That brings faster RAM with the Ryzen 5000 Watch out when buying RAM Memory connection for Ryzen 5000 Test preparations Benchmarks Conclusion The Ryzen – 5000 – Processors already work together with relatively fast memory. But the DDR4 AMD itself names DDR4 4000 as a possible option for its current CPU spearhead and There are plenty of RAM modules to buy with a significantly higher clock rate.
But is it worth investing in such fast RAM modules to squeeze the last bit of performance out of the system? Or is cheaper standard storage the smarter choice in the end? Some improvements from AMD to the Zen 3 architecture of the Ryzen 5000 come from the providers “Overclocking RAM”, which promptly throw suitable sets onto the market.
We have the two bars 16 – GByte set G.Skill TridentZ F4 – 4400 C 19 D – 16 GTZSW caught and try it with a Ryzen 7 5800 X (test) and the mainboard Gigabyte X 570 Aorus Master (test), what particularly fast RAM actually brings. The memory kit not only offers DDR4 – 4000 as the maximum data rate, it also runs with relatively sharp timings of 18 – 19 – 18 – 39. This makes the bars a good candidate for exploring the optimum RAM in the Ryzen 5000.
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AMD with its Radeon RX 6000 series introduces a feature called Smart Access Memory. The promise is that in specific use-cases where the CPU needs to access a lot of the video memory, it can improve frame rates by up to 6%. Announced alongside the RX 6800 series, Smart Access Memory (SAM) is an AMD branding for the Resizable BAR (Base Address Register) feature the PCI-SIG standardized years ago. AMD realized that this feature can be useful in improving gaming performance.
How it Works
Your processor can typically only access up to 256 MB of your graphics card’s dedicated video memory at any given time. This arbitrary limit dates back to the 32-bit era when address-space was at a premium, and interestingly, carried on even into the 64-bit era. Around this time, newer APIs, such as DirectX 11, relied less on mirroring data between the system and video-memory. Obviously, we want to be able to transfer data to all GPU memory, so a windowing mechanism is used whereby your GPU holds 256 MB of its dedicated memory as a scratchpad any CPU-bound data to be juggled in and out of.
Another reason why nobody even saw this as a “problem” was because of the enormous amount of memory bandwidth at the disposal of GPUs (relative to system memory), which makes this jugglery “free.” When it came to the Radeon RX 6800 series, which is up against RTX 30-series “Ampere” GPUs with wider memory buses and faster memory devices, the company finally bit the bullet and implemented the Resizable BAR feature as Smart Access Memory. Since this is a PCI-SIG feature that can be added at the driver-level, NVIDIA announced that it intends to implement this feature as well, via a driver update.
Resizable BAR requires UEFI firmware support, and AMD has artificially segmented its support to just its Ryzen 5000 “Zen 3” processor + 500-series chipset combination, possibly as a means to promote the two. It’s likely that NVIDIA’s implementation is broader as it doesn’t have a CPU + chipset platform of its own, and AMD will follow.
Once enabled, the CPU sees the entire 16 GB of video memory on the RX 6800 series as one addressable block. AMD calculates that this helps with certain game engines which leverage the CPU in their 3D rendering stages (think certain kinds of post-processing, etc.). One possible explanation as to why AMD restricted SAM to its 500-series chipset platform is PCI-Express Gen 4. As such, PCI-Express 3.0 x16 bottlenecks next-gen GPUs by only a single-digit percentage, as shown in our RTX 3080 PCIe Scaling article; so AMD figured all that untapped PCIe Gen 4 bandwidth could be used by SAM without affecting the GPU’s performance during normal 3D rendering. But this doesn’t explain why you need a Ryzen 5000 processor, and why a Ryzen 3000 “Matisse” won’t do.
To enable SAM, you need a 500-series chipset motherboard with the latest UEFI firmware supplied by your motherboard vendor, a Ryzen 5000 processor, and a Radeon RX 6800 series graphics card. Simply enable the “Resizable BAR Support” toggle in the “Advanced” PCIe settings of your UEFI setup program. For these toggles to be available, CSM has to be disabled. This also means that if you’ve been booting from an MBR partition, using CSM, you’ll have to reinstall Windows on a GPT partition. There’s also a conversion mechanism between MBR and GPT, but I haven’t tested that.
In this review, we’re testing using a 500-series chipset motherboard and a Ryzen 9 5900X processor to tell you if Radeon Smart Access Memory is worth the hype and whether it helps the RX 6800 XT gain more against the RTX 3080.
Test Setup
Test System
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AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
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ASRock X570 Taichi AMD X570, BIOS v3.59
Memory:
2x 8 GB DDR4-3900 CL16 Infinity Fabric at 1900 MHz
Just as the CPU is the brains of your computer, the SSD is the brains behind your storage drive. Though many companies produce SSDs, most don’t make their own controllers. Phison is a leader in the SSD controller space and one of only a few companies that produce the hardware that manages your precious data on the latest flash.
Phison has spearheaded the PCIe Gen4 NVMe SSD market with its PS5016-E16 NVMe SSD controller and has enjoyed staying on top for quite a while. Samsung’s 980 PRO recently dethroned Phison the top-ranking title, but Phison’s next-gen PS5018-E18 NVMe SSD controller may lead their way to victory once again, assuming the final firmware quirks get worked out.
The Prototype with a Speed Governor
Phison was gracious enough to send over an early engineering sample of the PS5018-E18 to play with. However, as exciting as early sampling is, ES units aren’t without drawbacks. The unfortunate part here is that the device is roughly 1-2 firmware revisions away from production and paired with slower than optimal flash. The company officially rates the PS5018-E18 to deliver throughput of up to 7.4 / 7.0 GBps read/write as well as sustain upwards of 1 million random read and write IOPS with next-gen flash.
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Our prototype comes with 2TB of Micron’s 512Gb B27B 96L TLC flash operating at 1,200 MTps rather than Micron’s recently announced 176L replacement gate TLC flash, capable of saturating the controller’s max interface speed. While this prototype won’t be nearly as fast as the final production units, it is interesting to see how it compares in testing at this point with the current generation flash. A recent news post shows that it is even capable of sustaining a hefty 1.2 million random write IOPS in the configuration we have in our hands today.
Architecture of PS5018-E18 SSD Controller
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Built from the ground up and produced one TSMC’s 12nm technology node, Phison’s PS5018-E18 is quite the capable PCIe 4.0 x4 SSD controller in terms of features and performance. Phison crammed in five Arm Cortex R5 CPU cores into this thing with three acting as primary cores for the heavy work while the other two are clocked lower for the company’s Dual CoXProcessor 2.0 code to efficiently help offload some of the strain from main core workloads.
