Processors - Page 47

Intel is about to launch its next-gen Meteor Lake platform and has just launched its refreshed 14th Gen Core "Raptor Lake Refresh" CPUs, and now has an aggressive new marketing campaign: comparing AMD Ryzen 5 processors to snake oil.

In that aggressive new marketing campaign is something Intel is calling "Core Truths"; it acts like an information brochure that consumers can use to learn about the latest CPU technologies. Intel specifically calls out specific AMD Ryzen CPUs that are using older CPU architectures... while acting like they don't, and still don't, do that (spoiler alert: oh yes, yes, they do).

AMD and Intel were on good terms when it came to a direct attack-style marketing campaign, similar to how Intel also ran that marketing campaign that said AMD's new EPYC CPU dies were "glued together." Well, Intel was scared of AMD's impending dominance -- in which it has, oh-so-beautifully for years, eaten at Intel's dominance in server and HPC businesses -- where EPYC has kicked Xeon's ass.

We've already heard reports of AMD working on X3D processors for its previous-gen AM4 platform, with new sources corroborating the leaks: AMD will be launching its Ryzen 7 5700X3D in the first few months of 2024.

AMD's upcoming Ryzen 7 5700X3D processor will be an 8-core, 16-thread CPU with 96MB of X3D cache on-board, while we're expecting a base clock of 3.0GHz and a boost clock of up to 4.1GHz. This means it is 400MHz slower in frequency over the Ryzen 7 5800X3D, which AMD is probably using slightly gimped 5800X3D chips to make its upcoming 5700X3D.

There's no new information on the Ryzen 5 5500X3D, which is expected to be a more budget X3D offering as a 6-core, 12-thread offering that should have a 3.0GHz base clock and boost clock of up to 4.0GHz. ECSM is confirming this on Twitter, posting up a bunch of SKUs that it sees AMD launching in Q1 2024: Zen 3 GT, Zen 3 X3D, and Ryzen 8000 APUs that we've been hearing about for a while now.

AMD's next-gen Zen 6 architecture won't be hitting desktops or servers for a number of years yet... we've still got Zen 5 to get to, folks... but we're hearing about the next-gen EPYC-E processors that will be powered by the next-gen Zen 6 architecture.

The new rumors on AMD's next-gen Zen 6 architecture and EPYC-E processors are coming from leaker Moore's Law is Dead after some details on the architectural side of things for both Zen 5 and Zen 6 a few months ago in September, from a leaked internal AMD slide deck.

The codename for Zen 5 is "Nirvana," while Zen 6 is codenamed "Morpheus" where we're learning that Zen 6 will be increasing core counts up to 32 cores per chiplet (CCD) and supporting high-prevision floating point (FP16) operations acceleration for both AI and Machine Learning (ML).

Intel's next-gen Xeon, codenamed Clearwater Forest, will feature up to 288 cores with an updated CPU architecture, but those 288 cores will exclusively be E-Cores, not the higher-performance P-Cores that Intel has on its CPUs.

This is according to new leaks on the scene, which tease that Intel's 2nd Gen Xeon CPU family will be based on the E-Core CPU architecture, while the first E-Core-only CPUs are codenamed Sierra Forest, which Intel will release in the 2H of 2024. If Intel stays on track, that means we should expect to see Clearwater Forest CPUs sometime in 2025... but this could slip into 2026 easily.

Intel's new Clearwater Forest architecture will feature an updated version of the Skymont E-Core architecture, which it'll be the 5th Gen E-Core architecture, with Gracemont being the first. Intel's next-gen Gracemont architecture will be launching on the new Meteor Lake CPUs, which will be making their debut on December 14 at Intel's upcoming "AI Everywhere" event.

AWS has just announced its new Graviton4 processor, the fourth-generation Arm-based server CPU that has 50% more cores, 75% more memory bandwidth, and an overall compute performance uplift of up to 30%.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) was previously manufacturing its Graviton3 and Graviton3E processors on the 5nm process node at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) but is moving to the newer, mature 4nm process node that NVIDIA is using to build its Grace CPU and "Hopper" H100 and H200 AI GPUs.

Inside, the new Graviton4 has 96 cores based on Arm's "Demeter" Neoverse V2 core (which is based on the Armv9 architecture), which is a 50% boost in cores over Graviton3 which had 64 cores.

