AMD's new Ryzen processor is a huge leap forward and a true competitor to Intel

[Trixbox]

 

AMD just officially unveiled its Ryzen desktop processor family, a chip that it says can compete with Intel's chips at long last. AMD's last generation of desktop chips was disappointing, and has been largely relegated to low-end computers. But Ryzen manages a 52 percent boost in instructions per cycle (IPC) over last time, which puts it on a level playing field with the best Intel has to offer.

 

The Ryzen family will come in multiple flavors, but the high-end Ryzen 7 is shipping first. The chip has eight cores and 16 threads, and starts at $329. At the top end is the 3.6GHz (4.0GHz turbo), $499 Ryzen 7 1800X, which compares well with Intel's $1,050 i7-6900K. According to AMD's benchmarks, the 1800X ties the 6900K on singlethreaded benchmarks, and beats Intel on multithreaded performance.

 

AMD uses a few hundred more megahertz to get there, which means AMD isn't doing quite as much as Intel Broadwell per hertz. But it's the end result that matters, and AMD is claiming to match or beat Intel across the spectrum with better prices — the dream scenario, basically.

 

The new processors are available for preorder now, and will ship on March 2nd. AMD is promising to have plenty of inventory and a ton of motherboard options at launch. It's a lot of promises, AMD! Hopefully Ryzen can deliver, and we can get a real fight in the desktop market, which will be wonderful for anybody not named "Intel."

 

 

 

 

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All you guys who will be building PC's for gaming. Get this one on March 3. I have pre ordered already and will be building one just because! ^_^

 

Newegg pre order is up!

 

 

 

[LVP]

Not quite impressed yet so ... 

[Nini Bear]

I'm still not entirely convinced, but my friend pre-ordered it so we'll see.

[pobW]

1700X 

 

 

[GodBot]

1700X 

 

 

 

1800x is the way to go , go hard or go home

[Eppo]

Good to see that AMD is still making leaps forward but competing with Intel at this point in time is a whole other matter. I'm a bit skeptical on those benchmarks. Nevertheless, hopefully AMD increases competition on the CPU market again.

[GodBot]

 

RIP Wallet , my computer is going to be a beast

[Trixbox]

This guy, a overclocker with titles under his belt got his package from amd already :D

 

 

 

 

And another one:

 

 

[Trixbox]

And AMD Ryzen overclocking all 8 cores on LN2 @5.2ghz

 

http://mirror.ninja/5vixv8

 

 

Video has been taken down by AMD and Austin due to NDA.

 

[Salieri]

Looks nice will need to wait for benchmarks before fully judging it entirely. Though AMD is killing intel with these prices

[delirium]

nothing like blooming competition to make companies step their game up, I love it.

 

though I will wait and observe some more before committing

 

but my mom flipped out when she heard the GHz for Ryzen