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The controller interfaces with the NAND over eight NAND flash channels at up to 1,600 MTps and supports capacities of up to 8TB with 32 chip enables. There are eight packages on our sample, four on each side thanks to the small size of the controller that measures just 12 x 12mm. The design leverages a DRAM-based architecture, too, with our sample containing two SK hynix DDR4 chips, one on each side of the PCB.
Features of Phison PS5018-E18 SSD Controller
Phison’s PS5018-E18 meets the NVMe 1.4 spec and comes with a bunch of features. As per usual, it comes with support for both Trim and S.M.A.R.T. data reporting. Like other controllers, it supports Active State Power Management (ASPM), Autonomous Power State Transition (APST), and the L1.2 ultra-low power state. Thermal throttling is implemented, but isn’t of much concern as the new controller doesn’t get too hot in most use cases, and mind you, that is without a nickel integrated heat sink.
It also leverages the company’s fourth-generation LDPC ECC engine, SmartECC (RAID ECC), and End-to-End Data Path Protection for robust error correction and enhanced data reliability. It even supports hardware-accelerated AES 128/256-bit encryption that is TCG, Opal 2.0, and Pyrite compliant and comes with crypto erase capability.
Phison’s E18 supports a fully-dynamic write caching like the E12S and E16 before. Therefore, the SLC cache size spans 1/3rd of the drive’s available capacity when using TLC flash. The company also implemented SmartFlush, which helps to quickly recover the cache for predictable and consistent performance.
Test Bench and Methodology
Asus X570 ROG Crosshair VIII Hero (Wi-Fi)
AMD 3600X @4.3 GHz (all cores)
2x8GB Crucial Ballistix RGB DDR4 3600 MHz CL16
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX570 4GB
Corsair RM850x
The initial results you see in this article are with the SSDs tested at 50% full capacity and with the operating system drive using Windows 10 Pro 1909. Also, note that while some of the new PCIe Gen4 SSDs are capable of 1 million IOPS, our lowly 6C/12T Ryzen 5 3600X can only sustain 650-700K IOPS at most. We will soon upgrade our test system’s CPU to a 12C/24T Zen 3 5900X to push next-gen storage to the max.
2TB Performance of Phison PS5018-E18 SSD Controller
We threw in a few of the best SSDs into the mix to gauge the Phison PS5018-E18’s performance. We included two of the top dogs, a WD Black SN850 and Samsung’s 980 PRO as well as Adata’s XPG Gammix S50 Lite, an entry-level Gen4 performer based on SMI’s newest NVMe SM2267 controller and 1,200MTps flash.
We included the Sabrent Rocket NVMe 4.0, which has Phison’s E16 controller and Kioxia’s 96L TLC operating at up to 800MTps, and we added in the Sabrent Rocket Q4, which features Micron’s cheaper 96L QLC flash. Additionally, we threw in Crucial’s P5, Samsung’s 970 EVO Plus, WD’s Black SN750, and AN1500 as some PCIe Gen3 competition.
Game Scene Loading – Final Fantasy XIV
Final Fantasy XIV Stormbringer is a free real-world game benchmark that easily and accurately compares game load times without the inaccuracy of using a stopwatch.
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When it comes to game loading, the Phison PS5018-E18 proves more competitive than the E16 before it, but with the current flash, even Samsung’s 970 EVO Plus takes the lead over it in this test. The E18 is not quite as responsive as Samsung’s 980 PRO nor WD’s Black SN850, at least not yet.
Transfer Rates – DiskBench
We use the DiskBench storage benchmarking tool to test file transfer performance with our own custom blocks of data. Our 50GB dataset includes 31,227 files of various types, like pictures, PDFs, and videos. Our 100GB dataset consists of 22,579 files, with 50GB of them being large movies. We copy the data sets to new folders and then follow-up with a read test of a newly-written 6.5GB zip file and 15GB movie file.
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When copying around datasets and reading large files, the Phison PS5018-E18 prototype delivered responsive performance, especially strong read performance, but it isn’t quite on par with the 1TB WD Black SN850 and Samsung 980 PRO. When copying our 50GB and 100GB datasets, the Phison PS5018-E18 ranked fourth place, outperforming most of the Gen3 competitors, but trailing WD’s mighty RAID 0 configured Black AN1500.
Trace Testing – PCMark 10 Storage Tests
PCMark 10 is a trace-based benchmark that uses a wide-ranging set of real-world traces from popular applications and everyday tasks to measure the performance of storage devices. The quick benchmark is more relatable to those who use their PCs for leisure or basic office work, while the full benchmark relates more to power users.
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While previous tests show minor gains over the E16, PCMark 10 quick results look to have degraded compared to the E16 and are a little on the low side. That’s a little strange considering there is now an additional core in its architecture. PCMark 10’s Full System Drive benchmark shows improvement, but the Phison PS5018-E18 is still ranking behind both the new Samsung and WD.
Trace Testing – SPECworkstation 3
Like PCMark 10, SPECworkstation 3 is a trace-based benchmark, but it is designed to push the system harder by measuring workstation performance in professional applications.
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When hit with some harder workloads in SPECWorkstation3, Phison’s E18 delivered fast performance but didn’t ellipse its competition in the way that Samsung 980 PRO’s performance did. The company will need to work a bit harder to improve to Samsung-like levels here.
Synthetic Testing – ATTO / iometer
iometer is an advanced and highly configurable storage benchmarking tool while ATTO is a simple and free application that SSD vendors commonly use to assign sequential performance specifications to their products. Both of these tools give us insight into how the device handles different file sizes.
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In ATTO, we tested Phison’s PS5018-E18 at a QD of 1, representing most day-to-day file access at various block sizes. Based on ATTO’s results, the E18 shows the fastest peak sequential results, but once we bumped up the QD, both the Samsung and WD inched ahead in reads.
The E18 came back and demonstrated very responsive write performance, however, peaking at 6.6 GBps. When it comes to random performance, ranking fourth in read performance and first in write performance, the E18 is fairly competitive with the current flash, but not as tuned as its competitors.
First Thoughts on the PS5018-E18 Prototype
Phison’s PS5018-E18 NVMe SSD controller is impressive on paper and has some fast specs. With five CPU cores, it is just one shy of Crucial’s P5, but isn’t shackled down by a Gen3 PHY and runs much cooler thanks to TSMC’s 12nm technology node.
With our prototype using Micron’s 96L B27B TLC and operating at 1,200 MTps, the controller shows noticeable improvements over the company’s E16 in some workloads, but there are still some kinks to be worked out. Samsung’s 980 PRO and WD’s Black SN850 both have the upper hand for now.
