Tag: Ryzen

AMD to produce lowend CPUs and GPUs using Samsung’s 4nm node

Graphics, News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

Back when the groundbreaking Ryzen processors launched, AMD was still manufacturing almost all of its products at GlobalFoundries, with the exception of chipsets designed by ASMedia. But now, by contrast, it is almost fully tied to the fortunes of TSMC. However, it looks like there could soon be some diversification in place. Samsung-made chips are coming to low-cost processors and they’ll also appear in Radeon graphics cards later. Read more “AMD to produce lowend CPUs and GPUs using Samsung’s 4nm node” »

AMD’s Zen 5 is said to be 40% faster over Zen 4. Can that be real?

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

The day when AMD releases processors with the new Zen 5 core, allegedly the biggest upgrade since the first Zen, is closing in. Their performance remains quite unclear though – on the one hand AMD’s materials talk about a 10–15% or a little bit more performance increase per 1 MHz, but at the same time there are rumors talking about 30% or now even 40% performance increase. So what to believe and what to watch out for? Read more “AMD’s Zen 5 is said to be 40% faster over Zen 4. Can that be real?” »

Zen 6 finally brings more advanced 2.5D chiplets, has RDNA 5 GPU

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

So far, little information has emerged about what to expect from AMD Ryzen processors with the Zen 6 architecture. The core itself should be an evolution of Zen 5, given AMD’s model resembling “tick-tock”, where even-numbered cores are less aggressive enhancements of tech introduced in odd-numbered ground-up redesigns. But it looks like everything else in the SoC could be a radical shift from the aging concept of Ryzen processor uncores. Read more “Zen 6 finally brings more advanced 2.5D chiplets, has RDNA 5 GPU” »

AMD confirms Zen 5 details: 6 ALUs, full-performance AVX-512

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

Zen 5-based AMD processors will launch this year (perhaps in Q3). Unlike Zen 4 which was just Zen 3 refined, Zen 5 will be another big upgrade, and according to various hints including statements by the architect Mike Clark, it could be AMD’s most interesting core since the first Zen. Interestingly, up until now, the only information about it has come from a single YouTuber source. But it has just been officially confirmed directly by AMD. Read more “AMD confirms Zen 5 details: 6 ALUs, full-performance AVX-512” »

Zen 5 is delayed. AMD has confirmed desktop launch in H2 2024

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

First there was a report that things might not be so hot with Intel’s next generation of desktop processors – the 2nm Arrow Lake on the LGA 1851 platform. To make things better, the other side seems to have its own issues too: AMD’s Zen 5 will be delayed. Hopefully it won’t be anything dramatic, but the reports of spring launch that we recently shared won’t come true. It’s not clear if this will also delay gaming models with 3D V-Cache. Read more “Zen 5 is delayed. AMD has confirmed desktop launch in H2 2024” »

Ryzen 9000 with Zen 5 cores is in production. Launch in 3 months?

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

AMD still hasn’t officially said anything about when Zen 5 processors might hit the market. But it looks like it could be surprisingly soon. Usually, if something is supposed to come out “in 2024”, it’s more likely to come out towards the end of it, but according to rumors, the Ryzen 9000 desktop processors (as Zen 5 might be called) could come out in just a few months at an early date, similar to the release of Ryzen 2000. Read more “Ryzen 9000 with Zen 5 cores is in production. Launch in 3 months?” »

Ryzen 8000G parameters leaked. Ryzen 5000GT for AM4 is coming

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

It looks like AMD could launch quite a few new desktop processors after the turn of the year. Last week, alleged specifications of Ryzen 8000Gs were leaked, which will be a desktop version of the 4nm Phoenix SoC with Zen 4 architecture. At the same time, reports appeared telling of new upcoming releases for the old AM4 platform, which is supposedly getting new models again, perhaps also some APUs with integrated graphics. Read more “Ryzen 8000G parameters leaked. Ryzen 5000GT for AM4 is coming” »

Zen 6 document leak: More cores, PCIe 6.0 and 2.5D packaging

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

Some time ago, youtuber Moore’s Law Is Dead leaked the first information with AMD’s Zen 6 architecture coming after the yet-to-be-released Zen 5. Now he has another juicy rumor regarding these CPUs, which could come to market in 2026 (late 2025 at best), as he has received documents showing a server and embedded version of them. These designs may however reveal quite a bit about desktop Ryzens with this architecture as well. Read more “Zen 6 document leak: More cores, PCIe 6.0 and 2.5D packaging” »

