Wednesday, March 30th 2022
AMD Ryzen 7000 "Raphael" Zen 4 Processors Enter Mass-Production by April-May?
The next-generation AMD Ryzen 7000 "Raphael" desktop processors in the Socket AM5 package are rumored to enter mass-production soon, according to Greymon55 on Twitter, a reliable source with AMD leaks. Silicon fabrication of the chips may already be underway, as the source claims that packaging (placing the dies on the fiberglass substrate or package), will commence by late-April or early-May. "Raphael" is a multi-chip module of "Zen 4" CCDs fabricated on the TSMC N5 (5 nm) node, combined with a cIOD built on a yet-unknown node. A plant in China performs packaging.
It's hard to predict retail availability, but for the Ryzen 5000 "Vermeer" processors, this development milestone was reached in June 2020, with the first products hitting shelves 4 months later, in November. This was, however, in the thick of the pre-vaccine COVID-19 pandemic. The "Zen 4" CPU cores are expected to introduce an IPC increase, as well as higher clock speeds. Also on offer will be next-gen connectivity, including PCI-Express Gen 5 (including CPU-attached Gen 5 NVMe), and DDR5 memory. These processors will launch alongside Socket AM5 motherboards based on the new AMD 600 series chipsets.
Sources:
Greymon55 (Twitter), VideoCardz
It's hard to predict retail availability, but for the Ryzen 5000 "Vermeer" processors, this development milestone was reached in June 2020, with the first products hitting shelves 4 months later, in November. This was, however, in the thick of the pre-vaccine COVID-19 pandemic. The "Zen 4" CPU cores are expected to introduce an IPC increase, as well as higher clock speeds. Also on offer will be next-gen connectivity, including PCI-Express Gen 5 (including CPU-attached Gen 5 NVMe), and DDR5 memory. These processors will launch alongside Socket AM5 motherboards based on the new AMD 600 series chipsets.
31 Comments on AMD Ryzen 7000 "Raphael" Zen 4 Processors Enter Mass-Production by April-May?
supposedly there are rumors of a 3D cache versions of Zen 4 coming most likely a long while after the 7,000 series initial launch.
I wonder if they will be limited on voltage/overclock too like the prototype Zen3 3D chips are told to me
I'd also like to upgrade my 5700xt sometime, but I refuse to pay even $200 over MSRP... I'm hoping that the 6800/6800XT becomes reasonably priced once the 7000 series is released. It'd be nice to pick up a 6800xt at MSRP (though who knows how much new inventory will be around once RDNA3 is released especially co sidering I'm sure there's plenty of people planning the same thing I am) , or perhaps I'll go to the used market for a GPU for the first time, though I am concerned about getting a beat to hell mining card and I have some hangups about going used even though I know plenty of people do it and have no problems....either way, I'm hoping prices will come down on the 6000 series once RDNA3 is released, though who knows in these crazy times. A 5700X(5800X)/6800XT system should get me through the next three years just like my 2700x/5700XT system will have by this November.
China iirc was also historically one of the 4 main assembly locations for Intel as well, but idk the distribution in recent years.
My prediction for zen4 would be 350$ for 7700X and 140$ for a decent b650. total 490$
A zen3 upgrade would be 250$ for 5700X and 110$ for a decent b550. total 360$
thats a 27% price difference for what is supposed to be a 30% ipc improvement and the typical added new features upgraded technology of a new platform (for example pcie 5.0). Worth for me.
Sure... ram, 16gb ddr5 im expecting to be 100$ for a decent kit. The thing sooner or later you will have to buy it, and in my opnion, the earlier the better because you will use it for longer and as the years go the investment will pay itself off.
Since you are looking to use it for years to come i think it makes the most sense to pay an extra 200$. Otherwise in 2-3 years you will probably feel like another CPU upgrade since im guessing GPUs will do 2160p at much higher framerates "requiring" more cpu ipc.
Your current build seems great for a NAS/Seedbox second life, or you could just sell it im guessing
yeah... enjoy what you have... the world is changing... fast.
It is a shame the majority of the people can't keep up with the progress and its consequences.
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Well, I'm ready. Let them come! :pimp:Peace through superior firepower. Well, best I can do is 100 years, counting from Planck's discovery in 1918.
If so, and if Zen 4 scale similarly to Zen 3 in all-core performance, we might get a rough line-up as shown.