CPU, APU & Chipsets - Page 7

AMD Ryzen 9800X3D leaks just keep on springing - the chip is like a watering can at this point - but the latest one gives us all the juicy details we've been speculating about, performance-wise, in theory straight from the mouth of Team Red.

VideoCardz has turned up a marketing slide from AMD which describes the key points of the Ryzen 9800X3D and that includes the generational gaming boost we'll get, clock speed info, and more.

So, the big one - how much better is the Ryzen 9800X3D going to be compared to the Ryzen 7800X3D for gaming? If this marketing material is genuine, AMD says the new 9800X3D will be 8% faster in PC games (though we don't get to hear the extent of the benchmarking that led to this figure, this is just a headline summary).

Arm has reportedly canceled a licensing agreement with Qualcomm that gives the company the ability to design chips on the Arm chip standard, according to a new report from Bloomberg.

The specific licensing agreement is called the architecture license agreement (ALA), and it's a key component of an ongoing legal battle between the two tech giants. Reports indicate that Arm's cancelation of the agreement could significantly impact Qualcomm's business, especially considering the recent expansion the company has made into AI-powered laptops and if Arm forces Qualcomm to halt all development of chips based on its architecture. Bloomberg's report states Arm issued a 60-day notice to Qualcomm as legally required.

The legal battle between Arm and Qualcomm began when Arm accused Qualcomm and Nuvia of violating licensing agreements and infringing on its trademark after Qualcomm acquired Nuvia in 2021. Arm alleges the violation occurred when Qualcomm didn't renegotiate its agreements with Arm after it took over Nuvia and that Nuvia designs created before the merger should have been destroyed. However, Qualcomm argues that its existing agreement with Arm covers any developments made by Nuvia.

Google's future-gen Pixel 11 family of smartphones will use a next-gen Tensor G6 processor built on TSMC's new 2nm process node, with the Tensor G6 codenamed "Malibu".

Spotted by Android Authority contributor Mishaal Rahman, who spotted the codenames of the Tensor G5 and Tensor G6 processors. Tensor G4 powers the Pixel 9 family of smartphones, right up to the Pixel 9 Pro and Pixel 9 Pro Fold, while the next-gen Tensor G5 chip will power next year's Pixel 10 family, up to the Pixel 10 Pro and Pixel 10 Pro Fold.

After that, Google will unleash its future-gen Tensor G6 processor that will be inside of the Pixel 11 smartphones, up to the next-gen Pixel 11 Pro and Pixel 11 Pro Fold smartphones. Google will have its new Tensor G6 chip made by TSMC on its new 2nm process node, which will provide performance improvements and improved energy efficiency.

Intel's next-gen flagship Core Ultra 9 285K processor reportedly loses to the previous-gen Core i9-14900K and Core i9-13900K processors... but also even the mid-range previous-gen AMD Ryzen 7 7700X in gaming according to new leaks.

In a new video from leaker Moore's Law is Dead, who has talked to multiple Tech YouTubers and tech reviewers about Intel's new Arrow Lake CPU architecture in general, and how the performance of the flagship Core Ultra 9 285K processor falls against its previous-gen counterparts, and its competitors CPUs.

Tom from MLID says that some of his sources said their review data has the Core Ultra 9 285K flagship Arrow Lake-S desktop processor losing to AMD's previous-gen, mid-range Ryzen 7 7700X chip in gaming... sheesh. He points out that there will be reviews where Arrow Lake wins over Zen 5 by something like 1-10% on average, while other reviews will see Arrow Lake taking the knee to Zen 5 because it "doesn't win consistently at anything".

AMD's Ryzen 9800X3D has been one of the hottest tech tickets in recent times on the rumor mill, and that heat won't be dissipated in any measure by the appearance of product listings for the next-gen 3D V-Cache workhorse CPU, as retailers (inevitably) jump the gun.

We already have confirmation from AMD that Ryzen 9000X3D is set to arrive on November 7, and the rumor peddlers out there are pretty certain that the sole chip to kick off the next-gen X3D range will be the 9800X3D. In theory, AMD should have a reveal in the works for later this week, on October 25 - tellingly the day after Intel's Arrow Lake desktop silicon goes on sale (the first 'K' models anyway).

