Tag: Ryzen

AMD to finally add more cores with Zen 6, up to 24 in desktop?

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

It feels like the competitive battle between AMD and Intel has somewhat extended into the “future dimension” of internet leaks talking about hardware that doesn’t yet exist. Recently we’ve seen news of the upcoming Nova Lake processors said to have up to 52 cores, and then about the Core Ultra 300 slated for this year. And as if on cue, “counter” leak about AMD Zen 6 processors that will face these future Intel CPUs has surfaced. Read more “AMD to finally add more cores with Zen 6, up to 24 in desktop?” »

Ryzen 5 7400F delid: Grease instead of solder in cheap AMD CPUs?

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

Last month AMD introduced a new budget processor for the AM5 platform, the Ryzen 5 7400F. It should cost even less than the 7500F, but it’s still a full-fledged Zen 4 hexa-core with 32MB of cache and PCIe 5.0 ×16 support for the GPU, so price-wise it’s probably AMD’s best candidate for an affordable non-AM4 gaming PC. It does seem to have one drawback that sets it apart from more expensive models, though. Read more “Ryzen 5 7400F delid: Grease instead of solder in cheap AMD CPUs?” »

AMD releases Ryzen 5 7400F, cheapest AM5 CPU for gaming PCs

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

AMD announced several CPUs at CES 2025 during the keynote now notorious for the absence of Radeon graphics cards  – Ryzens 9 9900X3D and 9950X3D with V-Cache, Strix Halo extreme laptop CPUs, Krackan APUs and Ryzen Z2 for handhelds. Later we found out AMD stealthily launched even more CPUs, among them Ryzen 5 9600. It turns out there is yet another potentially attractive AM5 CPU that has been launched to market in this manner. Read more “AMD releases Ryzen 5 7400F, cheapest AM5 CPU for gaming PCs” »

PC Cooling Guide: Heating Up Ryzen 9 7950X in Cinebench

Cooling, Extra tests, PC cases | | Adam Vágner

Today, we’ll focus on what happens inside a case when a CPU is under heavy load. We’ll run a Cinebench 2024 rendering on a Ryzen R9 7950X cooled by a Noctua NH-D15 G2 air cooler with AM5 offset mounting bars and see how it affects the temperatures and how all the values change with different settings of the system fans’ performance across their entire operating speed range. Read more “PC Cooling Guide: Heating Up Ryzen 9 7950X in Cinebench” »

AMD CPUs with Zen 6 architecture will still use the AM5 socket

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

The AMD AM4 platform has a reputation for longevity. For most, it goes back to 2017 an the first Ryzen, but it’s even been used with Excavator APUs in 2016. It supports CPUs and APUs all the way up to the 2020/2021 Ryzen 5000, meaning that three Zen architecture generations of Zen can be used, which has keept older motherboards relevant way longer than is usual. It looks like AM5 platform owners will be similarly lucky. Read more “AMD CPUs with Zen 6 architecture will still use the AM5 socket” »

Ryzen 7 9800X3D launches right after Arrow Lake. 5.2 GHz all-core?

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

It looks like AMD is planning to proverbially rain on Intel’s parade around the new Arrow Lake desktop processors (Core Ultra 200S). Rumors lately say that AMD will release Zen 5 derived gaming “X3D” processors, which could conquer the throne of the fastest gaming CPU, just after the competitor’s launch. According to the latest reports, they will really come shortly after Arrow Lake and with better clock speeds than what “X3D” Zen 4 achieved. Read more “Ryzen 7 9800X3D launches right after Arrow Lake. 5.2 GHz all-core?” »

CUDIMM will work on AM5, MSI says, Ryzen 9000 or 8000 needed

Memory, Motherboards, News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

Recently, we reported that the Intel LGA 1851 platform with Core Ultra 200 (“Arrow Lake”) processors will premiere certain memory innovation – CUDIMM modules that have an integrated clock driver (CKD) that enables operation at (hopefully) higher clock speeds. It was unclear for a while whether this would end up being an Intel exclusive feature, but now it looks like CUDIMMs will be usable on AM5 boards with Ryzen processors as well. Read more “CUDIMM will work on AM5, MSI says, Ryzen 9000 or 8000 needed” »

Zen 5 with V-Cache coming soon. Ryzen 7 9800X3D next month?

