AMD has just revealed that its new CPU processor, codenamed Zen, is now called Ryzen. The first chip in the desktop family, code-named Summit Ridge, will be coming in the first quarter of 2017, and according to the first CPU benchmarks, it can even beat Intel’s Core i7-6900K.
During its New Horizon event, AMD showcased Ryzen to the public. The Summit Ridge is an 8-core CPU and was able to match the performance of Intel’s Core i7-6900K in a Blender benchmark test.
On the other hand, AMD’s Summit Ridge was able to beat Intel’s Core i7-6900K in Handbrake and ZBrush benchmark tests, as well as in a gaming benchmark test. AMD’s CPU was able to offer a better gaming experience in Battlefield 1.
AMD’s Summit Ridge is an 8-core CPU that will support 16 threads, will be clocked at 3.4Ghz, will feature 20MB of L2+L3 cache, and will support sensing and adaptive technology.
AMD has not revealed the price of the Summit Ridge chip, however we are pretty sure that it will be cheaper than Intel’s Core i7-6900K CPU.
We’ll have to wait for more extensive benchmark tests, however it appears that AMD will deliver a really impressive CPU that will give Intel a run for its money.
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What’s also interesting to note is that AMD’s chip features a TDP of 95W versus Intel’s 140W. Impressive work there.
Hoping everything they showed and they said is true and provable, everything looked extremely fishy in that showcase, we’ll see
Everything looks extremely fishy in EVERY showcase. Not only on AMD’s.
Yeah, you’re right
Well I’m looking to upgrade my i5 3570K in the future, hopefully this will be a cheaper and better (or equally good) option than going i7 k-version.
Same, I’ve had mine at 4.4GHZ since it was released.
I just hope they price it aggressively. THe intel CPU they went against costs a grand, so AMD pricing it at a lot lower than 1k will give them a better chance against Intel and a more affordable price for more people.
The pricing better be aggressive since the performance will be disappointing. I’m expecting a Bulldozer 2.0.
I’m hoping for at least £500, but chances are quite slim I think.
At least? You mean at most, right?
I dunno. AMD like to go the cheap route most of the time, but going for a really cheap price and outputting more power, if a tiny bit more, just doesn’t sound like they’d want to.
Someone didn’t watch the event…
…and someone didn’t pay attention when AMD failed to mention the clock speed of the Intel processor.
They said it ran at stock with boost enabled. Stop being dumb.
Did you notice the stage hands directing the robotic crowd? Did you notice the lack of concrete architectural information other than marketing buzz terms? “RYZEN IS THE BEST THING EVER!” Quit being a gullible simpleton, b/c that is how AMD is treating you.
I’m not saying it’s going to be the best thing ever. I think it will be good, I think it will be competitive. If priced correctly it could be quite disruptive in the PC market. No need to be a contrarian for the sake of it.
The primary message being conveyed during that 40-minute, low information press conference for idiots was that Ryzen was the greatest product ever. It was cheap, hollow marketing hype with very little to back it up. 6 seconds faster in handbrake, really?
It’s certainly slated to be AMD’s best product ever. AMD won’t be dethroning Intel anytime soon so you can relax.
AMD didn’t even mention a couple of very interesting new features that Intel CPUs/APUs do not have such as Secure Memory Encryption and Secure Encrypted Virtualization extensions. If AMD is only going to match performance with Intel, they (at least) could have been more genuine about it while showing us some of the features that they are bringing to the arena.
This was just a preview for fans. It hasn’t launched yet as it still being tweaked. We don’t know everything yet, but here is something:
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At the press conference, dude. This is the first time I have seen that slide.
Someone posted that slide on overclock dot net. It was the first time I have seen the slide as well.
Obviously, that is AMD’s job if they want me to buy their products. Typical fanboys, blaming the consumer when the corporation is the one holding back information.
R.I.P AMD
Some people get butthurt when the competency try to do better. How many Intel shares do you have? LOL, so pathetic.
Whats pathetic is fanboys who fall for the hype.
I love professional wrestling, not the WWE.
Gimme the (reasonable) price$$$!
RIP Intel
Nice! Gratz for AMD. Good work went into this i’m sure. Healthy competition doesn’t hurt consumers 🙂
Price and release date. I want to buy, dammit.
I’ve been rocking a 2500k for 4 years and a 980Ti for a year. I’m ready for a new build.
so when will the CPU up for official review?
6900 is like 1000…. even if this is 700-800$ most gamers go for 200-400 cpu tops.
impressive but i want to see a competitor to the 6600k
Very nice event however we still need to see a true review from 3rd party tests
Indeed, it was just a preview/sneak peak. Launch is still Q1 2017
Doesn’t matter for gamers. Games still favor Intel over AMD.
How? I can give you that on GPU (Nvidia IS favored over AMD) but on CPU? I don’t see making much of a difference.
I think this will break the hivemind
LOL, you are trying too hard…
6900k was the comparison
Looks like a 6600K to me. Says it right there on the slides…
The writing on that slide is wrong, the whole comparison is against the 6900k. Look at the actual picture. It’s the same benchmark ran in the stream.
If everything we get now turns out true I might switch from my Intel/Nvidia build to an AMD/AMD build.
I knew AMD were playing it down, good work.
Noob question – Do I need to change motherboard if I change Intel to Amd
Short answer is no.
The numbers of pins on Intel and AMD CPUs are different as well as assigned differently.
I heard about some modular motherboard, that support both Intel adn AMD type CPUs… but someone better confirm this.
Yeap, Intel uses LGA scoket in their motherboards while AMD uses PGA. So you can’t use an AMD consumer CPU( Said consumer cause AMD too use LGA for their server chips) on an Intel motherboard.
For the first time in years, it may be a good time to buy a CPU shortly.
Why do all the slides say 6600K = $229 CPU, this does not say a 6900k.
If it is costs much less than 6900k i might buy it to replace my 5,5 years old 2500k. Of course i will ned 16 gb ddr 4 3600 mhz and am 4 motherboard. But it is time to upgrade after so many years with 2500k. Iwill keep gtx 970 however until Nvidia volta releases in 2018.
Ryzen… https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/5b945a5a7ae56a0f60993bb9848840fa53968e863b43059c3c6f04f887b81b09.jpg
Historically Intel has been favored over AMD in the high end market due to Intel’s superior single core performance and typically lower Tdp. If that is not the case for this generation I think we will see a lot of gamers making the switch.
P4 had terrible IPC compare to AMD A64 and even then intel was increasing market share.
Meh seen this song and dance before. Same thing happened with the release of the Rx 480. Then Nvidia releases the 1060 lolol.
AMD has had a rough time in the GPU division this time around especially in the budget side of things.
The 1050 and 1060 both offer amazing performance St a great price point. I think it would benefit AMD to wait until Nvidia releases their budget GPUs and then release theirs with a more competitive price point.
Actually that’s not what I meant, more like “if the CPU is better performing and cheaper, people will buy it”, which is not what happens in the GPU arena, not that there is not a difference gameplay-wise (although you can see that starting from an i5 all the way up there’s no difference at all).