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The Phison PS5018-E18’s performance will be a lot more interesting to analyze once we have finalized firmware and NAND configurations. With support for up to 1,600 MTps NAND flash, higher speeds are just around the corner and a lot of the performance gap will shrink.
In fact, while it wasn’t until just days ago that Micron announced supporting NAND, Phison already has new prototypes with Micron’s faster 176L (B47R) flash in hand and development is well underway. Retail products are just around the corner, roughly a month or two away.
This year only deliveries to important partners are to be made, in large quantities in the first quarter 2021. Zen 3 CPUs are coming first for supercomputers.
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AMD will be the server offshoot of Zen 3 – Epyc 7003 alias Milan – no longer this Introduce year. The delivery of the first processors to partners is said to have already started, but AMD only sells larger quantities from the beginning 2021. The chip manufacturer has scheduled the presentation for the first quarter 2021 – only then is with the specifications and reliable performance data.
So far AMD only presented desktop processors with Zen 3 architecture: The Ryzen – 5000 -CPUs (code name Vermeer) especially increase the single-threaded performance. The server versions with up to 64 should be like the 10 – Kerner Ryzen 9 5950 X benefit less from the improvements, since the thermal design power (TDP) is limited with the high core numbers. After all, all efficiency improvements come from the architecture – chip contract manufacturers continue to produce the CPU chiplets with 7 nanometer technology.
Chip shortage AMD apparently cannot keep up with the production of Zen-3 chip sets. The first four models Ryzen 9 7002 X, Ryzen 9 5900 X, Ryzen 7 5800 X and Ryzen 5 5600 X are hardly available worldwide. Delivery contracts with server partners are likely to have priority at the moment – among other things, the first parts of the mother-of-pearl supercomputer are to be included this year with Zen-3-Epycs go online. As a result, AMD will or can only deliver larger quantities to smaller server manufacturers from 2021 .
Most recently, Intel’s first 10 – nm server generation Ice Lake-SP, which competes with AMD’s Epyc 7002 (Rome) and Epyc 7003 (Milan) actually until the end 2020 should appear. According to the Taiwanese website Digitimes Intel is supposed to introduce the to the beginning 2021. (mma)
Apparently, we haven’t seen the best of what Samsung B-die integrated circuits (ICs) have to offer yet. The latest chatter from the SMZDM forums (via harukaze5719) is that Chinese manufacturer Colorful is preparing some elite Samsung B-die memory kits. The new iGame series is rumored to debut by the end of November.
At first sight, the iGame series looks like your typical budget memory that you can pick up for an outrageously low price. The memory modules come with a white PCB and lacks a heat spreader and RGB lighting, a rare sight in today’s modern hardware world. However, your perception of the memory will take a 180-degree turn once you look at its specifications.
Obviously, Colorful will offer its iGame memory in different frequencies and densities. The spotlight will shine on the DDR4-4000 memory kit as it’s seemingly certified for extremely low timings of 14-14-14-35. Presently, G.Skill sells the fastest DDR4-4000 memory kit on the market with timings configured to 15-16-16-36. Colorful will eventually give G.Skill a run for its money though. The report doesn’t reveal the DRAM voltage for the iGame memory kit. Given the frequency and the tight timings, it’ll require at least 1.5V to run.
The iGame series reportedly caters to AMD users, more specifically those that own or will purchase a Ryzen 5000 (codename Vermeer) processor. If you don’t know already, Zen 3 has opened up the doors for processors to run with a FCLK up to 2,000MHz (DDR4-4000), thus the newfound excitement for DDR4-4000 memory kits. Bear in mind that not every single Ryzen 5000 chip will be able to handle a 2,000 FCLK. Nonetheless, AMD is working on optimizing its future AGESA code to make hitting a FCLK up to 1,900 MHZ or 2,000 MHz an easier task. If you want a surefire alternative, DDR4-3600 or DDR4-3800 memory kits with very tight timings, such as G.Skill’s Trident Z Neo DDR4-3800 C14 are still your best options.
Apple has made very full-bodied promises about the performance and efficiency of the new system-on-chip M1, but has not published any common benchmarks. The first results in Geekbench 5 have now appeared, which put the M1 well ahead of the current fastest x in multi-core performance 86 – Mobile processors with 15 to 30 Show watts TDP, i.e. Intel Core i7 – 1185 G7 (4 cores) and AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 4750 U (8 cores). But also knowledge about the Apple A 14 from the iPhone 12, which is closely related to the M1, reveal more about the M1 technology.
Eight cores , GPU and KI According to Apple, the M1 contains eight computing cores, a GPU with eight cores or shader clusters as well as a neural engine with 16 Cores for AI and machine learning algorithms. The GPU can also be used as an accelerator for some computing tasks.
The system-on-chip (SoC) M1 also contains controllers for I / O interfaces (Thunderbolt / USB4, PCIe 4.0) as well as functions that were previously handled by the separate T2 security chip with built-in SSD controller, including a Secure Enclave (SE). The latter is important for biometric authentication (Face ID, Touch ID) and payment functions.
In addition, the M1 has a RAM controller that can handle up to 16 GByte memory connects, probably with two 64 – bit channels for LPDDR4 or LPDDR4X.
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Fire and Ice An internal “fabric” links the individual function blocks as well as an additional cache that intercepts memory accesses. The CPU cores are divided into two groups, each with its own L2 cache. Each individual CPU core in turn has L1 cache, as with x 86 Usually separate for commands (Instructions), abbreviated L1I, and data (L1D).
The M1 has four particularly powerful and particularly efficient CPU cores. Apple has not officially confirmed it, but experts say the code names for the strong cores are “Firestorm” and the more efficient ones are “Icestorm”.
According to Apple, each Firestorm core has 192 KByte L1I cache and 128 KByte L1D cache. These data buffers are much larger than for example Intel’s current “Tiger Lake” CPUs (48 KByte L1I / 32 KByte L1D) and AMD Zen 2 (each 32 KByte). However, the x 86 – processors also so-called Micro-Op- (µOP-) caches, which work particularly efficiently.
Apple’s information on the strong and efficient ARM cores in the M1
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Apple’s different ARM core groups can each use a common Access L2 cache: The four Firestorms on together 12 MByte, the four Icestorms on 4 MByte. In addition, there is the fabric cache, the capacity of which Apple has not revealed and which, from the point of view of the CPU cores, serves as an L3 cache. Bionic is very similar to the M1 and has as many efficient Icestorm cores as well as a neural engine with also 16 cores. In A 14 but only two strong Firestorm cores with a smaller L2 cache (8 MByte) and a GPU with 4 instead of 8 cores. In addition, the arithmetic units clock in A 14 is generally lower because it can dissipate less heat in iPhones and iPad Air 4 and draw less battery power than in the Macs.
