The most recent AMD AGESA firmware update provides confirmation about the upcoming Ryzen APUs, which has been a long time coming as they will be the first such products for the socket AM5.
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On the outgoing Windows 10, it was recently found that Intel's newer 13th Gen is less snappy than 10th Gen CPUs. Interestingly, it looks like modern Ryzen is also falling behind the older Intel chip.
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The latest versions of Geekbench, v6.1, as well as y-cruncher, have improved support for Intel's AVX-512 instruction. However, Intel's own current processors do not support this anymore.
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AMD has quietly begun introducing new stickers for its Zen 4-based Ryzen 7000 series mobile APUs. AMD feels these new stickers are necessary as the Ryzen 7000 mobile lineup is pretty confusing.
Following generally inexpensive Ryzen options for AM4, Ryzen 7000 series CPUs have also started dropping in price slowly. And now, affordable socket AM5 motherboards are also beginning to arrive.
AMD has responded to reports of performance issues on Ryzen 7000 typically on Windows 11 22H2. The company has explained in brief why reviewers and users are experiencing such instances.
Windows 11 22H2 may not quite be optimized for AMD's Zen 4-based Ryzen 7000 series CPUs just yet. The 16 core Ryzen 9 7950X has been found to be losing more frames with more threads disabled.
AMD's Zen 4 has been tested with the various Spectre variant mitigations and the performance is surprisingly good. In fact, overall, the Ryzen 7950X has managed to beat the unpatched system.
Details regarding the architecture and feature-set of AMD's RDNA 2 integrated graphics on the Ryzen 7000 I/O dies are out. The new IGPs finally bring encoding on AMD integrated graphics, and more.
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ASRock has announced its first socket AM5 motherboards in support for AMD's 7000 series processors. The upcoming ATX motherboards utilize the X670E chipset for full DDR5 and PCIe 5 support.
Hot on the heels of Intel's 13th Gen Raptor Lake launch next month, AMD is rumored to reveal its Ryzen 7000X3D CPUs during CES 2023. The X3D chips could potentially make a short work of the former.
Intel and AMD fans can both celebrate soon. That's because a leaked Geekbench score of the new Ryzen 7950X shows performance essentially equivalent to Intel's upcoming 13th Gen Core i9-13900K.
AMD's all-new Ryzen 7000 series processors are here. The company has launched four new SKUs and the flagship 7950X is up to 57% and 62% faster than the previous 5950X and Intel i9-12900K respectively.
There has been a rumor floating that AMD is facing firmware issues regarding Ryzen 7000 and socket AM5. According to a new report, the reported issues are related to DDR5 speeds and boost clocks.
The announcement for AMD"s Zen 4-based Ryzen 7000 series CPUs is later today, with availability next month. However, the accompanying AM5 boards are allegedly not launching for another two weeks.
A report suggested that AMD's upcoming Ryzen 7000 CPUs could be hit with a delay due to firmware issues. Alphacool, a partner of AMD, has confirmed though that they should be on-shelf in September.
The first purported picture of an upcoming Ryzen 7000 SKU in the form of the Ryzen 7 7700X has leaked. With the launch date for the upcoming CPUs nearing, such leaks are bound to happen.
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According to a new report, AMD is allegedly facing firmware issues with its upcoming Socket AM5 and Ryzen 7000 series CPUs, which are set to launch at the end of this month on August 29.
A new report has revealed the purported announcement and launch dates for AMD's Ryzen 7000 CPUs and Socket AM5 motherboards. It suggests that the announcement is slated for later this month itself.
AMD has announced its next Meet the Experts event. At this upcoming webinar, the company's partners will share more details on Socket AM5. The event is scheduled to be held next month.
Intel will hold its Innovation event next month where it will share more details on its Performance Hybrid architecture. This could imply a possible Raptor Lake announcement could be on the cards.
At Computex 2022, AMD went into more detail regarding its upcoming Ryzen 7000 Zen 4 CPUs and accompanying Socket AM5 motherboards. Today, the purported availability date for these has leaked.
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An early performance preview of Intel's upcoming 13th Gen Raptor Lake CPUs has been published by SiSoftware. The chip was tested against last gen Alder Lake as well as against AMD's Zen 3.
In the second half of the year, if things go well, we are set to see Intel 13th Gen Raptor Lake collide with AMD's Ryzen 7000 Zen 4. Interestingly, this also when Windows 11 22H2 releases publicly.
AMD has issued a correction regarding the 170W power figure that was present on the company's Computex 2022 slides. There was a lot of confusion surrounding this on whether it meant TDP or PPT.
AMD debuts today its new SmartAccess Storage technology which marries the goodness of Microsoft's DirectStorage with its own Smart Access Memory technology, promising faster game load times, and more.
A few hours ago, AMD's Computex 2022 presentation details regarding its Zen 4 architecture and Ryzen 7000 leaked. Now, we have information on the accompanying AM5 socket and the 600-series chipsets.
AMD's Computex 2022 keynote presentation, where the firm is expected to introduce Zen 4 architecture, is less than a day away. As such more details about the upcoming Ryzen 7000 PUs have leaked.
A PCB diagram of an AMD X670 Asus AM5 motherboard has leaked. The leaked picture appears to show dual chipsets which seemingly confirms earlier rumors. ASMedia is expected to be the chipset supplier.
A recent report suggested that AMD was going to debut a brand-new class of chipset dubbed X670E which was going to be even better than X670. AMD partner ASRock has seemingly confirmed the report.
A new report alleges that AMD is going to introduce a completely new class of chipset for its upcoming Socket AM5 motherboards which are going to house the next-gen Ryzen 7000 (Zen 4) processors.
Early leaked performance numbers for the next-gen AMD Ryzen APU with RDNA 2 graphics shows disappointing results when compared against the last-gen flagship Ryzen 7 5700G APU powered by Vega IGP.
AMD's next-gen Zen 4 architecture powering the Ryzen 7000 series CPUs could be landing in September 2022 according to a report. The new chips will usher in full DDR5 and PCIe 5.0 support.
The alleged launch sequence for AMD's next-gen Zen 4 Raphael CPUs and Phoenix APUs as well as RDNA 3-based RX 7000 series GPUs has leaked. These will begin launching soon starting off with Zen 4 CPUs.
A new report says AMD is bringing a new "dual-chiplet" design approach for its next-gen flagship X670 chipset on Socket AM5. Additionally, the report also claims that AM5 won't have DDR4 support.
A new rumor suggests that AMD has sped up the manufacturing of its 5nm-based Zen 4 CPUs which may land early in April, probably to better compete with Intel's 12th Gen Alder Lake-S parts.
An alleged picture of a leaked AMD EPYC CPU could be that of 128 Zen 4c Bergamo or a 96 Zen 4 Genoa. Both of these architectures are similar and designed for massive cloud and enterprise performance.
AMD's presentation slide deck for CES 2022 has purportedly leaked. The slides contain information related to the upcoming Ryzen 6000 series Rembrandt APU lineup, Zen 4, Socket AM5, and more.
Intel launched its 12th gen Alder Lake-S desktop CPUs recently which are compatible with both DDR5 and DDR4 boards. In this article, we try to summarise what the pros and cons of each platform are.
Next-gen DDR5 memory will be 50-60% more expensive than DDR4 was at launch, according to MSI's estimates. Support for the new DRAM standard is being debuted with Intel's 12th gen Alder Lake-S CPUs.
