AMD is still in a tough spot in the CPU market. In the top segment, FX processors have not achieved much success. Few manufacturers of finished computers rely on the power of systems from AMD. Even the APU, a combination of central and graphic solutions AMD in one chip, in most cases they are installed on cheap computers, all-in-one devices and laptops entry level. In game console chips and graphics cards, however, AMD still has something to show. Nevertheless: sooner or later, the once iconic manufacturer had to publicly declare itself in the market of processors for desktop systems.
5 Best AMD Processors
1.
: 55.7
Number of cores
Rated frequency
: 4.4 GHz
Overall rating: 55.7
Price/quality ratio: 69
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CPU performance (100%)
: 54.1
Number of cores
Rated frequency
: 4.0 GHz
Overall rating: 54.1
Price/quality ratio: 68
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CPU performance (100%)
: 53.8
Number of cores
Rated frequency
: 4.0 GHz
Overall rating: 53.8
Price/quality ratio: 71
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CPU performance (100%)
: 50.5
Number of cores
Rated frequency
: 3.5 GHz
Overall rating: 50.5
Price/quality ratio: 69
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CPU performance (100%)
: 47.6
Number of cores
Rated frequency
: 3.3 GHz
Overall rating: 47.6
Price/quality ratio: 64
AMD Zen: what are the new top-class processors capable of?
For real complete information Zen and the models that AMD wants to bring to market are still not available. Despite the fact that the manufacturer has officially announced the upcoming generation, all details are still kept secret. According to the first statements, Zen should significantly increase speed, especially in terms of single-threaded performance - the weak point of FX processors, which, despite having eight processing cores, have long been inferior to Intel's line of quad-core chips.
AMD must also work on the mandatory reduction in die area. Accordingly, the processors will be manufactured using a 14nm process technology - a significant step forward compared to the outdated 32nm process technology of most FX processors. In addition, there should be a transition in terms of the type of memory used - from DDR3 to DDR4. Whether AMD will introduce hybrid motherboards with the ability to install both types of memory is currently unknown.
Basically, Zen will hit the market in two versions. The model, codenamed Summit Ridge, will be the successor to the FX processors and will do without an integrated graphics subsystem. This solution is aimed at gamers and enthusiasts who will be installing dedicated graphics cards anyway. In addition, this series can be used primarily for desktop systems. The Bristol Ridge version, on the contrary, should continue AMD's APU initiative to combine a weak processor and a fast graphics subsystem in one chip. Desktop versions will use the Socket AM4 platform, and laptops will use the Socket FP4 platform.
CHIP's opinion
Much ado about nothing or a big breakthrough? We can only wish AMD good luck: we see Zen as the last chance of the once iconic manufacturer to find the right path to the central processor market for desktop computers. Even Intel fans should wish the company AMD release successful product - only in this way will pressure arise from competitors, which will ensure the emergence of not only new, but also innovative products.
While focusing on top-tier players and solutions, AMD should not forget about mobile market, in which she currently plays no role. Smartphones, tablets, 2-in-1 devices and ultrabooks are the main market where AMD needs to make a name for itself in order to have sufficient financial reserve for further developments in the future. And please don't forget about graphics adapters: Good, affordable Radeon GPUs that pair perfectly with Zen processors could be the foundation for AMD's future.
NovemberRumors that Intel plans to license AMD's graphics core for use in its processors have been circulating for a long time, and now they have finally been confirmed.
Intel Company announced the completion of work on a processor for enthusiasts, which will find a place in ultra-thin gaming laptops with high performance graphics and computing components.
The new chip will reduce the overall footprint of the processors, and the AMD GPU will have a “semi-custom” design. This approach will ensure graphics performance at the level of discrete solutions.
The H-series processors will be the first consumer product to use the advanced Embedded Multi-Die Interconnect Bridge, allowing Intel and AMD components to work together. In addition, it will be the first mobile processor with High Bandwith Memory 2 (HBM2) memory. All this will reduce power consumption and save space inside the device, compared to a discrete system.
Processors Intel Core The H series should go on sale in the first quarter of 2018. These systems are currently being tested by major OEMs.
As for performance, rumor has it that this semi-custom AMD solution will directly compete with the GeForce GTX 1050.
Eight-core AMD Ryzen 5 1600(X) appeared
OctoberQuite strange news began to appear on the Internet, according to which, some users received processors at their disposal AMD Ryzen 5 1600 and Ryzen 5 1600X with eight working cores and 16 threads.