Clock frequencies Nominal clock frequencies of A 14 and M1 are not revealed by Apple, nor is the Thermal Design Power (TDP). The latter is found in smartphone SoCs like the A 14 usually around 5 watts, but even then a smartphone would become very hot in the long run and a 11 – watt-hour battery (3.7 volts / 3000 mAh) would be empty in little more than 2 hours. On average, the power consumption of the chip is much lower, especially since the display usually needs more energy and the modem also swallows electricity.
Apple reveals the Thermal design power of the M1 not exactly, but rearranges it Watts on.
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When introducing the M1, Apple made comparisons with other chips at 10 Watt employed – so it is probably between Watts in the MacBook Air without fan and 15 to 20 watts for fan cooling. Processors of the “U” classes from AMD and Intel have 15 to 28 Watt TDP, but Here, too, the quality of the notebook manufacturer’s cooling system is crucial. These processors can be set in a wide range via configurable TDP (cTDP) and then deliver more or less computing power because they have to slow down quickly with sustained load. This also applies to the M1, as Apple explained at the launch: In the MacBook Pro 12 inches with a fan, its sustained performance is higher .
Geekbench data Notes on the clock frequencies from A 14 and M1 deliver results from the online database of the benchmark Geekbench 5. There is an A 14 the specification 2, 99 GHz and in the M1 result from a fanless MacBok Air a value of 3.2 GHz. In a MacBook Pro 13 Inch or Mac mini with fan, the M1 may clock a little higher.
However, these clock frequencies are significantly lower than the Turbo frequencies of Core i7 – 1185 G7 (4.8 GHz) and AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 4750 U (4.1 GHz). For higher clock frequencies both ARM and x 79 – Cores have higher core voltages, which is associated with significantly higher power loss. The “wider” data paths are laid out, i.e. the more arithmetic units and transistors run with higher voltage and clock rate, the more the losses grow when clocking up.
The more impressive are the results that A 14 and M1 in Geekbench 5. In the single-core run, which certainly works on a strong Firestorm core, there are 1596 (A 14) or 1732 Points (M1). The M1’s lead of 8.5 percent is largely due to the higher clock rate, the larger L2 cache has no major influence.
Apple M1 and A 14 in Geekbench 5 CPU Information according to the Geekbench database Benchmark results Device Clock Operating system Single-Core Multi-Core Apple M1 MacBook Air 3, 19 GHz macOS 11. 0 1732 7545 Apple A 14 iPhone 12 Per 2, 99 GHz iOS 14.1 1596 4008 Intel Core i7 – 1185 G7 MSI MS – 13 C4 4, 79 GHz Windows 10 1610 6113 AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 4750 U Lenovo ThinkPad T 14 4, 19 GHz Windows 10 1162 6509 Intel Core i7 – 1165 G7 Dell XPS 13 4, 70 GHz Linux 5.8 1726 5313 Compared to a Core i7 – 1185 G7 in an MSI notebook, the M1 in the multi-core evaluation is around 23 percent ahead, with single-core it is 7.5 percent faster. But there are also Geekbench 5 values for a Core i7 – 1165 G7 under Linux, which show it to be almost on par in single-core performance – but here it is much weaker in multi-core.
Intel’s Tiger Lakes like the mentioned Core i7 – 1185 G7 and 1165 G7s only have four cores and Simultaneous Multi-Threading (SMT alias Hyper-Threading), while all eight cores of the M1 work simultaneously – fast and efficient together. Therefore a comparison with the previously strongest multithreading 14 – exciting watt notebook processor, the AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 4750 U with eight cores and SMT, so a total of 16 threads. But even that is in Geekbench 5 multi-core around 15 Percent behind Apple’s M1 – because its Zen-2 cores deliver 33 Percent less single-core performance than an Apple Firestorm at 3.2 GHz. With the Ryzen 5000 U (Cezanne) with Zen 3 this could be 2021 move.
A Chiphell forum user (via momomo_us) has shared what appears to be die shots and specifications for AMD’s EPYC 7763 (codename Milan) processor. Milan will likely be another one of AMD’s exciting product launches as the core-heavy chips bring all the power of the Zen 3 microarchitecture to the server space.
AMD markets its current EPYC (codename Rome) chips under the 7002-series moniker; therefore, Milan has 7003-series branding. The Milan part from the leak seems to be the EPYC 7763, which reportedly features 64 cores, 128 threads, and a whopping 256MB of L3 cache. It’s a familiar configuration that AMD uses for its five 64-core Rome chips that it has in its arsenal. In all likelihood, Milan will be based on an improved TSMC 7nm FinFET process to deliver better clock speeds.
Like Rome, Milan will continue to live on the SP3 socket and offer eight DDR4 memory channels and PCIe 4.0 support. Internally, the recipe is still the same. Milan rocks up to eight compute dies linked to a single I/O die. AMD made significant progress in improved instruction per cycle (IPC) throughput on Zen 3, and it will be interesting to see how it fares on EPYC.
AMD EPYC 7763 Specifications
Processor
Cores / Threads
Base / Boost Clocks (GHz)
L3 Cache (MB)
TDP (W)
EPYC 7763*
64 / 128
2.45 / 3.53
256
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EPYC 7H12
64 / 128
2.60 / 3.30
256
280
EPYC 7742
64 / 128
2.25 / 3.40
256
225
EPYC 7702
64 / 128
2.00 / 3.35
256
200
EPYC 7702P
64 / 128
2.00 / 3.35
256
200
EPYC 7662
64 / 128
2.00 / 3.30
256
225
*Specifications are unconfirmed.
The EPYC 7763 apparently sports the 100-000000312 OPN (ordering part number) code and doesn’t match any of the previous rumored 64-core Milan processors. This can be an engineering sample so the clock speeds should be taken with a pinch of salt. The final specifications may vary.
For the moment at least, the EPYC 7763 sample shows a 2.45 GHz base clock and 3.53 GHz boost clock. It’s not a huge improvement in regards to boost clock speeds since the ceiling for existing EPYC Rome processors is 3.4 GHz.
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It’s pretty much anyone’s guess which EPYC 7002-series chip the EPYC 7763 will replace. However, given its product name, it’s possible that the EPYC 7763 could be the direct successor for the EPYC 7662. If that’s the case, we’re looking at 22.5% and 7% upgrade on the base and boost clocks, respectively. The leaker didn’t reveal the EPYC 7763’s TDP (thermal design power), though, so we can’t corroborate our theory.