We first started hearing about Intel's next-gen Xeon "Emerald Rapids" CPUs back in August 2021; fast-forward two years, and we're still not seeing them in the wild, with new rumors teasing Intel's upcoming Xeon Platinum 8551C and Xeon Platinum 8558P "Emeralds Rapids" processors.

Intel's new Xeon Platinum 8551C and Xeon Platinum 8558P "Emeralds Rapids" processors both feature 48 cores and 96 threads of CPU power, recently tested on the CentOS Linux OS and 256GB of DDR5 memory. Geekbench results see both the new Emerald Rapids CPUs at up to 3.17GHz during their testing, with the 8551C featuring a 2.9GHz base clock and the 8558P featuring a 2.7GHz base clock.

But... AMD has released its consumer-focused HEDT processors with the new Ryzen Threadripper 7000 series featuring up to 64 cores and 128 threads on the desktop, not an Xeon-based CPU for servers. There's also the Ryzen Threadripper 7970X processor with 32 cores and 64 threads that comes close to the multi-core performance in Geekbench against the Xeon Platinum 8551C.

Intel's next-gen Meteor Lake CPUs will launch in a couple of weeks, but after that, we'll have Arrow Lake, which will arrive in 2024... featuring slightly upgraded integrated graphics as well as new XMX units that will be used for AI acceleration.

In some new leaks from "Coelacanth-Dream" we're being told to expect Intel's upcoming Arrow Lake CPUs that will feature Arc Xe-LPG GPU that's a little better than the Xe GPU on the upcoming Meteor Lake CPUs. The new Arrow Lake CPUs will also feature improved AI acceleration, which is thanks to the inclusion of new XMX units, which also alters the branding of iGPU to Xe-LPG Plus, while Meteor Lake is called Xe-LPG.

Intel's new Arrow Lake Arc Xe-LPG Plus GPU has also been added to the latest IGC patch, which means the same features and functionalities of the integrated graphics on Meteor Lake and Arrow Lake can be expected. The upgraded parts are with the new XMX units (Xe Matrix Extensions) that are featured on Arrow Lake but not Meteor Lake, with Intel saving space on Meteor Lake by removing XMX units from the Xe-LPG Render Slices and moving to the traditional DP4a instructions.

AMD's new Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX has been pushed to new limits, breaking more world records in its warpath to total CPU benchmarking victory.

South Korean overclocker "SAFEDISK" has overclocked the Ryzen Threadipper PRO 7995WX processor, with all its of its 96 cores and 192 threads of CPU power with LN2 cooling and broken 210,000+ in Cinebench R23. The overclocker used the ASUS PRO WS WRX90-SAGE SE motherboard, installing the 96-core, 192-thread Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX inside and using LN2 to get those temperatures as low as possible.

AMD's new Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX processor was pushed to an incredible 6.25GHz at 1.62V under its LN2 cooling, with CPU temps hitting a peak of -18C. SAFEDISK also had 256GB of G.SKILL's new ZETA Z5 NEO DDR5 R-DIMM memory, at DDR5-6400 CL32, for a Cinebench R23 score of 210,702!

AMD launched its new Ryzen Threadripper 7000 series HEDT processors not too long ago now, featuring up to 64 cores and 192 threads of CPU power, with v-color unveiling new overclocked DDR5 R-DIMM memory that has been optimized for the new TRX50 platform.

The new v-color DDR5 overclocking R-DIMM has been tailor-made for the new TRX50 series motherboards and AMD's new Ryzen Threadripper 7000 series CPUs. The company will be launching its new R-DIMM memory in 64GB kits (4 x 16GB sticks) and larger 128GB kits (4 x 32GB sticks) with speeds of up to DDR5-7200.

V-Color says that its new DDR5 OC R-DIMM memory is "primed to unleash its full potential with EXPO ready technology, designed for a diverse user base encompassing both non-overclocking users and enthusiasts who engage in overclocking, with a specific focus on content creators, intensive 3D modelers, and AI programmers".

Intel's upcoming low-power architecture has been made slightly clearer thanks to new leaks, where we're learning more about Lunar Lake-MX, which will arrive in laptops and hopefully handhelds in 2024.

The next-gen Intel Lunar Lake-MX was leaked by "YuuKi-AnS" who shared the slides on Twitter of course, they were removed quickly, but with the internet being the internet, nothing is ever truly deleted. The slides tease Intel's next-gen Lunar Lake CPU series that were designed for low-power systems, where power consumption will start at 8W with designs up to 30W.

