In parallel to the announcement of the Ryzen 6000 mobile, AMD reveals a little more of its Zen X3D and Zen 4 processors that had already leaked yesterday morning.
Zen X3D for spring and Zen 4 for the second half of the year
With the release of Intel’s Alder Lake processors, AMD had lost its leadership in gaming, but it intends to regain it with the Zen X3D processors, using 3D V-Cache. Last June, the brand showed us a 5900X/5950X prototype using this technology. Today, we have the first processor that will be launched with it, namely the 5800X3D.
AMD presents the Ryzen 7 5800X3D, based on the Zen 3 architecture and using 8 cores 16 threads, the processor will have 96 MB of L3 cache against 32 MB for a basic 5800X, having a similar TDP of 105W and compatible with motherboards series 400 and 500, the other difference between its processors and the drop in frequencies with 3.4 GHz in base and 4.5 GHz in boost, against 3.8 and 4.7 GHz for the 5800X.
The addition of cache allows the 5800X3D despite the drop in frequency, performance higher than the Ryzen 5900X by about 15% and be ahead of the latest CPU Intel, the i9-12900K.
This processor will be the first available with this technology, but it is hoped that other versions will be launched on the market.
Regarding Zen 4, the brand reminds us that the launch will take place in the second half of 2022 and will use the 5nm engraving from TSMC. Not much news about the processors, but the prototype shown at the conference was running at 5 GHz on all cores in the game Halo Infinite, promising a nice increase in performance and a much higher boost.
AMD also took the opportunity to reveal an image of its next socket: the AM5, replacing the AM4, bringing new technologies such as PCIe 5.0 or DDR5. This change of socket will come with the use of LGA (1718 pin) making the processor less fragile. Finally, compatibility with AM4-based cooling systems will be maintained.