AMD’s last roadmap showed that Milan would go into production Q3 of this year with a promise that the Zen 3-powered server chips would hit the market by the end of 2020. It’s no surprise that samples are already running around in the wild.
After making its new Zen3 CPUs official, AMD also announced its RDNA 2 based RX 6800, RX 6800 XT, and RX 6900 XT graphics cards. Not long after, the AIC partners started teasing their GPU designs, and now XFX is raising its hand to note down its presence, too.
Arriving soon.. Are you ready? ☄️ #XFX #6000series pic.twitter.com/RNj6is2VG1November 11, 2020
Of course, this is just a 15-second clip, of which the first 11 seconds are completely useless beyond pretty scenery. It’s only for a split second that anything useful is shown on screen, so let’s not make more of it than there is.
What we do see is the end of a cooler, which shows a single fan and a bit of another, though we can extrapolate and presume this is a triple-fan cooler. The heatsink also looks thick enough (or as XFX likes to say, THICC) to occupy almost three slots, and we’re seeing some fresh design language. Also visible is a cutout in the back of the graphics card, so it will have some kind of flow-through ventilation like many other cards that are due to land soon.
The other vendors that have teased their designs include none other than Sapphire with its Nitro+ and Pulse RX 6800 XT models, as well as PowerColor. Later, Sapphire showed off full details on its RX 6800 XT Pulse GPU.
AMD’s new GPUs are set to be launched on November 18th, though the board partner’s custom cards will likely launch a little later. Of course, what will happen with availability remains to be seen. AMD is trying to do things to help prevent bots and scalping, but so far with Zen 3, the measures have proved ineffective.
For more information, see our article on everything we know about the Radeon RX 6000 series and RDNA 2 architecture.
Not satisfied with the work done on the architectures Zen 3 and RDNA 2, AMD said it aims to dramatically improve the performance per watt of future products based on the Zen 4 and RDNA 3 architectures. The company will use better manufacturing processes but will also work hard on designs to squeeze as much as possible. .
by Manolo De Agostini published 11 November 2020 , at 09: 32 in the Video Cards channel EPYC RDNA Radeon RyZen AMD Zen Ships
Although AMD is focused on Ryzen processors 5000 and Radeon RX video cards 6000 , the company has already been working for some time on the successors of these products, respectively based on architecture Zen 4 and RDNA 3 . Over the course of the latest events, AMD confirmed that both architectures are in the design phase , with the solutions Zen 4 which will be produced at 5 nanometers, while the RDNA 3 GPUs will use an unspecified “advanced process”. In the past few hours, speaking to The Street website, executive vice president Rick Bergman , has made a little point of the situation and talked about next generation solutions.
RDNA 3, leap in performance per watt similar to leap RDNA 1 to RDNA 2
Bergman explained that with RDNA 3 AMD will not only use a more advanced manufacturing process than the 7 nanometers used for the Navi 2X GPUs, but will an even more effective use of Infinity Cache , great novelty of the RDNA 2 architecture, to guarantee a further advance in performance per watt . According to AMD, RDNA 2 offers a 50% performance improvement per watt over RDNA 1 and we should expect similar progress with RDNA 3.
“We aimed for very aggressive performance improvements per watt with our RDNA 2 GPUs and yes, we have the same will regarding RDNA 3 This is very important in several respects, because if your consumption is too high (as we have seen with our competitors), our potential users will have to purchase more powerful power supplies and very advanced cooling solutions. And, very importantly, it increases the cost of the card significantly . And inevitably, this means that the retail price goes up or the GPU cost has to go down “.
” So there are really a lot of efficiencies enze ?? if you can markedly improve your performance per watt. On the notebook front, this is even clearer, because you are in a very small space, you can offer more performance without resorting to exotic cooling solutions: we focused on this with RDNA 2 and a great focus remains also for RDNA 3 “.
” Regarding Infinity Cache, it’s something that ties into all of this to some extent. If you’ve been into graphics for a long time, you realize that there is a very clear correlation between memory bandwidth and performance. And as a result, it increases the speed and expands the memory bus to increase performance. Unfortunately, both of these things increase consumption “.
Zen 4, not just 5 nanometers: many changes architecture
As regards Zen 4 , Bergman explained that in addition to taking advantage of the advancements of the 5-nanometer process, AMD will improve the branch prediction unit, the caching subsystem, the gate number in the pipeline and there will be advancements in IPC as well. From what we know, Zen 4 CPUs will be accompanied by a completely new platform, no longer based on the AM4 socket. We are talking about the AM5 platform, with support for DDR5 and various other improvements.
“(Date) the maturity of architecture x 86, you have to work, more or less, on everything. With Zen 3 we worked on a long list of things to get the 19% of earnings regarding the CPI. Zen 4 will also have a long list of things and we look at everything from the cache to the branch prediction, up to the number gate in the execution pipeline. Everything is scrutinized for more performance. Certainly the production process opens an additional door for us to obtain better performance per watt and so on, and we will benefit from it “, concluded Bergman.
It is currently unclear which AMD product will be the first to be made at 5 nanometers, but at the moment the only sure thing is that Zen 4 will be the basis of the EPYC Genoa processors planned for next year and intended for the server sector.
The premiere tests of AMD Ryzen 9 processors 5900 X and Ryzen 9 5950 X made everyone appetite, but they attracted the most attention much more affordable AMD Ryzen 7 5800 X and Ryzen 5 5600 X, which could ultimately seal the success of Zen 3 architecture. Since the first two models have essentially no competition in Intel’s mainstream offer, the manufacturer the upper segment may dictate the terms, but the remaining units will be compared with their counterparts belonging to the Comet Lake family. The competition begins to take a blush, as will be shown by the test of AMD Ryzen 7 processors 5800 X vs Intel Core i7- 10700 K, formerly known as Intel Core i9 – 9900 K. Will eight AMD cores actually be noticeably more efficient, energy-efficient and more profitable?
