Wednesday, December 5th 2018
AMD 3rd Generation Ryzen Probable SKUs, Specs, Pricing Leaked?
One of our readers tipped us off with a very plausible looking image that drops a motherlode of information about what AMD's 2nd generation Ryzen (aka Ryzen 3000 series) processor lineup could look like. This includes a vast selection of SKUs, their CPU and iGPU core configurations, clock-speeds, and OEM channel pricing. The list speaks of a reentry for 7th generation A-series "Excavator" as Duron X4 series, followed by Duron 300GE-series based on a highly cut down "Raven Ridge," Athlon 300GE 2-core/4-thread based on an implausible "Zen+ 12 nm" APU die, followed by quad-core Ryzen 3 3000 series processors with and without iGPUs, making up the company's entry-level product lineup.
The core counts seem to jump from 4-core straight to 8-core, with no 6-core in between, for the Ryzen 5 series. This is also where AMD's new IP, the 7 nm "Zen 2" architecture, begins. There appears to be a large APU die (or a 3-chip MCM) with an 8-core CPU and 20-CU iGPU, which makes up certain Ryzen 5 SKUs. These chips are either 8-core/8-thread or 8-core/16-thread. The Ryzen 7 series is made up of 12-core/24-thread processors that are devoid of iGPU. The new Ryzen 9 series extension caps off the lineup with 16-core/32-thread SKUs. And these are just socket AM4.
3rd generation Ryzen Threadripper processors will be client-segment derivatives of the EPYC "Rome" MCMs, which combine up to 64 cores across 8-core 7 nm CPU chiplets with an I/O die handling a monolithic 8-channel memory interface and PCIe. Threadripper SKUs begin at 24-core/48-thread, and go on to include 32-core/64-thread, 48-core/96-thread, and 64-core/128-thread, across X and WX SKUs.
The OEM-channel pricing for all these SKUs seem to linearly succeed the current product stack, with the addition of newer SKUs that have no predecessors taking up gaps in the price-points.
At this point, this picture is either a motherlode of information or some fanboy's wet-dream, and TechPowerUp takes no responsibility for its accuracy.
The core counts seem to jump from 4-core straight to 8-core, with no 6-core in between, for the Ryzen 5 series. This is also where AMD's new IP, the 7 nm "Zen 2" architecture, begins. There appears to be a large APU die (or a 3-chip MCM) with an 8-core CPU and 20-CU iGPU, which makes up certain Ryzen 5 SKUs. These chips are either 8-core/8-thread or 8-core/16-thread. The Ryzen 7 series is made up of 12-core/24-thread processors that are devoid of iGPU. The new Ryzen 9 series extension caps off the lineup with 16-core/32-thread SKUs. And these are just socket AM4.
The OEM-channel pricing for all these SKUs seem to linearly succeed the current product stack, with the addition of newer SKUs that have no predecessors taking up gaps in the price-points.
At this point, this picture is either a motherlode of information or some fanboy's wet-dream, and TechPowerUp takes no responsibility for its accuracy.
81 Comments on AMD 3rd Generation Ryzen Probable SKUs, Specs, Pricing Leaked?
It's second gen ZEN, and third gen Ryzen.
One can always dream xD
If so, it's a cold day on payday for Intels boss, assuming he cares.
How can they not reach 5 GHz on a 8c/16t part, but can on 32/46c 64/96t parts with its BASE clock higher than most of the other that are boost???????????????
This really seems fake (and click bait). We saw this and chose not to front page it for those reasons.Oh, links please....Why post it when its clearly BS?
There are a number of obvious red flags here, including the Threadripper 3990WX at 5.0 GHz base, which it claims requires a 360mm radiator! Since when did we measure cooling requirements by radiator size?
Everyone should also be aware that final specs of the models are not decided until they have the final stepping and have ramped up production (usually ~3 months or so ahead of launch). Simply put, even AMD don't know the final specs yet.
Bad news is bad news. I don't know why this was published considering how obvious it was fake. A reputable joint wouldn't post this as news, even with a disclaimer. Quantity over quality. :(
Reviving the Duron brand is weird though, since they could simply use the Athlon brand...
It will be 2700x with +20% performance - so most likely on par with intel in games while murdering it on the ws performance. If they double the core counts they will have to scale clocks back a bit - so probably the 7 3600x with the single ccx will be the best gaming chip.
Some of my mutlithreaded analytics software starts seeing regression past 8 threads during certain operations - Notably powerBI, excel, and VB based stuff really tops out past 8; so at some point there will be a threads to speed trade off that people will have to make on AM4.
Still, if this is true, I’m sad to not see a 5GHz low/mid-end model. I just bought a 2400G with the plan to eventually replace it with a 3xxx Series.
AMD, please make this happen.