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At Computex 2024, AMD introduced two families of Zen 5 processors: desktop Ryzen 9000 Zen 5 Granite Ridge along with X870 and X870E boards for them and other AM5 chips, Ryzen AI 300 laptops and two new Ryzen 5000XT for AM4. In addition, the company showed processors for servers and artificial intelligence, as well as a new professional video card.
AMD Ryzen 9000 Zen 5 Granite Ridge 9000 and AMD Ryzen 9000 Zen 5 Granite Ridge desktop processors
AMD has introduced the third generation of processors for the AM5 socket – Ryzen 9000 chips codenamed Granite Ridge on the latest Zen 5 architecture. The processors consist of a maximum of two chiplets, each of which carries up to 8 cores. The new generation retains the maximum configuration of 16 cores and 32 threads – unlike Intel Core Ultra 200 Arrow Lake processors.
AMD Ryzen 9000 line AMD Ryzen 9000
- Ryzen 9 9950X with 16 cores, TDP 170 W and frequency up to 5.7 GHz
- Ryzen 9 9900X – 12 cores, TDP 120 W, up to 5.6 GHz
- Ryzen 7 9700X – 8 cores, TDP 65 W, up to 5.5 GHz
- Ryzen 5 9600X – 6 cores, TDP 65 W, up to 5.4 GHz
This is the first wave of Zen 5 processors, with more models expected. The AM5 socket remains unchanged, and the Ryzen 9000 processors use the same I/O matrix. In addition to the new Zen 5 cores, the chips received some minor changes to the capacitor layout. It is expected that processors for socket AM5 will appear until at least 2027.
According to AMD tests, the flagship 16-core Ryzen 9 9950X is 4%-23% faster in games compared to the Intel Core i9-14900K. In performance tests, the 9950X shows an even greater advantage, outperforming the i9-14900K by 7% to 56%. AMD claims a 16% increase in IPC (instructions per clock) over Zen 4, based on a geometric average across different games and performance tests. The largest improvement is observed in the Geekbench 5.4 AES test, and the smallest — in Far Cry 6.
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The chips have double the L2 to L1 bandwidth and double the performance on AI and AVX-512 workloads. AMD is also increasing the memory interface speed from 5200 MT/s to 5600 MT/s.
AMD announced that the Ryzen 9000 series will release on July 31st. After that, the 9000X3D series is expected, which will also be released after the Intel Core Ultra 200 processors. AMD has not yet announced the price of the new processors.
Laptop processors AMD Ryzen AI 300 Zen 5 RDNA 3.5 Strix Point
Just 20 months after introducing the new processor naming scheme, AMD is changing it again for the Ryzen AI 300 processors, codenamed Strix Point, on the Zen 5 architecture.
These chips feature RDNA 3.5 graphics and AMD XDNA 2 AI accelerator. The company claims that XDNA2 is the fastest among all known AI processors for PCs, including Qualcomm Snapdragon X (45 TOPS) and Intel Lunar Lake (40-45 TOPS) with a capacity of 50 TOPS.
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AMD introduced only two Ryzen AI 300 Ryzen AI 300
- AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 – 10 cores (4 Zen5 + 6 Zen5c), 34 MB, 5.0 GHz, AMD Radeon 880M
- AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 – 12 cores (4x Zen5 + 8 Zen5c), 36 MB, 5.1 GHz, AMD Radeon 890M
The new series will feature up to 12 Zen 5 cores, a combination of Zen 5 and denser Zen 5c, as well as up to 16 RDNA 3.5 compute units operating at 2.9 GHz – all on one monolithic chip made using 4 nm TSMC process technology.
In addition, AMD introduces a new brand of integrated graphics cards — Radeon 880M and 890M. Both processors offer 16 PCI Express 4.0 lanes, as well as two USB4, USB 3.2 Gen 2, four USB 2.0. and support for DDR5-5600 and LPDDR5x-7500 memory.
AMD claims that its processors will outperform Intel's flagship Meteor Lake processor, the Core Ultra 9 185H, by 36% in gaming performance. The 7040 and 8040 processor families consisted of nine models, so the two new Ryzen AI 300 models are just the beginning. The first laptops with Ryzen AI 300 processors will be announced today and will be available next quarter.
New AMD Ryzen 5000XT processors for AM4
AMD in 2024 continues to support the AM4 platform, which competes with the previous generation Intel Raptor Lake. 145 processor models have already been created for AM4. The platform has seen strong sales in regions such as China and Latin America, where DDR4 prices are lower and AM4 motherboards are more affordable than AM5.
The two new Ryzen 5000XT processors for AM4 feature Zen 3 architecture and are manufactured on TSMC's 7nm process. The older Ryzen 9 5900XT has 16 cores, 32 threads, a frequency of 4.8 GHz, a TDP of 105 W and 72 MB of L2 + L3 cache – its performance should be almost identical to the 5950X. The Ryzen 7 5800XT has 8 cores and 16 threads, also 4.8 GHz and a TDP of 105 W, but only 36 MB of cache. The package of processors now includes a Wraith Prism cooler.
In benchmarks, the AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT is on par or slightly better than the Core i7-13700K in some games, while the 5800XT also stands up to the Core i5-13600KF in others games.
AMD X870 and X870E Chipsets for Ryzen 9000
AMD has introduced new chipsets for the next-generation AMD Ryzen 9000 processors. The X870 and X870E system logic is compatible with existing Ryzen 7000 and 8000 processors, and previous motherboards will also support the new processors. Support for new AMD chips that will appear for the AM5 socket is expected.
AMD promises support for USB 4.0, PCIe Gen5 and NVMe graphics cards on X870E and X870 boards. The new chipsets support a faster DDR5 AMD EXPO memory overclocking profile – up to 8000 MT/s, according to Gigabyte. It seems that the difference between the regular version and the Extreme (E) is more ports.
AMD has lifted the embargo on X870 motherboards, which are now being demonstrated by board partners at Computex 2024.
Sources: VideoCardz, Tom`s Hardware, Hardwareluxx, AnandTech
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