Author: Sebastian Oktaba
AMD Zen 3 architecture has passed a number of significant modifications that allowed to increase the performance of a single core by approximately 20% compared to Zen 2, while eliminating internal lags that are the biggest problems with AMD Ryzen processors. First of all, one CCX cluster now has 8 instead of 4 cores, spiced up with SMT support and 32 MB L3 cache. The individual CCX modules were created in 7 nm TSMC lithography, while the cIOD with e.g. DDR4 memory controller – 3200 uses 12 nm production process. Communication takes place again via the Infinity Fabric bus, but thanks to reducing internal delays, e.g. between modules, cores, and the main memory or cache, which now has much more for each CCX, a measurable increase in throughput was achieved. The prediction and queuing of orders, management of cache structures were also improved, FPU units were accelerated by increasing their capacity, the ring bus, data collection and integration algorithms were rebuilt. The engineers really did not idle, because the list of modifications is much longer and I have listed only the most important, crucial from the point of performance. In addition, the energy efficiency has been increased plus the Precision Boost 2 technology has been improved, achieving higher clock speeds with a lower supply voltage.
AMD Ryzen 7 5800 X is the exact half of AMD Ryzen 9 5950 X, therefore it is based on one CCX, which can bring tangible profits even with fewer cores, cache or a little lower clock speed.
AMD Ryzen processor 5800 X is based on a single CCX module containing eight physical cores, supporting up to sixteen threads simultaneously thanks to SMT (Simultaneous Multithreading) technology He also got direct access to full 32 MB L3 cache and 4 MB L2 cache. The reviewed model is the exact half of AMD Ryzen 5950 X. If the processor uses a single CCX, the question will automatically arise whether it will work more efficiently, as shown in the case of AMD Ryzen 3 3100 (2 + 2 ) and Ryzen 3 3300 X ( 4 + 0). Even lower in-house delays can compensate for the smaller L2 / L3 size and slightly lower clock speeds. There is also hope of achieving a higher frequency of the Infinity Fabric bus, which in the Zen 3 architecture can reach stable 4000 MHz in synchronous mode (1: 1). The main competitor of AMD Ryzen 5800 X will be Intel Core i7 – 10700 K (F) with identical configuration, just like Intel Core i9 – 9900 K (F). As the AMD player loses the advantage due to “win rdzyniu”, we can finally compare the direct counterparts (8R / 5600 W), where additional cores and threads stop playing any important role – it will count only pure performance and profitability. AMD Ryzen 5800 X should be a much more interesting proposition for demanding players than the more expensive Ryzen 9 models 5900 X and Ryzen 9 5950 X, aspiring to be called quasi-HEDT.
Core i9 – 10900 K
Core i7 – 10700 K
Ryzen 9 5900 X
Ryzen 7 5600 X
Architecture
Comet Lake
Coffee Lake
Zen 3
Zen 3
Lithography
14 nm
14 nm
7 nm
7 nm
right
3700 – 5300 MHz
3800 – 5100 MHz
3700 – 4800 MHz
3800 – 4700 MHz
Configuration
10 R / 20 In
8R / 16 In
12 R / 24IN
8R / 16 In
L3 memory
20 MB
16 MB
64 MB
32 MB
Multiplier
Unlocked
Unlocked
Unlocked
Unlocked
Memory controller
DDR4 – 2933
DDR4- 2933
DDR4 – 3200
DDR4 – 3200
Controller Mode
Dual Channel
Dual Channel
Dual Channel
Dual Channel
TDP Factor
125 In
125 In
105IN
105 In
Integrated G PU
UHD 630
UHD 630
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Starting price
499 USD
379 USD
549 USD
449 USD
Platform
LGA 1200
LGA 1200
AM4
AM4
Release date
May 2020
May 2020
November 2020
November 2020
AMD Ryzen 9 processor test 5950 X – Extremely Fast 16 cores
AMD Ryzen 7 base clock 5800 X is 3800 MHz, however, it should not fall below 4500 MHz, which I noted while loading all Cinebench R cores 20 (Multi Thread). The maximum Core Boost is theoretically 4700 MHz, although it often reaches the clock 4840 MHz, because the new versions of the Precission Boost and Extended Frequency Range technologies perfectly lead the cores . Unfortunately, the frequencies turn out to be a bit lower than the more powerful models that cross the barrier 5000 MHz. AMD Ryzen 7 5800 X makes up for it with a more stable boost on more cores – when testing The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt seven ran at clock speeds exceeding 4800 MHz. The rest of the specs are remarkably standard – Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Controller – 3200, soldered radiator, no integrated graphics, unlocked multiplier and TDP coefficient 105 In (similar to higher-positioned models). Starting price vs. AMD Ryzen 3800 X increased by exactly 50 USD, while Vermeer currently supports only motherboards with series chipsets 500 – series owners 400 have to patiently wait a few weeks for the official BIOSes . It’s also worth remembering that the reviewed AMD Ryzen 7 5800 X is sold without a cooling system.
NOTE: AMD Ryzen 7 processors 5800 X and Intel Core i7 – 10700 K will be the heroes of one more test, where they will be overclocked to the maximum, they will get 4x 8 GB DDR4 memory with calibrated timings (DDR4 – 3800 CL 14 / DDR4- 4000 CL 16). However, the graphics cards will be NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 and AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT. That is why I did not carry out additional measurements with memory scaling this time, because this topic will be examined much more thoroughly in the next publication – the premiere in November.
The ASRock A320M-HDV R4.0 got a lot of attention recently when the sub-$100 motherboard was spotted running an AMD Ryzen 9 5900X. Now, the motherboard is in the spotlight again, as ASRock has seemingly prepared a new firmware for it to support Ryzen 5000 (Vermeer) and Ryzen 4000 (Renoir) CPUs.
As per the Chiphell forums, the A320M-HDV R4.0 has successfully housed the Ryzen 9 5950X, AMD’s 16-core flagship Zen 3 chip, despite A320 motherboards not receiving official Ryzen 5000 support. ASRock has been one of the few motherboard vendors that informally provides support for newer Ryzen processors on long-forgotten AM4 motherboards. Apparently, the A320M-HDV R4.0 happily accepts Ryzen 5000 chips as long as it’s on the P4.03 firmware, which is dated November 3. The latest available firmware on ASRock’s website for the A320M-HDV R4.0 is P4.00, so we suspect that the P4.03 is an alpha firmware that was inadvertently leaked.
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On a sidenote, the P4.03 firmware reportedly adds support for Renoir as well. A Ryzen 7 Pro 4750G APU was sighted on the A320M-HDV R4.0 with a whopping FCLK up to 2,166 MHz. Due to the nature of Renoir’s design, the Zen 2 APUs have more forgiving memory controllers and it’s not a coincidence that the world record for fastest DDR4 memory (DDR4-6666.6) was set with a Ryzen 7 4700GE, another member of the Renoir army.
It’s unclear if the situation with the A320M-HDV R4.0 is an isolated occurrence or if ASRock is secretly working on new firmwares for the brand’s other 300-series motherboards. We’ve reached out to the motherboard vendor for comment.