Ryzen 8000G APUs launch in two months, Gigabyte reveals date

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

It looks like we finally have an answer to the question of when AMD will finally release “APUs”, or power-efficient monolithic processors with a beefy integrated GPU for the AM5 platform. It was revealed by Gigabyte, and while that isn’t directly from AMD, Gigabyte should be well informed (although the information likely wasn’t supposed to be shared publicly). The company announced the release date of the APUs in a press release. Read more “Ryzen 8000G APUs launch in two months, Gigabyte reveals date” »

Big.LITTLE Ryzen out officially: Phoenix 2 APU with Zen 4c cores

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

In the summer, we reported that AMD started using Zen 4c cores in its Ryzen 7000 laptop processors. AMD appeared to use a new die with small (or compact) Zen 4c cores known as Phoenix 2 or unofficially Little Phoenix to make four and six-core models, alongside the standard versions based on a stripped-down Phoenix chip containing eight big Zen 4 cores. But the release of these APUs has been officially announced by AMD only now. Read more “Big.LITTLE Ryzen out officially: Phoenix 2 APU with Zen 4c cores” »

AMD Zen 6 requiring new socket? Server roadmap may suggest so

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

Last week, a roadmap (or rather a cutout of it) apparently coming from one of the manufacturers of servers and similar hardware that was showing the planned products of the major players – Intel, AMD and Nvidia – was made public on the internet by leaker YuuKi_AnS. It appears to be showing the plans for 2025 or 2026, so time still quite a bit far off and product generations following those that are to come to market now. Read more “AMD Zen 6 requiring new socket? Server roadmap may suggest so” »

AMD Strix Point: 12 cores, 1024 RDNA 3.5 architecture shaders

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

The year 2024 is slowly approaching, in which Zen 5 based AMD Ryzen 8000 processors should come out. Now, a HWiNFO leak has hit the internet, apparently taken on a sample of such a processor, which slipped out from AMD or some board manufacturer, or that someone at those companies screencapped. Thanks to this we have a look at some of the specs of a Strix Point APU, i.e. the Ryzen 8050 for laptops with integrated RDNA 3.5 graphics. Read more “AMD Strix Point: 12 cores, 1024 RDNA 3.5 architecture shaders” »

Threadripper Pro 7995WX: 96 cores, 5.15 GHz, record performance

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

AMD’s Zen 4 processors achieved performance leadership in servers with the 96-core Epyc 9004 “Genoa” (and the 128-core cloud version “Bergamo”). Now this technology is branching into high-end desktop and workstations. The release of Ryzen Threadripper processors with Zen 4 architecture is probably closing in, as a production sample has leaked in the Geekbench benchmark – and it’s the highest SKU that will lead the whole line-up. Read more “Threadripper Pro 7995WX: 96 cores, 5.15 GHz, record performance” »

Ryzen 5 7500F will launch at the end of July, but only in China

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

Just recently, information surfaced online about a new AMD processor with Zen 4 architecture that could be the most affordable model yet on the AM5 platform – the Ryzen 5 7500F, which would be a six-core with disabled graphics that, at a low enough price, could be the answer to Intel’s popular Core i5-13400F. But it looks like, as with the Ryzen 5 5600X3D, we won’t be able to get our hands on it, at least not for now. Read more “Ryzen 5 7500F will launch at the end of July, but only in China” »

AMD quietly launches big.LITTLE, Zen 4c-based Phoenix2 confirmed

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

Many like to diss Intel for hybrid processors but leaks has long been showing that AMD is also preparing their own take on it – the “LITTLE Phoenix” or Phoenix2 APU, to be used in cheaper mobile Ryzen 7000 SKUs. Phoenix2 is to feature Zen 4 big cores and Zen 4c as little cores, which is a compact redesign recently introduced in servers. Now this hybrid SoC has indeed appeared and AMD has officially confirmed it on their website. Read more “AMD quietly launches big.LITTLE, Zen 4c-based Phoenix2 confirmed” »

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