The Sweetspot Speed of Ryzen 9000 “Zen 5” Desktop Processors is Verified at DDR5-6400
The memory overclocking capabilities of AMD’s future Ryzen 9000 series “Granite Ridge” desktop CPUs, which are built on the “Zen 5” microarchitecture, will be slightly enhanced. Similar to the Ryzen 7000 “Raphael,” “Granite Ridge” is a chiplet-based processor that combines a client I/O die (cIOD) produced on the 6 nm...
Nine Models with a Single Core 9 Ultra SKU: Intel Core Ultra 200V Lunar Lake Family Leaks
Intel unveiled the Core Ultra 200V series, codenamed Lunar Lake, as the notebook market’s next-generation processing platform at Computex 2024. These CPUs, which are slated for debut in September 2024, are exciting both industry insiders and computer enthusiasts. In addition to the Core Ultra 7 and Core Ultra 5 models,...
Based on the desktop Arrow Lake-S, Intel Readies the Arrow Lake-H Laptop CPU SKU with 24 Cores.
Intel looks to be planning a new line of high-performance CPUs for gaming laptops as it gets ready for the release of its Lunar Lake and Arrow Lake processors. It appears that the company is modifying its desktop-grade Arrow Lake-S processors for ultra-high performance notebooks based on recent advances. Buzz...
AMD Drops Pricing on Ryzen 8000G Desktop APUs, with the 8600G at only $199.
Over the course of the week, AMD Ryzen 8000G “Hawk Point” desktop APU prices in the Socket AM5 packaging decreased. The completely unlocked Ryzen 7 8700G is now retailing for $299, which is $30 less than its $329 launch price. With a price tag of $199, the Ryzen 5 8600G...
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...
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,...
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,...
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,...
Performance of AMD Ryzen 9000 Zen 5 Single Thread @ 5.80 GHz Is 19% Better Than Zen 4
With a maximum peak frequency of 5.80 GHz, an AMD Ryzen 9000 “Granite Ridge” desktop processor engineering sample was found to give an astounding 19% higher single-threaded performance increase over an AMD Ryzen 9 7950X. The Socket AM5 desktop processor series, which uses the new “Zen 5” CPU microarchitecture, is...
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...