Newly released AMD Ryzen processors 5000 seem to be the best proposition on the market in their category – their performance should satisfy everyone and everything indicates that Intel is no longer a leader in the gaming segment (at least until the premiere next generation chips). The problem, however, is that the new units are quite expensive and, according to the manufacturer’s assurances, they require motherboards from the series to work 400 or 500. First-generation Ryzen owners with X discs 370 / B 350/AND so they may be a little disappointed, but all is not lost yet. Quite unexpectedly, voices appeared in the network that the new Vermeer systems could, however, work on these several-year-old designs.
According to various sources, motherboards with chipsets series 300 are able to fully support Ryzen processors 5000. So it is possible that in the coming weeks / months we may witness interesting announcements …
AMD Ryzen 9 processor test 5900 X – The premiere of the Zen 3 architecture
It looks to the fact that some companies have already prepared a suitable BIOS also for the motherboards of the series 300. information from one of Chiphell’s forum members, these designs are fully capable of supporting Ryzen series processors 5000. Moreover, one of them is ASRock A 320 M-HDV and thus one of the cheapest models on the market. with the powerful 12 – core Ryzen 9 5900 X, which is confirmed by the screenshots below this one also coped with the AMD Ryzen APU 4750 G. It all sounds quite surprising, especially since until recently there were doubts about the support of new processors by the series boards 400 .
AMD Ryzen 9 processor test 5950 X – Extremely Fast 16 cores
If it wasn’t, we are not talking about an experiment by one of the enthusiasts, because one of the members of the Overclock.net forum revealed that Gigabyte managed to add support for Vermeer chips on their X motherboards 370. It also seems that the appropriate BETA BIOS is already included in the existing AGESA 1.1.0.0 code. The motherboards are said to work with the new Ryzen without any problems, although – not surprisingly – they do not support PCIe Gen 4. This means that in the coming weeks / months we can see interesting announcements. After all, the socket for all Ryzen chips is still AM4, and the main reason for various compatibility problems here is the BIOS memory capacity (16 MB ROM). So as we can see, for the willing, nothing difficult . Remember, however, that this is only news from unreliable sources and you should approach them with distance.
AMD’s long-awaited Ryzen 5000 line of processors finally launched last week, and like the RTX 3000 launch before it, the CPUs sold out almost instantly. Unlike Nvidia with its RTX 3000 graphics card, though, AMD is already promising more stock to come soon. Plus, since all these chips came out on the same day and are coming from the same manufacturer, we don’t have to track down different information for different models or OEMs.
Still, different stores all have different approaches to selling AMD’s hottest new processors, so since we might see them restocking their supply in the near future, let’s run through America’s major component retailers to get you ready to buy AMD’s new chips as soon as they become available again.
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X: Where to Buy
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US Ryzen 5 5600X retailers at a glance: Amazon I Newegg I B&H I Best Buy
US Ryzen 5 5600X resellers at a glance: eBay
The Ryzen 5 5600X is the most affordable of the Ryzen 5000 processors and has 6 cores/12 threads of power with base/boost speeds of 3.7/4.6 GHz and a 35MB cache. It’s also the only Ryzen 5000 CPU to come with an included Wraith Stealth cooler, as AMD no longer packs coolers with CPUs that draw over 65W in power. At $299, it was easy for bots to snatch up without much of an overhead cost, but that low price also means that customers who just can’t wait to buy a 5600X processor new might be more willing to eat the still-affordable aftermarket markup.
So, if you must buy a Ryzen 5 5600X right now and you’re not concerned about supporting scalpers, then eBay markups are currently sitting at around $50. That still makes the total price for the chip an affordable $350, which is about as much as you can currently expect to spend on the 8 core/16 thread and 2.9/4.8 GHz Intel Core i7-10700. Alternately, the last-gen Ryzen 5 3600X is currently $240 on Amazon.
If you want to wait to buy a Ryzen 5 5600X without going through a scalper, however, then your options are more limited. Amazon, Newegg and BH are all currently sold out, but have options to sign up for notifications for when more processors come in stock. Best Buy is also sold out but doesn’t have notification options, and Microcenter says stock is limited but can only be purchased in-store. Microcenter also doesn’t seem to have an online tool to check your local store for availability before visiting, but the online store listing does have a link to a map that tells you where you can find the product in your local store, as well what your local store’s phone number is.
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X: Where to Buy
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US Ryzen 7 5800X retailers at a glance: Amazon I Newegg I B&H I Best Buy
US Ryzen 7 5800X resellers at a glance: eBay
The Ryzen 7 5800X is, according to numbers from
Scan UK
, what might be the most popular Ryzen 5000 series chip (although that’s only one retailer). Its 8 core/ 16 thread core count and 3.8 / 4.7 GHz base / boost clock make it an appealing choice given its $449 price point, not to mention its 36MB cache.
Unfortunately, its higher price point compared to the 5600X might make it a little too unsettling to buy with an aftermarket markup. eBay currently shows markups hovering around $60 – 100 for the 5800X, which puts the total aftermarket price at around $510 – $550 depending on your listing.
Official retailers, of course, have the more reasonable price, but stock is empty across all of them. Currently, Amazon, Newegg and BH all have options to sign up to be notified when more stock comes in, while Best Buy does not. Microcenter says it has limited availability, but customers will only be able to pick up the processors in store. Its online listing for the CPU also has a link that directs you to a store map and your local store’s phone number, so you can prepare for your trip. It doesn’t seem to have a tool to check your local store’s stock online.
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X: Where to Buy
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US Ryzen 9 5900X retailers at a glance: Amazon I Newegg I B&H I Best Buy
US Ryzen 9 5900X resellers at a glance: eBay
The Ryzen 9 5900X is where the Ryzen 5000 CPU series starts to get premium. It’s got 12 cores/ 24 threads and 3.7 / 4.8 GHz clock speeds all for $549. It’s also got a 70MB cache, as opposed to the 35 and 36MB caches on the 5600X and 5800X, respectively.
The 5900X is also where aftermarket markups start to get ludicrous. As of this writing, the cheapest eBay listing for the CPU currently sits at $820, which indicates a $270 base markup.
This means you’ll probably want to buy from an official retailer. As usual, Amazon, Newegg and BH are all sold out right now but offer notifications on stock refreshes. Best Buy is also sold out, but does not have an option to receive notifications. Microcenter is promising limited in-store availability, though it seems like you’ll have to call your local store to find out more.
