Items tagged with 2nd generation ryzen
This may sound a bit over the top to some of you, but in our opinion AMD triggered a true revolution in the high-end enthusiast desktop segment last year, when it first introduced Ryzen to the world. Excluding extremely expensive workstation or enterprise-class processors, in early 2017 the most powerful desktop CPU money could buy was a 10-core Intel Core i7 that retailed for more than $1700, while modern, mainstream desktops at the time typically featured 4 cores. Sure, AMD had six and eight core FX-series processors on the market as well, but their legacy architecture wasn’t competitive with Intel’s latest and greatest at the upper end of the market. With the introduction of its...
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AMD initially announced its 2nd Generation Ryzen desktop processors back at CES earlier this year. Our coverage of the event is available for you here, but to quickly recap, 2nd Generation Ryzen processors are based on a refined update to the Zen architecture, dubbed Zen+, that offers higher clocks, lower latencies, and a more intelligent Precision Boost 2 algorithm that improves performance, system responsiveness, and power efficiency characteristics. The chips are also manufactured using a more advanced process, however, they still leverage the existing AM4 infrastructure and are compatible with the same socket, chipsets, and motherboards as the first generation products -- with a BIOS / UEFI...
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AMD Ryzen fans looking forward to getting hands on a Second Gen Ryzen chip and needing a new motherboard to strap it onto will have a trio of slick new mainboards from ASUS apparently, and those boards have had their specs leaked rather extensively. The three new Ryzen boards are AMD X470-series chipset models promising enhanced features, refined designs, and other improvements that remain a bit mysterious. Some details on all three boards leaked, along with some layout design images and specs, via user going by the name of emissary42 on the Hardwareluxx forums. ASUS X470 PRO Specs The schematics are for the Asus Prime X470-Pro, TUF X470-Plus Gaming and Strix X470-F Gaming. All three...
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In about a month, AMD will release its second generation Ryzen lineup with a handful of new processors based on its 12-nanometer Zen+ architecture, otherwise known as Pinnacle Ridge. Leading up to the launch, the upcoming Ryzen 7 2700X has been spotted in numerous leaks, the latest of which is an Amazon listing. Same goes for a few other second generation Ryzen chips. If the listings are accurate, (or were accurate, since they've been pulled offline), we know what kind of specs to expect. Starting at the top, the Ryzen 7 2700X (YD270XBGAFBOX) is an 8-core/16-thread processor with a 3.7GHz base clock and 4.35GHz boost clock, according to the Amazon listing. Those are the same specs we have seen...
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Late last week, we got a whiff of AMD's new high-end mainstream processor: the Ryzen 7 2700X, which is based off 12nm Zen+ architecture. Today, a new leak is giving us a further look at the processor complete with benchmarks. The processor is simply listed as a Ryzen 7 2000 Series by SiSoft SANDRA. The base clock for the processor checks in at 3.7GHz, but the boost clock is shown at a lofty 4.35GHz. For comparison, the Ryzen 7 2700X that we spied last week featured a base clock of 3.7GHz, a turbo clock of 4.1GHz, with a maximum clock of 4.2GHz using XFR 2.0 (eXtended Frequency Range). Given the very similar clock speeds across the board, we're probably looking at another engineering sample of...
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One of AMD's upcoming processors has been spotted in the wild, and it is looking like a worthy successor to the company's existing lineup. The chip in question is the Ryzen 7 2700X, one of AMD's second generation Ryzen CPUs codenamed 'Pinnacle Ridge' that are due out next month. This particular SKU is the one that will replace the company's existing Ryzen 7 1700X that sits near the top of the consumer desktop stack. Before we get to the details, let's clear up any potential confusion surrounding these next generation parts. You may see these parts referred to as second generation Ryzen, Pinnacle Ridge, or Ryzen 2. They all refer to the same processor family, and are not to be confused with...
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In this episode of HotHardware's Two And A Half Geeks, Marco, Paul and Dave chat about our Top Mechanical Keyboard Roundup, Second Gen Ryzen benchmark leaks, a bevy of Corsair AIO liquid coolers chilling an overclocked Ryzen processor, the latest security issues and updates for Spectre and Meltdown, recent browser exploits, as a pissed-off robot dog! Show Notes: 02:34 - 5-Way Mechanical Keyboard Roundup: Top Decks For Gamers And Enthusiasts 18:04 - AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Pinnacle Ridge Processor Single And Multi-Core Benchmarks Leak 27:21 - AMD Launches Embedded Epyc 3000 And Ryzen V1000 Series Processors To Amplify Zen's Market Reach 34:03 - Corsair AIO Liquid Cooler Round-Up: Ryzen...
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AMD continues its assault on the desktop PC market with a pair of new, affordable APUs today, the Raven Ridge-based Ryzen 3 2200G and Ryzen 5 2400G. At this point, if you follow PC technology with any sort of regularity, you’re probably familiar with Raven Ridge. AMD has been talking about its plans to mate the Zen CPU and Vega GPU microarchitectures for quite some time and has revealed a number of details regarding these new hybrid chips over the last few months. In fact, some feature additions and initial specifications were just revealed as the CES 2018 show kicked off a couple of weeks back. Today though, we can give you the full scoop. We have had the Ryzen 3 2200G and Ryzen 5 2400G...
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AMD is getting out in front of the impending influx of CES-related announcements and unveiling a number of upcoming chip products for the new year. After ramping 10 new product lines in 2017 -- if you consider its entire breadth of CPUs, GPUs, and semi-custom APUs -- AMD is readying more new and/or updated products for 2018, including next-generation Ryzen and Threadripper desktop processors covering every market segment from mobile to HEDT, and an array of Vega-based graphics products that target new markets and form factors. Ryzen Mobile Goes Pro Let’s start with the mobile news. We recently gave you a look at an HP Envy notebook powered by an AMD Ryzen 5 APU with integrated Radeon...
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