isnt enough anymore... like in Fiji or VEGA... they need 128+ and 384 TMUs 8196 Shaders and (not official-- 4096 RTRT&RTPT Cores) when ever this even happens if it does??? (-RTRT-, real time ray tracing/-RTPT- real time path tracing etc..)
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id like to say.. good analogy! but its prob not right to call it that is it lol