AMD's next-gen Ryzen 9 4950X teased: 16C/32T at massive 4.8GHz

AMD's next-gen Vermeer: the purported Ryzen 9 4950X would have a huge 16 cores and 32 threads of CPU power at 4.8GHz on 7nm TSMC.

@anthony256

Published Aug 6, 2020 2:04 AM CDT
Updated Nov 3, 2020 11:42 AM CST

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We have right now some truly incredible news if it begins to turn into reality, with our very good friend Igor over at Igor's Lab exclusively reporting details on Vermeer -- or what you will eventually know as the AMD Ryzen 9 4950X processor.

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Vermeer is the codename for AMD's upcoming Zen 3-based Ryzen 4000 desktop CPUs, which should see emerge the flagship Ryzen 9 4950X that Igor has some details on. Igor reports from his sources that AMD's next-gen Ryzen 9 4950X will be a 16-core, 32-thread CPU which could roll out with a 3.5GHz base clock and huge 4.8GHz boost clock.

Igor has noticed something interesting with Vermeer, with per core voltage adjustments that would be a huge sandbox for overclockers to play around with. We should expect AMD to build these features into their Ryzen Master Tool software.

Another interesting note is that AMD could skip the Ryzen 4000 series naming scheme on desktop, so that it doesn't interfere (or confuse) customers with the current-gen Ryzen 4000 series on the mobile side of things with Renoir-based chips.

AMD would then move directly to the Ryzen 5000 series, meaning this would be the Ryzen 9 5950X.

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core, 32-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor (AMD Ryzen 9 3950X)

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NEWS SOURCES:igorslab.de, videocardz.com

Anthony Garreffa

Anthony joined the TweakTown team in 2010 and has since reviewed 100s of graphics cards. Anthony is a long time PC enthusiast with a passion of hate for games built around consoles. FPS gaming since the pre-Quake days, where you were insulted if you used a mouse to aim, he has been addicted to gaming and hardware ever since. Working in IT retail for 10 years gave him great experience with custom-built PCs. His addiction to GPU tech is unwavering and has recently taken a keen interest in artificial intelligence (AI) hardware.