
AMD launches new hardware.
Yesterday (7/7/19) AMD launched a bevy of new hardware to the world. We have both the 3rd generation of Ryzen processors and the first discrete graphics cards based on the new Navi architecture.
AMD 3rd Generation Ryzen and existing Ryzen Processor stack.
The new Ryzen 3 processors bring a lot to the table. We have higher frequencies from core and boost clock, double the L3 cache and support for 3200mhz ram alongside the new x570 chipset on a huge range of new motherboards. The x570 chipset brings support for Ryzen 3, PCI-e 4 and native USB 3.1 gen 2.
Model | Cores/Threads | L3 Cache | Base Clock (Ghz) | Turbo Clock (Ghz) | Ram Support (Mhz) |
AMD Ryzen 9 | |||||
3950X | 16/32 | 64mb | 3.5 | 4.7 | 3200 |
3900X | 12/24 | 64mn | 3.8 | 4.6 | 3200 |
AMD Ryzen 7 | |||||
3800X | 8/16 | 32mb | 3.9 | 4.5 | 3200 |
3700X | 8/16 | 32mb | 3.6 | 4.4 | 3200 |
2700X | 8/16 | 16mb | 3.7 | 4.3 | 2933 |
2700 | 8/16 | 16mb | 3.2 | 4.1 | 2933 |
1800X | 8/16 | 16mb | 3.6 | 4.0 | 2666 |
1700X | 8/16 | 16mb | 3.4 | 3.8 | 2666 |
1700 | 8/16 | 16mb | 3.0 | 3.7 | 2666 |
AMD Ryzen 5 | |||||
3600X | 6/12 | 32mb | 3.8 | 4.4 | 3200 |
3600 | 6/12 | 32mb | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3200 |
2600X | 6/12 | 16mb | 3.6 | 4.2 | 2933 |
2600 | 6/12 | 16mb | 3.4 | 3.9 | 2933 |
1600X | 6/12 | 16mb | 3.6 | 4.0 | 2666 |
1600 | 6/12 | 16mb | 3.2 | 3.6 | 2666 |
2400G | 4/8 | 4mb | 3.6 | 3.9 | 2666 |
1500X | 4/8 | 16mb | 3.5 | 3.7 | 2666 |
1400 | 4/8 | 8mb | 3.2 | 3.4 | 2666 |
AMD Ryzen 3 | |||||
2200G | 4/4 | 4mb | 3.5 | 3.7 | 2933 |
1300X | 4/4 | 8mb | 3.5 | 3.7 | 2666 |
1200 | 4/4 | 8mb | 3.1 | 3.4 | 2666 |
Ryzen 3 is backward compatible with previous AM4 motherboards via bios update (apart from the A320 chipset.)
Ryzen 3 is backward compatible with previous AM4 motherboards via bios update (apart from the A320 chipset.)
Early benchmarks are showing that AMD has boosted its single core performance helping bridge the gap to Intel’s best while further pulling ahead of Intel in multi-threaded workloads These chips look fantastic for anyone into video, audio or visual work.
AMD also launched two new Navi based graphics cards – the Radeon RX 5700 and its bigger brother the Radeon RX 5700xt. Both are based on Navi 10, are built on the 7nm process and include 8gb of ram. Where they differ is in the number of processors and texture units on each model with the 5700xt having 2560 processors and 160 texture units compared to the 5700’s 2304 processors and 144 texture units.
Think of these two cards as direct replacements for the Vega 56 and Vega 64 cards and direct competitors to the new nVidia 2060 Super and 2070 Super.
Disappointingly AMD have seen fit to stick to using a blower cooler instead of innovating here as nVidia did with their excellent reference coolers. Reviews are showing good overall performance from these cards but they do appear to be limited by cooling which maybe holding back some performance. Hopefully 3rd party cards arrive soon with robust cooling solutions.