AMD 8-core Ryzen Processor spotted running 3.6 GHz base and 3.9 GHz Turbo

Agonist

2017-01-06 22:32

Still a little underwhelmed at the chipset but the processor is looking the part. Can't wait to see boss mans review. From the pictures it looks like the same retainers as AM2/AM2+/AM3/AM3+.

The sockets are longer sadly for AM4 with the same same design as before.

#5379040

Elder III

2017-01-06 23:36

When is the Official launch date for Zen? Meaning when can we go to Micro center and pick one up?

To the best of my knowledge there has not been an official launch date yet. I'm hoping that we will get one announced by the end of CES. At this point, Q1 2017 is all we know.

#5379083

A M D BugBear

2017-01-07 03:42

How on earth can you even say that without first knowing the prices. I think there will be many versions of the 8/16 and the bottom one might be affordable. Maybe they start out as 3.4 chips all the way up to 4.0. So you buy the Ryzen 8/16 3.4 @ 200 pound and OC it up a little. It'll be between 200-300 pound btw cause i have my sources. 🙂

200-300 POUNDS??? DAMN! If its true on the performance we have seen on the tech demos, at 4ghz, and the price of these nasty bad boys, and performance comparable to the expensive intel cpu, then there absolutely no question at this very moment, amd may take the crown back, I remember owning both p4 and amd athlon 64, and the athlon was the gaming choice at that time, f'in smoked the intel. An athlon x64 @ 2.4ghz smoked the p4 3.6-3.8ghz range. Can't wait for Mr. Hilbert himself doing benches on these bad boys, along with vega. This may be AMD's year, just gotta wait and see.

#5379087

CPC_RedDawn

2017-01-07 04:04

hmmmm..... if this can compete with broadwell-e/skylake for IPC and overclock to at the very least 4.5GHz with relative ease. I would love to ditch Intel and jump onto an AMD platform. Hilbert come on dude, can't you tease us with anything? 🤓

#5379092

chispy

2017-01-07 04:19

We need a release date and prices asap ! Again @ the waiting game .... :/

#5379183

Amx85

2017-01-07 14:26

Idk but 3.60GHz base sounds 125w tdp

#5379203

nz3777

2017-01-07 16:32

To the best of my knowledge there has not been an official launch date yet. I'm hoping that we will get one announced by the end of CES. At this point, Q1 2017 is all we know.

Thanks for replying Elder III, it's going to be so weird to see a new amd chipset on the shelfs lol, It's been Am3+ Fm2 for the past 4-5 years, and they are always on the bottom of the shelf/ Cheper alternative to intel. Can't wait for the ryzen launch fun times ahead Iam hoping. I think some of us including myself have been a little harsh against Intel, we're so quick to call them out and complain, let's not forget they were the only ones who filled the gap while amd has been sleeping since Fx release. Lol

#5379224

PrMinisterGR

2017-01-07 17:52

Idk but 3.60GHz base sounds 125w tdp

If the TDP is really 95W, that is going to be one of the biggest surprises of this release.

#5379300

-Tj-

2017-01-08 00:37

If the TDP is really 95W, that is going to be one of the biggest surprises of this release.

It is, he's just talking rubbish. I mean why would AMD say it in the first place, also earlier ES lower clocks don't matter. Skylake or Haswell ES had 2.4Ghz and 95w TDP and you see what's final speed at same TDP. 4core 8threads ryzen with just 65W TDP.

If there is a 6 core 12 thread version coming out, Ill upgrade. I cant afford to go 8 core Zen anytime soon. I will never go back to another 4 core 8 thread cpu. My last 2 have been 6 core 12 thread cpus.

Apparently it will be too, and quite cheap.. http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/amd-zen-octoacore-summit-ridge-engineering-sample-spotted-at-3-23-5-ghz.html

#5379306

Denial

2017-01-08 01:06

Intel and AMD calculate TDP differently, you can't compare them directly. AMDs New Horizon blender demo showed that.. 6900K is 140w and Zen is supposedly 95 yet the 6900K was only a couple watts more in that test.

#5379307

-Tj-

2017-01-08 01:09

So? that 95W TDP skylake is over 95W too in real scenario. Imo all it matters is temps and how well it scales. And by the looks of it it will be like one guy said once with early 2.8Ghz ES, OC up to 4.5GHz air np..

#5379312

Denial

2017-01-08 01:26

Depends on if AVX is being uliltized. 6700K for example caps out at like 76w in gaming. Zen was lower than the 6900K in the blender test but it's left to be seen what it's actual power consumption is in real world scenarios. Regardless, I agree they'll keep the 95w number despite the clock jump. I was just clarifying that your can't really compare the TDP numbers between the two companies, and that the TDP values given aren't exactly representative of real world usage.. which people seem to forget in these threads.

#5379314

EspHack

2017-01-08 01:30

according to intel all x99 i7 CPUs are 140w TDP, from 6 core to 10 core units, so essentially meaningless

#5380258

Amx85

2017-01-10 22:58

Observation for Zen's PCIe 3.0 lanes... 16x for Graphics cards (2x 8) + 8x to connect to chipset, since It can't be 4x because X370 chipset has 8x 2.0 lanes and others controllers (SATA/USB3/3.1) + 4x for M.2 Slot (if you don't use these 2 SATA buses from the CPU) Total = 28 lanes from CPU/SoC Bristol Ridge APU could have 4x limit to connect chipset and just 10 for Graphics card/other expansions...