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AMD ZEN 8-core Summit Ridge To launch January 17th 2017
You should mark that date in your agenda, 17-1-2017 as there now is a very strong indication that the 8-core ZEN processors from AMD is to be launched or available on that date. An AMD China partner called Maxsun shared some detail on the launch., which found its way onto the web.
Before we begin, as always rumors are just that ... rumors and we certainly can't verify this information. However, the indication and partner seems valid. That would mean availability of AMD Zen on January the 17th, which matches up with a CES 2017 announcement (5th of January through the 8th)
Yesterday we already mentioned an indication for Summit Ridge processors (the 8-core ZEN part) pricing, MAXSUN here as well confirms that pricing scheme. The companies SR7 processors (high-end SKUs) in the Zen line-up would sit in the 1500-2000 Yuan segment, and that is $200-$300.
MAXSUN also kind of confirmed the clock frequency range for AMD's next processors as they are quoting 3.15-3.30 GHz base clocks with 3.5 GHz boost clocks (similar to Intel's most high-end 8 and 10-core SKUs). On top of that they claim the processors can be clocked to 4.2 GHz fairly easily with conventional cooling and up to 5 GHz with LN2. In the posted screenshots they mention that the top-end SKU can compete with the Intel 6850K
Let me end where I began, as always rumors are just that ... rumors. But this one does seem valid. Let's hope that the hype is real.
The initial “Zen” CPU core will come to market first in an 8-core, 16-thread system-on-chip for desktops (=Summit Ridge). The "Summit Ridge" Zen family will feature a unified AM4 socket with its GPU-equipped "Bristol Ridge" APU counterparts, and feature DDR4 support and a an expected 95W TDP. We expect each Zen core will have four integer units, two address generation units and four floating point units, and the decoder can decode four instructions per clock cycle. L1 data cache size is 32 KiB and L2 cache size 512 KiB per core. 2 CCUs = 2x8MB (L3) + 8x512KB (L2) = 20MB
In a recent presenation AMD shows Summit Ridge to be faster compared to an octacore-Broadwell-E at the same clock frequency.
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#5362295 Posted on: 11/24/2016 02:29 AM
A hidden part of this is the turbo method. It will most likely play a crucial role for the initial impressions.
A hidden part of this is the turbo method. It will most likely play a crucial role for the initial impressions.
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#5362318 Posted on: 11/24/2016 04:48 AM
What makes you say that?
They've already said that their top end is going to compete with a 6 core haswell/broadwell-e.
They did same thing with the FX bulldozer; showed a couple benches where they were faster than the i7s but of course we know how that ended.
It was against i7 6900K, that's 8core if im not mistaken.
What makes you say that?
They've already said that their top end is going to compete with a 6 core haswell/broadwell-e.
They did same thing with the FX bulldozer; showed a couple benches where they were faster than the i7s but of course we know how that ended.
It was against i7 6900K, that's 8core if im not mistaken.
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#5362319 Posted on: 11/24/2016 04:54 AM
The funny thing is, if the IPC is slightly less or even on par with Kaby Lake Intel fans will call it a fail. Ironically, if it is on par with Kaby Lake then the 8-core Zen would effectively, if all threads can be utilised, basically twice as fast as an i7-6700K. It would also mean because of hyperthreading the 4-core version would be the equivalent of the i7-6700K, not the i5-6600K. Therefore, even if the 4-core it is fractionally slower than the i7-6700K it will likely be much cheaper. If the 8-core version is the i7-6700K price and the 4-core version if the i7-6700K performance equivalent, it puts things into perspective
. Even if the clocks are lower, people need to consider all factors and not just think 'no pain, no gain'. You know, because Zen may not Hertz so much 
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The funny thing is, if the IPC is slightly less or even on par with Kaby Lake Intel fans will call it a fail. Ironically, if it is on par with Kaby Lake then the 8-core Zen would effectively, if all threads can be utilised, basically twice as fast as an i7-6700K. It would also mean because of hyperthreading the 4-core version would be the equivalent of the i7-6700K, not the i5-6600K. Therefore, even if the 4-core it is fractionally slower than the i7-6700K it will likely be much cheaper. If the 8-core version is the i7-6700K price and the 4-core version if the i7-6700K performance equivalent, it puts things into perspective
. Even if the clocks are lower, people need to consider all factors and not just think 'no pain, no gain'. You know, because Zen may not Hertz so much .
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#5363320 Posted on: 11/27/2016 01:52 AM
January 17 2017 cannot come soon enough ! Counting the days , we are at -51 days and counting back for the release of Zen...
January 17 2017 cannot come soon enough ! Counting the days , we are at -51 days and counting back for the release of Zen...
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The only official word from AMD for its performance was the 3GHz Cinebench comparison versus a 3GHz Broadwell-E on the same system configuration. In that part, the Zen cores were a bit faster.
Where have they said it will go against six cores? The only thing we have are some Chinese leaks. As for Zen, it seems that the whole presentation is much more restrained than the Bulldozer one, which actually gives me much more hope about the part's actual performance. Anandtech has also done a whole architectural digest. We don't have performance numbers, sure, but it seems like it could go against Intel's top CPUs.
I am expecting it to compete with 6900K the 8-core Zen that is. At least in some areas. They are close enough in clocks with latest ES also 50mhz apart. Since Blender has always been Intels strong point vs AMD.