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

AMD’s launch of Zen 5 desktop CPUs was limited to regular models without 3D V-Cache, which is a differentiator of the so-called “X3D” models that significantly improves performance in games. Gamers have no successor for the past generation Ryzen 7 7800X3D, which remains the best gaming CPU. This could change soon though, it seems that AMD is starting talk about the X3D version of Zen 5 and the release is coming soon. Read more “Zen 5 with V-Cache coming soon. Ryzen 7 9800X3D next month?” »

How much does AVX-512 help Zen 5 in x265? And how to turn it on

Extra tests, Processors | | Jan Olšan

You may not know this, but the x265 video encoder can use AVX-512, but they are unused by default for historical reasons. In the past we made a guide showing how to enable the optimizations and looked at their effect, first on Intel Rocket Lake processors and then on Zen 4. Due to the popularity of those articles, we’ve now repeated the same tests on the new Zen 5 architecture, for comparison with previous cores. Read more “How much does AVX-512 help Zen 5 in x265? And how to turn it on” »

Cheap Ryzen 5 7600X3D with V-Cache launched. Available in EU now

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

We reported that AMD is planning to release a cheaper gaming CPU with V-Cache – the Ryzen 5 7600X3D. AMD has released such affordable models (mainly Ryzen 7 5700X3D) for the older AM4 platform, but this time it’s a CPU with Zen 4 architecture for the AM5 socket. And this rumored 7600X3D model has been officially released. Unfortunately the availability is not global. Read more “Cheap Ryzen 5 7600X3D with V-Cache launched. Available in EU now” »

Patch speeding up AMD CPUs is out. Even for old Windows

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

A few days ago, we reported that Ryzen CPUs with the Zen 3, Zen 4, and especially Zen 5 architecture (with which the biggest impact is expected) should get a performance boost in a future Windows 11 update to version 24H2. This big update isn’t out yet – it’s the Copilot+ release that brings various AI innovations and was at one time reportedly being considered for launching as Windows 12. But Ryzen owners won’t have to wait that long. Read more “Patch speeding up AMD CPUs is out. Even for old Windows” »

Mobile Zen 5 is here: Ryzen AI 300 “Strix Point” SoC detailed

News, Notebooks, Processors | | Jan Olšan

The Ryzen AI 300 mobile CPUs with Zen 5 architecture officially launched on Sunday. There’s a lot of news to go along with it: a third model has been added to form the top of the range, and we have learned various other architectural details of the laptop version of Zen 5 (and Zen 5c). Including information about the implementation of AVX-512, which as leaked before and will have lower performance than the fully 512-bit desktop Ryzen 9000. Read more “Mobile Zen 5 is here: Ryzen AI 300 “Strix Point” SoC detailed” »

Zen 5: AMD’s biggest innovation since first Zen [expanded deep dive]

Analysis, Processors | | Jan Olšan

It’s roughly two weeks until AMD releases processors with the new Zen 5 architecture. This week, we finally got proper details on these CPUs’ architecture, which AMD revealed at the Tech Day event. So, we can now break down the changes the company has made to the core, compared to Zen 4 – and they’re pretty extensive, probably more so than they seemed in June. And AMD also reiterated its promise of a 16% increase in IPC for these CPUs. Read more “Zen 5: AMD’s biggest innovation since first Zen [expanded deep dive]” »

Ryzen 9000 delayed due to last-minute problems

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

It was supposed to be just a few days until the arrival of the expected Zen 5 AMD CPUs. Their desktop version was supposed to come out at the end of the current month (July 31), but surprisingly, we now learn that the release was postponed at the very last minute. Fortunately, it doesn’t look like a big delay, but it is a bit worrying that it is supposedly due to issues caught in last minute testing this late into the launch preparations. Read more “Ryzen 9000 delayed due to last-minute problems” »

Ryzen 9000 can boost to higher clock than the official spec says

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

When AMD announced the Ryzen 9000 desktop CPUs with Zen 5 architecture at Computex 2024 back in early June, the company already revealed full specifications including the clock speeds. The boost clock speeds given for the highest model turned out to be the same as with Zen 4 (5.7 GHz for the Ryzen 7950X), but that wasn’t quite the final answer. As in previous generations, the maximum clock speed is actually higher than the official number. Read more “Ryzen 9000 can boost to higher clock than the official spec says” »

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