Intel has co-developed the Lunar Lake architecture, according to these slides, for the power-efficient software/hardware integration side of things. Inside, Intel will be using a next-gen integrated NPU 4.0 (Neural Processing Unit) for Microsoft to brand Lunar Lake-powered systems as "AI PCs," of course.

Intel's Core i3-14100 CPU is already on sale over in China - well, in a manner of speaking, as we're told that this is prerelease silicon.

VideoCardz has the scoop on this one, with the site noticing that leaker Harukaze5719 posted a photo of the chip on X (formerly Twitter). Apparently it's on sale via Goofish, priced at an equivalent of around $120.

This Core i3-14100 is apparently an engineering sample, though it has the same specs as the finished version will - meaning it's a quad-core (8-thread) CPU with a base clock speed of 3.5GHz (as previously rumored).

AMD looks to be refreshing its Ryzen 7040 series "Phoenix" APU family with the upcoming Ryzen 8040 series "Hawk Point" APUs, with the new Ryzen 9 8940HS processor spotted in new Geekbench results.

AMD's new Ryzen 9 8940HS processor was in engineering form, identified as 100-000001319-50, with an 8-core, 16-thread CPU with a base clock of 4.0GHz, a boost clock of over 5.1GHz, topping out at 5.2GHz. The Hawk Point APU will have Zen 4-based CPU cores and RDNA 3-based GPU cores, just like the previous-gen Phoenix APU.

That means we have the same 16MB of L3 cache and 8MB of L2 cache with a TDP of between 35W and 45W of power. On the graphics side of things, we have the same Radeon 780M GPU with 12 compute units based on the RDNA 3 GPU architecture. A refresh with a small performance bump for 2024 laptops powered AMD's new Ryzen 8040 series "Hawk Point," it seems.

AMD's new Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX processors are being put under the pump right now, with liquid cooling keeping the 96-core, 192-thread CPU cool enough to drive 5.2GHz, using 1000W+ of power and breaking multiple world records. Easy stuff, for the 7995WX that is.

We already had AMD using its in-house overclocker "SAMPSON" pushing its new Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX processor during its unveil, and then again yesterday under air-cooling which saw the 96-core, 192-thread beast using 980W of power. AMD and SAMPSON are back again. This time, the 7995WX is liquid-cooled and pushed to 5.2GHz for some new world records... as well as 1000W+ of power consumption.

SAMPSON used the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX processor to break world records for Cinebench R15, $20, R23, and 2024. The new 7995WX processor was also used to break the world record for the GPUPI benchmark.

Recently, we sat down with Intel's Roger Chandler to find out how the new APO multi-threading tech helps boost game performance on the new 14th Gen Intel Core CPUs - often with sizable double-digit bumps.

At the time, we noted that the new Intel Application Optimization (APO) tech was exclusive to the new Core i9 14900K and Core i7 14700K, and with Intel reiterating this 14th Gen exclusivity to tech channel Hardware Unboxed - it sounds like APO won't be making its way to 12th and 13th Gen products. This is strange when you factor in that the 14th Gen "Raptor Lake Refresh" shares architecture with previous-gen Core products.

APO is a software tool created to work alongside Thread Director (developed for Windows with Microsoft) to manage and optimize threads across Intel's Performance and Efficiency Cores, specifically for PC games. The new optimizations are tested with various games, and if there's a benefit, the existing policy in Thread Director is updated to deliver free performance.

AMD has some impressive tricks up its sleeve for gamers and content creators with its CPUs packing in-house 3D V-Cache technology, with two new offerings in the works: the Ryzen 7 5700X3D and Ryzen 5 5500X3D processors.

The latest leaks are teasing the 8-core Ryzen 7 5700X3D, which will reportedly have a base clock of 3.0GHz and a boost clock of 4.1GHz. We expect the Ryzen 7 5700X3D processor to have CPU clocks 400MHz slower than the Ryzen 7 5800X3D, one of the most popular CPUs of the last couple of years.

Secondly, we'll have the 6-core Ryzen 5 5500X3D processor with base CPU clocks of 3.0GHz and boost clocks of up to 4.0GHz, which leaves CPU clock speeds down 300MHz to 400MHz under the Ryzen 5 5600X3D processors. We are also being told that the AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D and Ryzen 5 5500X3D processors will both have 96MB of 3D V-Cache.

Apple recently unveiled its new M3 family of processors inside of their new wave of 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro laptops, but now we're hearing a little rumble going on with the M3 Ultra chip being teased.