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X: Where to Buy
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US Ryzen 9 5950X retailers at a glance: Amazon I Newegg I B&H I Best Buy
US Ryzen 9 5950X resellers at a glance: eBay
Finally, the Ryzen 9 5950X is the most premium Ryzen 5000 CPU available. It’s got 16 cores / 32 threads and clock speeds of 3.4 / 4.9 GHz, plus a 72MB cache. All of that will run you $799, though, and that’s not including reseller markups.
eBay markups for the 5950X are currently hovering between $270 and $801, so buying this processor aftermarket is only really recommended if money is no concern (and you don’t mind supporting scalpers).
For the rest of us, it’s the same spiel as usual. Amazon, Newegg and BH are all sold out but have options to sign up for restock notifications, while Best Buy is just plain sold out with no notification options. Microcenter says it has limited stock for in-store purchases, but it looks like you’ll have to call your local Microcenter to see if it has the CPU in stock.
Again, AMD is promising more Ryzen 5000 CPU stock to come in soon. Bots might be that up first as well, but hopefully now you’re a little more prepared to strike as soon as it comes in.
AMD announced its new Ryzen Embedded V2000 SoCs today, which brings the company’s Zen 2 architecture to the embedded market for the first time in the form of the “Renoir” SoC. Paired with the 7nm process, AMD doubled the number of cores to eight over the existing Raven Ridge V1000 processors and provide up to twice the performance per watt and a 15% increase in instruction per cycle (IPC) throughput. That’s not to mention a 30% uptick in single-threaded performance and 40% better graphics performance.
The V2000 chips are designed for long-life applications in MiniPCs, industrial systems, thin clients, and handheld digital gaming applications, among other target applications. The processors are designed to prioritize power efficiency, long-term reliability, and long lifecycles over other factors, with sheer performance often being a secondary consideration. As such, it isn’t surprising to find the chips with the previous-gen 7nm process paired with the Zen 2 microarchitecture, as opposed to the new Zen 3 process found on the Ryzen 5000 series processors.
Coress/Threads
Base/Boost Freq.
TDP
Radeon Vega Compute Units (CU)
GPU Freq.
Ryzen Embedded V2748
8/16
2.9 / 4.25 GHz
35-54W
7
1.6 GHz
Ryzen Embedded V1807B
4/8
3.35 / 3.8 GHz
35-54W
11
1.3
Ryzen Embedded V2546
6/12
3.0 / 3.95 GHz
35-54W
6
1.5 GHz
Ryzen Embedded V1756B
4/8
3.25 / 3.6 GHz
35-54W
8
1.3
Ryzen Embedded V2718
8/16
1.7 / 4.15 GHz
10-25W
7
1.6 GHz
Ryzen Embedded V1605B
4/8
2.0 / 3.6 GHz
12-25W
8
1.1
Ryzen Embedded V2516
6/12
2.1 / 3.95 GHz
10-25W
6
1.5 GHz
Ryzen Embedded V1202B
2/4
2.3 / 3.2 GHz
12-25W
3
1.0
AMD splits the V2000 series into 35-54W and 10-25W models with configurable TDPs that tailor them for various applications. The 14nm V1000 series, announced in February 2018, comes with up to four cores, but the new models stretch up to eight cores and come armed with 8MB of L3 cache. Also, the chips jump from a minimum four-core configuration to six cores. As before, the chips come in a BGA package, so they aren’t socketed.
The Ryzen Embedded V2000 series also comes with the Vega integrated graphics engine, but due to AMD’s re-working of the compute cores, these models come with fewer CUs but offer more performance. The chips support up to four 4K60 monitors and connectivity consists of HDMI 2.1 and Display Port 1.1.
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The V2000 processors still come with the PCIe Gen 3 connection (up to 20 lanes) instead of the PCIe 4.0 interface found on the consumer processors. This is likely a decision to prioritize power consumption for the low-power target market, which doesn’t need blazing-fast connectivity from peripherals. However, the jump to 20 lanes is a 25% improvement, though, which offers expanded connectivity options in lieu of improved throughput. AMD also added support for USB 3.1 Gen2.
As with all extended lifecycle processors, AMD plans for 10 years of availability and whips in its Memory Guard and Secure Processor features to keep the chips secure.
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As you would expect with twice the cores, AMD’s provided benchmarks show a marked improvement in multi-threaded performance in Cinebench, but we also see up to a 30% gain in single-threaded work. The Vega graphics units also provide a 40% generational performance uplift over the previous-gen models. The performance deltas become are also pronounced when compared to Intel’s Core i7-1010U and Core i7-9750H.
Fractal Design Define 7 XL Phanteks Enthoo Pro 2 Fractal Design Define 7 XL Fractal Design is known for its very quiet housings and the Define 7 XL allows does not disappoint in that respect. The large eATX housing also scores well in terms of cooling performance: a generally difficult combination that the Swedish manufacturer does well. Three pricey 140 mm fans are included and a fan controller is also built in. The price is high, but for the performance, features and build quality that is allowed.
Phanteks Enthoo Pro 2 The Phanteks Enthoo Pro 2 is an enormously spacious housing that even offers the possibility second system. This eATX housing is particularly interesting for builds with extensive water cooling, but those who do not intend to do so should at least buy fans themselves; they are not included. The cooling performance and noise reduction are fine, just like the price.
Autumn 2020 is all about introducing new generations of video cards. Nvidia has released its Ampere cards, AMD has announced its Big Navi cards, and AMD’s new Zen 3 processors turned out to be taking Intel’s latest performance crown. So both manufacturers have a fresh line-up with high-end video cards and that invites to build a new game system around these cards.
And where you may have put together a compact and boring office PC for working from home due to the corona crisis this spring, all registers can be opened for a beast of a game system to install the new generation of video cards. in any case, to give them the housing they deserve. To give you a helping hand, we have therefore listed ten high-end enclosures for you that enable you to build a console killer. The housings aren’t the cheapest as we’ve shopped around for models that are available for around 150 euros. That is relatively a lot of money, but bear in mind that you can safely do with your housing for a longer period of time; you can refresh the interior a few times.
We have selected on space and build quality. In our opinion, a cabinet of 150 should provide enough space for large motherboards and the necessary cooling, whether that is water cooling or a whole bunch of fans. You can also supply a few clever fans for this money and the majority of them are also equipped with controllable RGB LEDs. Finally, most, but not all, enclosures come with a window so you can see how fast your hardware is.
We First list all tested enclosures and briefly discuss each enclosure. We do this in alphabetical order of course; the choice is and remains yours, given the taste issue. However, we will soon give our preference based on features, performance and price. Then we compare the performance and you can judge for yourself which housing has the best combination of features, performance and appearance for you. After all, there are few parts of your PC that are as tasteful as the housing in which you house everything.
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