AMD Ryzen AI 9 300 Reports a 20% Gain in Performance Compared to Previous Generation CPU and Graphics

AMD Ryzen AI 9 300 Reports a 20% Gain in Performance Compared to Previous Generation CPU and Graphics

According to a leak by Golden Pig Upgrade, the top-spec AMD Ryzen AI 9 300 series “Strix Point” processor, the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, is anticipated to produce 20% better performance than its predecessor, the Ryzen 9 8945HS “Hawk Point,” on both the CPU and integrated graphics fronts. Regarding...

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Ryzen 9 7950X3D, AMD’s flagship processor, now costs less than $500.

Ryzen 9 7950X3D, AMD’s flagship processor, now costs less than $500.

AMD’s flagship desktop processor, the Ryzen 9 7950X3D, is now listed on Amazon for $492, less than $500 for the first time. This 16-core/32-thread CPU has one of its two 8-core CCDs equipped with 3D V-cache, which boosts gaming performance while allowing the second CCD to maintain higher boost clocks,...

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AMD Claims That The Ryzen 9000 Series Won’t Outperform The 7000X3D Series in Gaming

AMD Claims That The Ryzen 9000 Series Won’t Outperform The 7000X3D Series in Gaming

According to Donny Woligroski, senior technical marketing manager at AMD, the company’s future Ryzen 9000 “Granite Ridge” desktop processors, which are based on the “Zen 5” microarchitecture, won’t outperform the Ryzen 7000X3D series at gaming workloads. This was said in an interview with Tom’s Hardware. While they won’t quite match,...

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Overclocked AMD Ryzen 5 9600X ES to 5.70 GHz All-core

Overclocked AMD Ryzen 5 9600X ES to 5.70 GHz All-core

An AMD Ryzen 5 9600X “Zen 5” processor engineering sample has undergone a CPU-Z Benchmark and been overclocked to 5.70 GHz across all cores. In this instance, the chip scores 7096 points in the multithreaded benchmark and 871 points in the single-threaded benchmark. Since the impending Ryzen 9 9950X flagship...

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A Strange “Navi 48 XTX” Graphics Card Prototype Was Found in Regulatory Documents

A Strange “Navi 48 XTX” Graphics Card Prototype Was Found in Regulatory Documents

When this graphics card was being shipped internationally, Olrak29 noticed anything odd about it. The card’s shipment description is “GRAPHIC CARD NAVI48 G28201 DT XTX REVB-PRE-CORRELATION AO PLATSI TT(SAMSUNG)-Q2 2024-3A-102-G28201.” With the board number “G28201,” this can be decoded as a graphics card for the desktop platform. Based on the...

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Annotated AMD “Strix Point” Die Displays Zen 5 + Zen 5c Core Layout

Annotated AMD “Strix Point” Die Displays Zen 5 + Zen 5c Core Layout

AMD unveiled its Ryzen AI 300 series of mobile processors on Monday, built around the 4 nm “Strix Point” monolithic silicon technology. AMD stated that the maximum CPU core configuration for this chip was 12-core/24-thread, which would represent a tidy 50% increase in core counts over the previous generation. However,...

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AMD to Release “Granite Ridge” Ryzen 9000 Zen 5 Desktop Processors in Late July

AMD to Release “Granite Ridge” Ryzen 9000 Zen 5 Desktop Processors in Late July

Many sources in the ChipHell tech forums are speculating that AMD’s next-generation Ryzen 9000 series “Granite Ridge” desktop CPUs, which are based on the “Zen 5” microarchitecture, would go on sale in late July 2024. Similar to the company’s Ryzen 7000 series launch, the initial four SKUs in the CPU...

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AMD is once more renaming its Strix Point APU series.

AMD is once more renaming its Strix Point APU series.

We reported just two weeks ago that AMD might be planning a new chip naming strategy for its next-generation ultraportable processors. Today, a number of reliable Chinese sources stated that AMD has once again changed its mind, dropping the plan to name the Ryzen AI 100 series and instead advising...

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AMD’s Computex Keynote Promises Next-Generation Product Announcements

AMD’s Computex Keynote Promises Next-Generation Product Announcements

AMD said on Monday that a number of next-generation product announcements will be made during its June 3 2024 Computex Keynote address. “Join us as Dr. Lisa Su delivers the Computex 2024 opening keynote and shares the latest on how AMD and our partners are pushing the envelope with our...

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AMD to Give a Deep-Dive into “Zen 5” Microarchitecture at Hot Chips 2024

AMD to Give a Deep-Dive into “Zen 5” Microarchitecture at Hot Chips 2024

On August 25, AMD is scheduled to provide a “Zen 5” microarchitecture deep dive at the Hot Chips 2024 conference. It is yet unclear whether the in-depth analysis comes before or after the company’s well anticipated June 3 2024 Computex keynote, when it is expected to either reveal or introduce...

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