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AMD announced its first Zen 3 (Ryzen 5000 series) desktop CPUs on October 8.
Compared to Zen 2 (Ryzen 3000 series) CPUs, the Zen 3 microarchitecture has higher boost clocks and around 19% higher instructions per clock. A unified core complex die (CCD) allows 8 cores to access up to 32 MB of L3 cache, instead of two groups of 4 cores accessing 16 MB each, leading to lower latency and more cache available for any particular core. TDPs are the same as the previous generation, leading to a 24% increase in performance per Watt.
AMD estimates a 26% average increase in gaming performance at 1080p resolution, with the Zen 3 CPUs beating or tying Intel's best CPUs in most games.
Ryzen 9 5950X, 16 cores, 32 threads, boosts up to 4.9 GHz, 105W TDP, $800.
Ryzen 9 5900X, 12 cores, 24 threads, boosts up to 4.8 GHz, 105W TDP, $550.
Ryzen 7 5800X, 8 cores, 16 threads, boosts up to 4.7 GHz, 105W TDP, $450.
Ryzen 5 5600X, 6 cores, 12 threads, boosts up to 4.6 GHz, 65W TDP, $300.
You may have noticed that these prices are exactly $50 more than the launch prices for the Ryzen 3000 equivalents released in 2019. The 5600X is the only model that will ship with a bundled cooler.
The CPUs will all be available starting on November 5. AMD will stream an announcement for its RX 6000 series of high-end GPUs on October 28.
See also: AMD Zen 3 Announcement by Lisa Su: A Live Blog at Noon ET (16:00 UTC)
AMD Teases Radeon RX 6000 Card Performance Numbers: Aiming For 3080?
Previously: AMD's Zen 3 CPUs Will Not be Compatible with X470, B450, and Older Motherboards
AMD Reverses BIOS Decision, Intends to Support Zen 3 on B450 and X470 Motherboards
AMD Launching 3900XT, 3800XT, and 3600XT Zen 2 Refresh CPUs: Milking Matisse
AMD Zen 3, Ryzen 4000 Release Date, Specifications, Performance, All We Know
(Score: 3, Interesting) by takyon on Friday October 09 2020, @07:38PM (2 children)
Zen 4 could have a big (1 GB or larger) L4 cache stacked on the I/O die. That could contribute to the general IPC gains, or just benefit certain applications. There's also rumors [wccftech.com] of a graphics chiplet, so you might not need a discrete GPU anymore. Higher core counts are likely, e.g. 24 cores for a 5950X replacement. A TSMC "5nm" node should allow for smaller 8-core chiplets or 12 cores per chiplet.
If all of the above is correct, Zen 4 would be a great option for someone who wants absurdly high compute performance, but doesn't care about gaming (although an RDNA 3 chiplet might be sufficient for gaming too).
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 10 2020, @12:43PM
you can get a pci-e slot card that has a socket for sfp+ module. these modules have 10Gbps versions ... or if you have the estate ... 80km... from your pci-e slot ... errr ...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 10 2020, @06:53PM
Yep, that's me. For me, programming IS the game.