AMD Readies Ryzen 5 Series and will offer six- and four-core processors starting April 11
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fantaskarsef
Oh I like the look of those hexa cores and the pricing is very nice!
I'm kind of surprised they have 2+2... not sure why they need that.
Fox2232
ender79
I can't wait the dual core Ryzen 2C/4T configured 1+1 with 16 MB L3 cache
Ryu5uzaku
fantaskarsef
eclap
Just wow.
0blivious
The entire Ryzen lineup just seems underwhelming. Probably my fault for wanting more. They're good but I wanted fantastic.
s0x
Spartan
AsiJu
Okay, I've gone from hyped to carefully optimistic to disappointed with Ryzen.
I knew or guessed these would be 3+3 and 2+2 as AMD uses a modular structure with two CCXs and the clusters must be identical. I was still hoping the 4 core would be just one CCX.
AMD must have seen the cluster latency as the weak link in their testing months ago. Perhaps it was improved from initial state but it's still less than optimal.
If you're designing a modular cpu with two clusters then make sure the interconnect isn't the weakest link!
Not a CPU engineer but just common sense is enough for that I think.
Starting to look like Radeon graphics cards that have lot of power but it never gets used due to design (GCN and DX11 overhead thing).
I'd love to give AMD my money out of support but I don't feel like buying, for the lack of a better word, crippled products.
Zeblote
Really hope those numbers are wrong. The ones with fewer cores were supposed to have much higher clocks, not still be crappier than an i5...
Silva
Fender178
Very interesting 2+2 configs for the Quads and 3+3 for the hexes. Hmm didn't Intel do a similar configuration back when the Core 2 Quads were brand new? Minus the CCX stuff that the Ryzen CPUs have of course. Makes me wonder how well the 4c/8t Ryzen CPUs will perform against the 7700K respectively because they have similar Core and thread specs.
Zeblote
AsiJu
moeppel
ender79
Quote:
Originally Posted by ender79 View Post
I can't wait the dual core Ryzen 2C/4T configured 1+1 with 16 MB L3 cache
Was a joke , of course :banana:
Ryu5uzaku
Noisiv
Backstabak
Kinda disappointing that they went with 2 ccx, but understandable. After all, this way they can convert bad Ryzen 7 chips into Ryzen 5. This absolutely makes sense, since they need money and just throwing away things that can be sold is stupid. Also with pricing of those chips they can have bigger impact on the market and actually force the SW developers to specifically code for Ryzen architecture.
In the end, it will depend on the benchmarks, and especially gaming benchmarks, as these CPUs will hardly be bought for a workstation.