Thursday, October 8th 2020
AMD Ryzen 5000 "Zen 3" "Vermeer" Launch Liveblog
AMD is announcing its next-generation Ryzen 5000 series desktop processors in the Socket AM4 package. These 7 nm processors see the implementation of the company's new "Zen 3" microarchitecture, and are expected to push the performance envelope. AMD CEO Dr Lisa Su takes centerstage in a pre-recorded launch event stream which we are live-blogging. These are facts as they appear, along with our analysis.
Update 16:01 UTC: Looks like this is a pre-recorded stream made to look live (a premiere).
Update 16:02 UTC: AMD runs through the "Zen" journey.
Update 16:04 UTC: Dr Su takes centerstage
Update 16:05 UTC: PS5 + Xbox Series X/S design wins are big for AMD
Update 16:06 UTC: AMD significantly changed PC performance over the past 3 years.
Update 16:08 UTC: Zen 3
Update 16:09 UTC: "Best single-threaded performance and gaming performance:" Dr Su
Update 16:09 UTC: Shipping within Q4 2020, confirmed.
Update 16:10 UTC: IPC increases confirmed, new cache topology
Update 16:11 UTC: Unified 8-core complex per chiplet
Update 16:11 UTC: 19% IPC Uplift!!!
Update 16:13 UTC: Breakdown of the performance contributions
Update 16:14 UTC: Relentless commitment to energy efficiency, +24% vs prior generation
Update 16:14 UTC: 2.8x efficiency vs. Core i9-10900K
Update 16:15 UTC: "Zen 4" on 5 nm confirmed.
Update 16:16 UTC: Ryzen 9 5900X 12-core/24-thread, 19% IPC increase, higher clock speeds, 105W TDP
Update 16:16 UTC: 28% gaming performance increase vs. 3900XT. AMD has leveled up to Intel
Update 16:18 UTC: Massive gaming performance gains. Average 26% gain in CPU-limited resolutions. AMD already has parity in high-resolutions that are GPU-limited
Update 16:19 UTC: AMD beats Intel in single-threaded Cinebench. It's curtains for Intel's 1T CPU leadership
Update 16:20 UTC: The best possible PC gaming experience: Rob Hallock.
Update 16:21 UTC: The World's Best Gaming CPUs. Lineup:
Update 16:21 UTC: Prices:
Update 16:22 UTC: Available in November 5
Update 16:22 UTC: 16-core Ryzen 9 5950X, 105W
Update 16:23 UTC: Up to 27% faster than the R9 3950X
Update 16:23 UTC: 59% faster than i9-10900K in creator workloads. And Gaming. Priced $799
Update 16:24 UTC: Radeon Big Navi teaser
Update 16:25 UTC: 5900X + 6000 series flagship performance preview
Update 16:26 UTC: That was fast! No pointless celebrity demoes, just "we're the fastest, kthxbai"
Update 16:38 UTC: AMD will bundle Far Cry 6 with the 5950X, 5900X, 5800X in select markets.
Update 16:39 UTC: And this concludes our liveblog. Wow.
Update 16:10 UTC: IPC increases confirmed, new cache topology
Update 16:16 UTC: Ryzen 9 5900X 12-core/24-thread, 19% IPC increase, higher clock speeds, 105W TDP
Update 16:21 UTC: The World's Best Gaming CPUs. Lineup:
Update 16:22 UTC: 16-core Ryzen 9 5950X, 105W
Update 16:38 UTC: AMD will bundle Far Cry 6 with the 5950X, 5900X, 5800X in select markets.
Update 16:39 UTC: And this concludes our liveblog. Wow.
123 Comments on AMD Ryzen 5000 "Zen 3" "Vermeer" Launch Liveblog
Also the Radeon bit is just epic, the background music makes it feel like im watching a Halo trailer, good stuff.
But yeah as we can see its not quite up there with the 3080 but beats the 2080(ti), now its just a matter of powerconsumption and price and we can have a winner.
Interesting charts on Big Navi at the end. Looks to be between 3070 and 3080 (only based on two titles compared to TPU's 3080 benchmarks). Now it just comes down to the price.
The pricing for the Ryzen 5000 series:
5600X: $300 - very close to the price of the 3700X which featured two more cores.
5800X: $450
5900X: $550
5950X: $800
All priced $50 higher than their Ryzen 3000 counterparts. What's more, there's no sign of 5700X which was a sweet spot for the previous gen Ryzen CPUs. Either you pay $50 more for the 3600X alternative or you have to pay whopping $120 more to get just two more cores.
Customers first, my ass. More like profits first now that Intel still cannot solve their 10nm node.
Go AMD. Just remember folks, this is the poorer company competing, it seems, toe-to-toe with the big guy.
Unfortunately, I think Big Navi might fall short of Nvidia's best.