Friday, April 20th 2018
AMD is Saving the Ryzen 7 2800X for a Rainy Day
Many of you might have noticed that the Ryzen 7 2800X wasn't part of the initial Ryzen 2000 Series launch yesterday. Jim Anderson, Senior Vice President at AMD, has hinted that AMD might release the Ryzen 7 2800X processor at a later date. The main reason for the move is that the current Ryzen 7 2700X and 2700 models already cover the performance and price points. Therefore, AMD doesn't see the need to release a more powerful model at this time. And they're not wrong. Our review of the Ryzen 7 2700X revealed that AMD's current flagship processor has surpassed Intel's Core i7-8700K in multi-threaded workloads while also closing the gap in single-threaded workloads. While Intel still has the advantage when it comes to gaming performance, the difference in performance is slim and gets even smaller as you climb the resolution ladder. Basically, the ball is in Intel's court right now. Whether the Ryzen 7 2800X see the light of the day is going to depend on Intel's response to the Ryzen 7 2700X.
Source:
DSOGaming
93 Comments on AMD is Saving the Ryzen 7 2800X for a Rainy Day
I love this close enough to compete...
Can't wait to see how far this going to go.
They probably don't have enough binned chips for a true launch.
AMD shoudn't be sitting around waiting for rainy days.
Some change may occur on Zen2 (7nm), where in theory CCXs could be arranged differently and one *could* have up to 6 cores, moving the lineup to more flexible 2/4/6 and 8/10/12 (probably stopping there, with 2 CCX design) and that Epyc generation with up to 48 cores. Or even 8 cores/CCX, moving the ladder up at both cost and efficiency. Or something completely different...
Not being an expert on manufacturing process, but this scenario doesn't seem likely to happen with current, supposedly finished Zen2 architecture changes - it's unlikely even in the future generations, where probably on the same die size cores can be arranged better in a different manner decided with a real expert engineering/developing team, and not based on wishful thinking or wild simplifying of community members (me included, of course; community members with real knowledge excluded, at least at speculation idea)
Currently the 2700X boosts up to 4.3Ghz, I wouldn't be surprised if the 2800X would hit 4.5Ghz on one core or two.
Maybe 2800X base on Zen 2 ?
My worry is this will mean a very staggered Zen 2 release and before you know it we will have the same situation as we do with Intel where the high end parts are a generation or two behind the entry / mainstream.