As it stands, the Apple M3 Max is the highest-end version of the new M3 chips from Apple and features a 16-core CPU and 40-core GPU with support for up to 128GB of unified RAM. The new rumors on Apple's crazier M3 Ultra chip would feature a 32-core CPU and 80-core GPU supporting a much larger 256GB of unified RAM.

The news of the beefier M3 Ultra is coming from the latest "Power On" newsletter written by Mark Gurman for Bloomberg, in which he said that the M3 Ultra could have a "whopping 80 graphics cores". But the word "whopping" when the M2 Ultra had a 76-core GPU? Yeah, I don't know. Anyway, we'll be looking at double the CPU cores and double the GPU cores from the M3 Max to the M3 Ultra, as it's pretty much 2 x M3 Max chips interconnected, sharing resources through Apple's UltraFusion process.

Intel is working on a new "KS" Special Edition CPU in the form of the Core i9-14900KS processor, which will be the same as the Core i9-14900K in terms of cores and threads but feature huge 6.2GHz clocks out of the box.

The new Intel Core i9-14900KS processor will have an increased 150W TDP, up from the 125W TDP on the regular Core i9-14900K processor. The leaks are coming from an Israeli retailer listing the new Core i9-14900KS processor (with 36MB of cache and up to 6.2GHz) alongside 16GB of DDR4-3200 RAM and a 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD.

Previously, we had the Intel Core i9-13900KS, which was the first consumer processor to hit 6.0GHz out of the box, so the company has something even more special for its latest Special Edition CPU: 6.2GHz clocks out of the box with the Core i9-14900KS. Impressive stuff if you want 6200MHz instantly without any manual overclocking.

AMD will be launching its new Ryzen 8000G series processors in January 2024, with the next-gen desktop APU launching on the AM5 socket, and we know that because of our friends at GIGABYTE.

GIGABYTE has accidentally kinda confirmed AMD's new Ryzen 8000G series launching in late January 2024 through a recent update to AGESA for AMD 600 series motherboards. The update included a confirmation from GIGABYTE, which said that their new AGESA 1.1.0.0 beta BIOS supports AM5 next-gen APU, which the company says "will be launched at the end of January 2024".

Well, there you have it -- AMD is launching its new APU in late January 2024, which will be the new Ryzen 8000G series APU family. We should expect the Ryzen 7 8700G, Ryzen 5 8600G, Ryzen 5 8500G, and finally, the Ryzen 3 8300G. The flagship Ryzen 7 8700G APU will feature 8 cores and 16 threads, with an RDNA 3-based GPU with 12 Compute Units in total... the most amount of CUs we've had on a desktop APU yet.

You'll probably need a large side order of salt for this one because a new image making the rounds courtesy of Chiphell showcasing a brand-new Alienware Desktop with an AMD Ryzen 9000 Series CPU seems a little premature.

It could be fake or a typo - with someone at Dell pressing 9 instead of 7. It could be legit, with AMD planning to launch its next-gen Zen 5-based Ryzen processors using the 9000-number range - skipping 8000.

That last bit is within the realm of possibility, as Ryzen naming for desktop processors has been known to skip numbers. This could be the first clue pointing toward AMD announcing Zen 5 at CES with enthusiast-grade Ryzenn 9000-series CPUs - and with that, it makes sense that companies like Alienware would be teasing upcoming products using the latest Zen 5 tech.

ERYING has just announced its latest Mini-ITX desktop motherboards with pre-installed Intel 13th Gen Core "Raptor Lake" CPUs, where you can have right up to the Core i9-13900H processor pre-installed.

The company refers to these motherboards as "MoDT" which is a snazzy way of saying Mobile On Desktop, a new form factor that continues to get bigger and bigger. We've seen popular motherboards released using the Intel Tiger Lake family of CPUs, but now ERYING has announced new 13th Gen Core "Raptor Lake" CPUs that succeed the 12th Gen Core "Alder Lake" versions that ERYING released last year.

ERYING's new SKYLINE MoDT ITX motherboard supports 7 different pre-installed CPUs, ranging from the Core i9-13900H, Core i7-13800H, and Core i7-13700H processors that all feature 14 cores (6 x P-Cores + 8 x E-Cores). There's also the option for the Core i7-13600H and Core i5-13500H processors that have 12 cores, while there's an option for the Core i5-13420H, which is an 8-core chip.