And we are not talking about any modifications. Many people report that they just bought new computer, installed Windows, and saw 8 cores and 16 threads in the task manager.
In particular, WCCF Tech reports that the Ryzen 5 1600 series of chips with 8 cores were manufactured in week 36 in Malaysia.
But why did such processors go on sale? The site believes that AMD wants to reduce inventories of less popular Ryzen 7 series chips and maintain high supplies of the in-demand Ryzen 5 1600.
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AMD Threadripper will be released in August starting at $800
JulyAMD has announced that its Threadripper enthusiast platform will be available starting in August, starting at $800. This was officially announced by the developer company.
For this price you can purchase the most modest model, the 1920X, containing 12 cores and 24 threads with a frequency formula of 3.5 GHz/4.0 GHz. But for the 1950X model with 16 cores, 32 threads and frequencies of 3.4 GHz/4.0 GHz you will have to pay $1000.
The processors will use the TR-4 socket and the X399 chipset, which supports 64 lanes PCI-e 3.0 and 4 DDR4 memory lines. motherboards for new processors will also be available in August.
The company also announced the start of sales of the new budget Ryzen 3 line. The Ryzen 3 1200X and 1300X chips will each have 4 cores and 4 threads and will operate at frequencies of 3.1 GHz/3.4 GHz and 3.5 GHz/3.7 GHz, respectively. . They will go on sale from July 27th. The price for them has not yet been indicated, but most likely it will be around $120.
AMD quietly revealed details about Ryzen Pro 3
JulyAMD, having left the mainstream market, introduced the world to Ryzen Pro chips, designed for workstations. However, the specifications of processors including Ryzen Pro 7, 5 and 3 remained unknown. Now we have learned something about the minor solution of the series.
It turned out that Ryzen Pro 3 will be presented in two models: Ryzen 3 Pro 1200 and Ryzen 3 Pro 1300. Both chips will have 4 full cores without multi-threading. Their heat dissipation will be 65 W, and the cache volume will be 2 and 8 megabytes for the second and third levels, respectively. They will be different clock frequency. The Ryzen 3 Pro 1200 will operate in the range of 3.1 GHz to 3.4 GHz, and the Ryzen 3 Pro 1300 in the range of 3.5 GHz to 3.7 GHz.
Thus, the new Ryzen Pro 3 will compete with the Core i3 family Kaby Lake, which, although they operate at a higher frequency, have only two computing cores, supplemented by Hyperthreading. The company even prepared a graph that compares the Ryzen Pro 3 and the Intel Core i3-7100.
Expected that Ryzen processors Pro 3 will be available until September this year.
AMD Announces Ryzen Pro Processor Line
JuneFollowing the release server processors EPYC AMD today introduced the Ryzen Pro processor line.
The Pro series of chips includes the Ryzen 7, Ryzen 5 and Ryzen 3 lines, which are aimed at enterprises, offering performance "professional level" And additional features in the field of security.
While the Ryzen 7 and 5 processors are aimed at mainstream consumers and enthusiasts, the Ryzen PRO family is aimed at workstations used for heavy-duty computing. The new chips have a gigantic performance boost over regular Ryzen, which AMD says is 52%, and up to 62% in multi-threaded workloads.
The new processors are summarized in the table below:
| Cores/threads | Base frequency (GHz) | Boost Frequency (GHz) | ||
| Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X | ||||
| Ryzen 7 PRO 1700 | ||||
| Ryzen 5 PRO 1600 | ||||
| Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 | ||||
| Ryzen 3 PRO 1300 | ||||
| Ryzen 3 PRO 1200 |
As for safety, the company noted it high level, which is achieved by integrating funds directly into the chip. These tools include hardware cryptography technologies and technologies such as Secure Boot, fTPM, AES and Windows 10 Enterprise functionality.
Ryzen Pro CPUs will be released in commercial PCs later this year. The processors will be available for desktop PCs from early 2018.
NVIDIA adds AMD processors to Battlebox
JuneNVIDIA has decided to change the specification of its GeForce GTX Battlebox computers, supplementing them with AMD products.
NVIDIA Battlebox PC computers are reference platforms that guide manufacturers to the minimum machine configurations for various types gaming loads.
Of course, NVIDIA could not include AMD video cards, however, the central processors turned out to be quite fast, according to NVIDIA engineers. Previously, Battlebox PC contained exclusively CPU from Intel because CPU AMD Bulldozer was too slow to recommend. However, thanks to Ryzen, the situation has changed.
