Thursday, October 8, 2020

AMD reveals Zen 3 based Ryzen 5000 Series desktop CPUs with huge performance gains

AMD Zen 3 Ryzen CPUAt long last AMD has finally unveiled the next generation of Ryzen CPUs. Known as the Ryzen 5000 Series, the new lineup of Zen 3 processors aim to not only keep AMD at the top of the CPU market, but expand its performance lead over its main competitor Intel. The reveal came during a special digital event hosted by AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su with the primary focus being centered around the company’s new flagship CPU, the Ryzen 9 5900X. The 5900X is a 12 core/24 thread processor that features a base frequency of 3.7 GHz with clock speeds up to 4.8 GHz. Coming in at 105W TDP, the 5900X has a total cache of 70 MB with a single 32 MB L3 cache as opposed to the dual 16 MB L3 cache that the previous Zen 2 processors had. That new layout design will reduce latency as the L3 cache will no longer have to communicate between separate modules. (Credit: AMD) Despite being the flagship, the Zen 3 5900X wasn’t the only Ryzen 5000 Series CPU announced by AMD on Thursday. Also revealed were the...
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