Ryzen 7000 with up to 16 cores and 170 watts?
Will the Ryzen 7000 arrive in a premium variant with 16 cores and a TDP of 170 watts? At least, so claims a well-known leaker. A few things are altering in Raphael's Zen universe: DDR5, PCI Express 5.0, AM5 (LGA1718), an integrated graphics chip, and likely 5 GHz clock speeds.
AMD had already demonstrated one of the new Ryzen 7000 processors. The CPUs based on Zen 4, codenamed Raphael, are said to offer PCI Express 5.0 and DDR5 support. According to recent rumors, the application will be available with up to 16 cores and 32 threads.
The top variant, according to Twitter leaker Greymon55, has 16 cores and 32 threads with a TDP of 170 watts; below that is a 12-core CPU with 24 threads with a TDP of 105 watts. In general, it should continue at 65 and 105 watts TDP, boosted by the flagship's 170 watts.
And all of this while TSMC switches to 5 nm, which should result in some savings, but people seem to prefer to put them in performance. AMD had already revealed a pre-production sample running at 5 GHz, putting it on a level with Intel.
And, without a doubt, AMD should aim to be on par with Intel in terms of the clock and IPC performance, even if it doesn't play a part in the total result.
It is also important to remember that the IGP may fall inside the TDP window of the new processors. The RDNA-2 unit in Zen 4 is believed to contain four compute units.
That's just enough for rudimentary 3D acceleration, but ultimately it's about catching up with Intel and having an offer for this market that you can't currently serve. If the unit is turned on, a few watts are added to the package.
AMD will most likely continue to serve the 65-watt TDP with optimized CPUs geared to hit the window. Finally, this applies to the 6-core CPU, which will most likely fade into obscurity and will primarily appeal to customers on a tight budget.
If you buy new when Zen 4 is out, you should at the very least familiarize yourself with the 8-core game, unless your budget dictates differently.
Ryzen 7000 is expected to be released in the second half of the year. Rumors suggested that a prospective sales launch will take place in October/November. Rumors about June/July appear to be a little daring right now. Especially since AMD will almost certainly still provide DDR4 support for the final few meters. It will be interesting to see if V-cache CPUs are part of the portfolio.
