Thursday, August 6th 2020
AMD Ryzen 9 4950X "Vermeer" Tested, the Sample Boosts to 4.8 GHz
AMD is preparing to launch its next-generation Ryzen 4000 series of desktop processors based on Zen 3 architecture, codenamed Vermeer. Thanks to the sources over at Igor's Lab, we have some new information about the clock speeds of a rumored Ryzen 9 4950X Vermeer model. Featuring 16 cores and 32 threads, the Ryzen 9 4950X is reportedly going to feature boost frequency of at least 4.8 GHz. Given that this is only an engineering sample, the final frequencies could be higher. In the report, the base frequency of the CPU is said to be 3.5 GHz. This is a very good frequency for a CPU that has that many cores. All of this information is coming from decoding the OPN code which states "100-000000059-52_ 48/35 _ Y". The 48 number indicates the boost, and 35 the base frequency. In the previous reports, we got OPN codes "100-000000059-14_46/37_Y" and "100-000000059-15_46/37_N" which suggested 4.6 GHz boost and base of 3.5 GHz, indicating that this is a new stepping.
Sources:
Igor's Lab, VideoCardz
74 Comments on AMD Ryzen 9 4950X "Vermeer" Tested, the Sample Boosts to 4.8 GHz
(There seems to be a mistake in the last sentence. Those OPN codes should indicate a 3.7GHz base, not 3.5.)
For now, I can only choose one thing to upgrade, a new CPU (With RAM and Mobo) or a new shiny GPU. I have always wanted to try the AMD camp, this seems a good time as any to do so, I am very excited to see the benchies. :)
My 3950X nerver seen the day of 4.7Ghz single core speed as they said it can.
All core turbo is what there matters today.
If the CPU can do 4.6Ghz all core im happy.
By whom?
There is zero reference to testing in the Igor's Lab article. He's merely decoding an OPN that "somebody" gave him. I too can make up an OPN, decode it, and post unsubstantiated BS about it.
Even by TPU's increasingly low editorial standards, this is an exceedingly poor piece of clickbait.
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This one 5K mhz, obviously not LN oc.at 5K , latency is 49ns which much lower(Better) than fastest one in 3xxx Ryzen ( 68ns ).So I expect better latency for 4950x
These have quite the redesign internally and are not the same as zen2 based chip's.
No one has surpassed by any great margin the 5Ghz AMD launched first five years ago and no one will.
I only hope (if this is, in fact, an engineering sample) the clocks will go higher and since I'm going for 12c24t in my desktop this time around, I sincerely hope the clocks for the 12 core Ryzen3 will be higher a bit that the 4950X. That would be so darn awesome. Honestly, even the 4.8Ghz all core would've been great at this point. Also wonder if the latency has improved as well.
So, take the 17% IPC increase, the performance increase from doubling the cores per CCX (perhaps 12%) and a 200-300Mhz frequency increase from the upgraded node, and I believe that a 25% core for core performance uplift over Zen2 is definitely possible.