AMD will announce Ryzen 7000 processors on August 29. Here's everything we know about them
AMD will announce Ryzen 7000 processors on August 29. Here's everything we know about them
Enlarge / AMD's Ryzen 7000 chips will be unveiled in late August.
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The final phase of AMD's Ryzen 7000 processor rollout is approaching, nearly nine months after we initially teased them at CES. The company will livestream its official reveal at 7 p.m. EST on Monday, August 29, with more details on the AM5 processor socket and 600-series chipsets. Expect to hear more specific news. on performance, as well as pricing and availability, for the first of what will likely be many Zen 4-based processors.
AMD has been releasing details about new processors regularly since January, and various leaks and rumors have filled in some of our other knowledge gaps. Let's briefly summarize what we know (and what we think we know).
Faster processors, same number of cores
Enlarge / High-end Zen 4 chips will combine a pair of CPU chips with a 6nm I/O die. This die features PCIe 5.0 support, a DDR5 controller, and an RDNA2-based integrated GPU.
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Compared to the nearly 2-year-old Ryzen 5000 processors and Zen 3 architecture, AMD says we can expect at least a 15% improvement in single-threaded performance, thanks to the times the increase in clock speed and an 8-10% increase in instructions per clock (IPC). The company also promises performance-per-watt improvements, thanks in part to a new 5nm manufacturing process (Zen 3 processors are 7nm parts).
When it comes to multi-core performance, Zen 4 processors will benefit from increased clocks and IPC, but also the increased usage limits of the new AM5 processor socket, which will allow processors with a lot cores to consume more energy (and therefore run faster) for longer.
One thing that won't improve with Zen 4 and Ryzen 7000, according to rumors and leaked retail listings, is the total number of CPU cores. AMD plans to introduce a 6-core Ryzen 5 7600X, an 8-core Ryzen 7 7700X, a 12-core Ryzen 9 7900X, and a 16-core Ryzen 9 7950X. All of these core counts are consistent with their Ryzen 5000 predecessors. Unlike Intel, Apple, and most Android chipmakers, AMD doesn't add a bunch of small cores to increase the total core count.
The "X" suffixes also denote higher performance and more expensive parts, which would reflect how AMD launched the Ryzen 5000 family. Zen 3 only gradually reached the lower price point at $200 and non-X processors, and I expect Zen 4 to be the same, but maybe for different reasons.
With Ryzen 5000, AMD faced a host of pandemic-caused (or pandemic-aggravated) conditions: blocked supply chains, global chip shortages, and historically high PC demand. In contrast, most PC and PC-adjacent companies plan
Enlarge / AMD's Ryzen 7000 chips will be unveiled in late August.
AMD
The final phase of AMD's Ryzen 7000 processor rollout is approaching, nearly nine months after we initially teased them at CES. The company will livestream its official reveal at 7 p.m. EST on Monday, August 29, with more details on the AM5 processor socket and 600-series chipsets. Expect to hear more specific news. on performance, as well as pricing and availability, for the first of what will likely be many Zen 4-based processors.
AMD has been releasing details about new processors regularly since January, and various leaks and rumors have filled in some of our other knowledge gaps. Let's briefly summarize what we know (and what we think we know).
Faster processors, same number of cores
Enlarge / High-end Zen 4 chips will combine a pair of CPU chips with a 6nm I/O die. This die features PCIe 5.0 support, a DDR5 controller, and an RDNA2-based integrated GPU.
AMD
Compared to the nearly 2-year-old Ryzen 5000 processors and Zen 3 architecture, AMD says we can expect at least a 15% improvement in single-threaded performance, thanks to the times the increase in clock speed and an 8-10% increase in instructions per clock (IPC). The company also promises performance-per-watt improvements, thanks in part to a new 5nm manufacturing process (Zen 3 processors are 7nm parts).
When it comes to multi-core performance, Zen 4 processors will benefit from increased clocks and IPC, but also the increased usage limits of the new AM5 processor socket, which will allow processors with a lot cores to consume more energy (and therefore run faster) for longer.
One thing that won't improve with Zen 4 and Ryzen 7000, according to rumors and leaked retail listings, is the total number of CPU cores. AMD plans to introduce a 6-core Ryzen 5 7600X, an 8-core Ryzen 7 7700X, a 12-core Ryzen 9 7900X, and a 16-core Ryzen 9 7950X. All of these core counts are consistent with their Ryzen 5000 predecessors. Unlike Intel, Apple, and most Android chipmakers, AMD doesn't add a bunch of small cores to increase the total core count.
The "X" suffixes also denote higher performance and more expensive parts, which would reflect how AMD launched the Ryzen 5000 family. Zen 3 only gradually reached the lower price point at $200 and non-X processors, and I expect Zen 4 to be the same, but maybe for different reasons.
With Ryzen 5000, AMD faced a host of pandemic-caused (or pandemic-aggravated) conditions: blocked supply chains, global chip shortages, and historically high PC demand. In contrast, most PC and PC-adjacent companies plan
Enlarge / AMD's Ryzen 7000 chips will be unveiled in late August.
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Enlarge / High-end Zen 4 chips will combine a pair of CPU chips with a 6nm I/O die. This die features PCIe 5.0 support, a DDR5 controller, and an RDNA2-based integrated GPU.
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