Yesterday, AMD released the new Ryzen 5000 series APUs for laptops. In addition to the new APUs, the company had prepared for CES 2021 with new Ryzen 5000 desktop models, Ryzen Threadripper Pro processors availability news and teasing for 3rd generation Epyc processors.

New members of the Ryzen 5000 family desktop collection obey the names Ryzen 7 5800 and 9 5900. The processors are based on the familiar Vermeer architecture and, like their sister models with the X mark, are 8- and 12 cores. The base and Boost clock frequencies of Ryzen 7 5800 are 3.4 and 4.6 GHz, while those of 9 5900 are are 3.0 and 4.7 GHz. Processors have a TDP value set to 65 watts and will be available, at least for now, only in OEM configurations.

Ryzen Threadripper Pro processors were originally released last summer. Zen 2 core based processors are available from 28, 64 and 65 as cores, but so far they have only been available on OEM workstations. Now AMD has decided to bring the series processors to free sale as well and they are expected to be available on store shelves during March.

Deliveries of Milan, or 3rd generation Epyc processors, have reportedly started last year, but the actual release will still have to wait. However, AMD CEO Lisa Su gave a little taste of future server processors and their performance at the show. Performance was demonstrated with the Weather Research and Forecast weather simulation model and contrasted with Intel’s two 28 core Xeon Gold 6258 R configurations and AMD’s dual 32 core-based Epyc Milan processor configurations. According to the AMD test, its configuration was as much 68% faster than the Intel option. Epyc 3rd generation processors will be officially released later this quarter.

AMD also confirmed that it will release new Radeon RX 6000 series graphics cards for both desktop and laptop in the first half of the year.

Source: AMD