Thus, the Battlebox Ultimate computer can now be based on a GeForce GTX 1080 Ti video card and central processor Intel Core i7 or AMD Ryzen 7 (minimum), and also contain 16 GB random access memory DDR4. This model is designed for gaming in 4K resolution and virtual reality.
Another model, Battlebox Essential, aimed at 1080p gamers, can now contain GeForce video card GTX 1060 with 6 GB of video memory, Intel processor Core i5 or AMD Ryzen 5 (minimum), as well as 8 GB of DDR4 RAM.
In addition, both models must have solid state drive And operating system Windows 10, and if manufacturers decide to equip the computer with a monitor, then it must support adaptive synchronization G-Sync.
AMD Ryzen 5 has become one of the best processors of recent years
MayAccording to a study conducted by 3DCenter, AMD processors Ryzen 5 steel the best product in the segment CPU for the entire period of conducting surveys - 7 years.
According to the study, despite initial difficulties, Ryzen 5 chips perform better than the already excellent sales of Ryzen 7. Thus, more than 83.9% of users expressed a pleasant first impression. Only 9.4% of processor owners were indifferent, and 6.7% had a negative opinion of the Ryzen 5.
The price of Ryzen 5 chips (170-270 euros) places them in the mid-range segment, which allows them to reach a larger number of users in the mass market than the top-end Ryzen 7. In addition, these chips have become the best processors with unit cost per core/thread. Their release led to increased pressure on Intel, which was forced to offer 4C/4T or 4C/8T processors at the price of AMD Ryzen 5 with 6 cores and 12 threads.
12- and 16-core Ryzen will be multi-chip modules
AprilA couple of days ago we wrote that AMD is preparing new processors with 12 and 16 cores that will fill the gap between the Ryzen 7 1800x and server Naples, and will also compete with Intel’s HEDT segment.
AMD Begins Shipping Bristol Ridge
SeptemberAMD is announcing shipments of its 7th generation A-series accelerated processors, codenamed Bristol Ridge, to PC manufacturers.
These APUs should get a 50% boost in performance CPU, compared to Kaveri 2014, and a 10% increase, compared to Carrizo. This performance boost is due to DDR4 memory, which provides greater throughput memory.
AMD also claims a 99% increase in graphics compared to the Core i5 6000.
AMD's 7th Gen A-Series processors will support 4K video in H.264 and H.265 formats, Microsoft Direct X12 and peripherals including PCIe Gen 3. USB 3.1 Gen 2, NVMe and SATA Express.
AMD compared Zen to 6900K
AugustLast week, AMD presented testing of its 8-core 16-thread processor Zen architecture, comparing it with an 8-core Intel Core i7 6900k chip running at the same frequency.
During the event, AMD ran an engineering sample of Zen Summit Ridge and compared it to an Intel Core i7 6900K in Blender, a multi-threaded rendering software. Turbo Boost mode was disabled on the Intel processor, and the frequency of both processors was fixed at 3 GHz for complete clock-by-clock identity.
Naturally, Zen came out on top. This approach allowed AMD to demonstrate the full strength of the architecture and a sharp increase in efficiency in multi-threaded calculations. What the frequency of Summit Ridge will be by the time sales begin is still unknown.
In addition to demonstrating speed, AMD also confirmed that the first 8-core, 16-thread Zen processor will go on sale early next year.
AMD talks about CPU and APU for virtual reality
FebruaryAMD said its six CPUs and accelerated processors are powerful enough to run virtual reality applications on headsets such as the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive.
The largest portion of the list is expected, as it includes the 8-core FX-9590 and 6-core FX-6350. It also includes a 4-core APU A10-7870K and even a 4-core CPU Athlon X4-870K. In addition, two new APUs turned out to be suitable for VR. It is worth noting that all proposed CPU have a frequency of at least 3.9 GHz. According to AMD, these processors will provide “robust” performance in virtual reality.
As for graphics, the company recommended using a GeForce GTX 970 or Radeon R9 290 video card for the Oculus helmet.
The minimum number of processor cores, equal to four, is explained by the advantages DirectX 12, which fully loads CPU. It is possible that two cores with Hyper-Threading will be enough for games, but in virtual reality this may not be enough.
Oculus previously said that you'll need at least an Intel Core i5-4590 processor for VR, so AMD's proposal makes sense.
AMD finally releases ARM processors Seattle
JanuaryThe Opteron A1100 series processors include three 64-bit SoC architecture ARM. All of them are equipped with a dual-channel DDR4 memory controller, eight PCIe 3.0 lanes, 14 ports