Wednesday, September 5th 2018
AMD Readies 2nd Generation Ryzen Pro Socket AM4 Processors
AMD is readying its second generation Ryzen Pro socket AM4 processors targeted at commercial desktops in a corporate environment, with additional management and security features. These chips are based on the company's new 12 nm "Pinnacle Ridge" silicon. Its biggest differentiator from the other Ryzen SKUs is the GuardMI feature, which is a collective of Secure Memory Encryption, a hardened Secure Boot feature, Secure Production Environment (useful for big organizations that oversee the manufacturing of their hardware, and fTPM.
AMD's 2nd gen Ryzen Pro lineup initially includes three models: the 8-core/16-thread Ryzen 7 Pro 2700X, the Ryzen 7 Pro 2700, and the 6-core/12-thread Ryzen 5 Pro 2600. Some of these chips are clocked marginally lower than their non-Pro siblings. The Pro 2700X ticks at 3.60 GHz, with 4.10 GHz (vs. 3.70 to 4.30 GHz of the 2700X); while the Pro 2700 and Pro 2600 are clocked on par with its non-Pro counterparts. The decision behind clocking the Pro 2700X lower could have something to do with TDP, which is now 95W, compared to the 105W of the normal 2700X.
Sources:
HDTechnologica, VideoCardz
AMD's 2nd gen Ryzen Pro lineup initially includes three models: the 8-core/16-thread Ryzen 7 Pro 2700X, the Ryzen 7 Pro 2700, and the 6-core/12-thread Ryzen 5 Pro 2600. Some of these chips are clocked marginally lower than their non-Pro siblings. The Pro 2700X ticks at 3.60 GHz, with 4.10 GHz (vs. 3.70 to 4.30 GHz of the 2700X); while the Pro 2700 and Pro 2600 are clocked on par with its non-Pro counterparts. The decision behind clocking the Pro 2700X lower could have something to do with TDP, which is now 95W, compared to the 105W of the normal 2700X.
13 Comments on AMD Readies 2nd Generation Ryzen Pro Socket AM4 Processors
I was impressed by graph.
Then, I remembered that is multi-threaded score, not single threaded.
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Yawnfest 2018.
And I'll tell you right now if 2700x in 10-15% neighborhood of Intel 9900k, I'll rather have $329 SECURE chip then €833 plebs one.
I bet even people in AMD HQ use Intel-powered PCs. It's a CPU created for OEMs. Why sell it in retail? What's wrong with the retail Ryzen variant?
I do agree tho, security > plebs.
At this point basically all Ryzen sales are retail chips for custom builders.
Reality disagrees. And BTW: Ryzen 5 1400 actually boosts to 3.4GHz.
What do you call work then, because you're version of busy seams ideal, you didn't say.
Also, you think way too much about touching processors. Anyway, I'm not aroused by that. :-) I doubt that. The best selling Intel chips are the mobile ones and then the mid-range i3/i5s. A normal 4-core i5 pulls maybe 40-50W (having a very conservative 65W TDP).
More frugal -T variants are going into thin clients and weak AIOs, so not exactly a dominant segment.