VideoCardz spotted early pre-release product listings for the Ryzen 9800X3D highlighted by a couple of regular leakers on X, namely @harukaze5719 and @momomo_us, which you can see above and below. Note that the product listing linked below, for TechAmerica, has now been yanked offline, but the BLT listing (above) remains (at least at the time of writing, it may well eventually disappear too).

Decorated Apple insider and Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman has taken to social media to tease that Apple is scheduled to reveal its new line-up of Macs that will be powered by the latest M4 chip.

According to Gurman, who wrote in his Power On newsletter, Apple is on track to unveil its new line-up of Macs that will include a 14-inch MacBook Pro with the standard M4 chip, a 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro with M4 Pro and M4 Pro Max chips, an iMac with a standard M4 chip, a redesigned, smaller Mac Mini with M4 and M4 Pro chip variants, and a slew of new USB-C accessories. Notably, these accessories will be the Magic Mouse, Magic Trackpad, and Magic Keyboard.

Reports indicate there won't be any major design changes for the MacBook Pro and an iMac models, but the 14-inch MacBook Pro will be getting an additional Thunderbolt port. Gurman also took to his personal X account to reveal Apple is inviting media/creators to an event on the 30th of October and that Apple isn't assembling a group event but is instead organizing scheduled meetings with participants. Gurman writes that since no group event is being organized, which would entail a keynote presentation, Apple is going to make the announcement for its new M4 Macs via published videos and a press release.

Intel's new flagship Core Ultra 9 285K processor will use up to 370W of power when fully unlocked.

In some new posts made to social media, leakers have the new Intel Core Ultra 9 285K "Arrow Lake-S" processor, with power numbers looked at while running a multi-core Cinebench R23 benchmark, with all of the P-Cores at 5.6GHz and E-Cores at 3.9GHz.

The new Core Ultra 9 285K processor hits 42,286 points at stock settings which used around 280W of power, while hitting 45,563 points with the CPU set to 250W Power Limit was consuming around 350W of power, while the power limit + exotic cooling option saw the Cinebench R23 multi-core score hitting 46,289 points and using around 370W of power.

Intel's next-gen Core Ultra 9 285K processor is nearly here, but take a seat and check out these die shots of the 285K that shows Intel's first Tiled CPU for desktop PCs in all its nerdy, silicon glory.

The upcoming Core Ultra 200 series "Arrow Lake-S" desktop CPUs will be led by the flagship Core Ultra 9 285K, which ASUS China manager Tony Yu has now delidded, and taken some truly gorgeous die shots of. There are multiple tiles on the processor that we get to see, some of which are made on the TSMC N3B, N5P, and N6 process nodes.

All of these building blocks create the Arrow Lake CPU being put together in a tiled-like fashion, with 6 tiles in total that include:

Intel's new Core Ultra 200H series "Arrow Lake-H" laptop processors will see a flagship Core Ultra 9 285H for laptops with 16 cores and a 45W TDP.

We've recently been learning of new Core Ultra 200HX, Core 200H and Core 200U series processors by leaker "Jaykihn" but now we've got some more leaks on the Core Ultra 200H series, which are based on Arrow Lake silicon (Core 200H + Core 200U are based on Raptor Lake Refresh silicon).

Intel's new Core Ultra 200H series "Arrow Lake-H" processors will have 3 types of cores: Lion Core P-Cores, Skymont E-Cores, and Skymont LP-Cores with a total of 16 cores through a configuration of 6P + 8E + 2LP. We should expect to see this configuration spread across 3 SKUs with the Core Ultra 9 285H, Core Ultra 7 265H, and Core Ultra 5 255H processors with 5.0GHz+ boost clocks and a full integrated GPU solution.

AMD's new Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor has been tuned and pushed to 5.6GHz all-core, smashing 25,000+ points in Cinebench R23 and blowing the 7800X3D away in the process.

The 9800X3D is still under review embargo but an AnandTech forum member has posted a screenshot of a benchmark run on the new Ryzen 7 9800X3D running Cinebench R23 and the Final Fantasy XIV benchmark. "Igor_Kavinski" ran the 9800X3D with Precision Boost Overdrive (PB) enabled with offset and BCLK, which lets the CPU max itself out to provide the best out-of-the-box performance.

AMD's new Ryzen 7 9800X3D was pushed to exactly 5643.14MHz, with the CPU reaching 5598.4MHz and 5689MHz in effective clock speeds when benchmarked through Cinebench R23.