If an enormous reveal of two new AMD Navi GPUs wasn’t sufficient this night, AMD additionally introduced the world’s first 16-core gaming CPU within the type of the Ryzen 9 3950X. The monstrous gaming CPU is now the highest canine of AMD’s Ryzen 3000 collection, sitting above the previously-announced Ryzen 9 3900X, which made its debut again at Computex a few weeks in the past. The unhealthy information? This 16-core, 32-thread beast is sort of twice as costly, costing a whopping $749 versus $499.
The specs are, admittedly, fairly spectacular. With a base clock pace of three.5GHz and a lift clock pace of 4.7GHz, the Ryzen 9 3950X has the best enhance frequency of all of AMD’s Ryzen 3000 CPUs. It additionally has a large 72MB of complete cache, and a TDP (or thermal design level) of simply 105W – the identical because the Ryzen 9 3900X. You’ve obtained loads of time to try to stump up the money, too, because the Ryzen 9 3950X isn’t as a consequence of launch till someday this September.
The remainder of AMD’s Ryzen 3000 household, however, are all as a consequence of arrive on July 7 – simply as AMD outlined throughout their huge Ryzen 3000 reveal again at Computex. Can’t keep in mind what’s coming? Here’s a fast recap of the 5 Ryzen 3000 CPUs that can be arriving subsequent month:
| Processor | Cores / Threads | Base / Boost clock pace | TDP | Price | Release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryzen 9 3900X | 12 / 24 | 3.8GHz / 4.6GHz | 105W | $499 | July 7 |
| Ryzen 7 3800X | 8 / 16 | 3.9GHz / 4.5GHz | 105W | $399 | July 7 |
| Ryzen 7 3700X | 8 / 16 | 3.6GHz / 4.4GHz | 65W | $329 | July 7 |
| Ryzen 5 3600X | 6 / 12 | 3.8GHz / 4.4GHz | 95W | $249 | July 7 |
| Ryzen 5 3600 | 6 / 12 | 3.6GHz / 4.2GHz | 65W | $199 | July 7 |
Admittedly, there weren’t many new particulars to report as regards to AMD’s upcoming Ryzen chips this night, however they did present a somewhat amusing streaming demonstration that put Intel’s Core i9-9900K CPU to disgrace. Demonstrating what sort of benefits their 12-core Ryzen 9 3900X brings to the desk, AMD put each chips by way of The Division 2’s benchmark and confirmed what sort of efficiency you’d see as a viewer on YouTube if a streamer was broadcasting utilizing OBS’s Slow high quality preset at a decision of 1080p at 10,000 Kbps CBR.
The outcomes have been fairly astonishing, to say the least. Whereas the Ryzen 9 3900X managed a really clean 59fps, Intel’s chip crawled alongside at a disastrous 1.6fps. Previously, each CPUs had managed a gradual 90fps common at 1440p with out being streamed, however throw these further processes into the combination and AMD’s chip outperformed Intel’s by a transparent nation mile.
Elsewhere, nevertheless, there was a lot much less to shout about. With benchmark outcomes throughout an expansion of games, each processors have been just about neck and neck throughout the board, as you’ll be able to see from the picture beneath. AMD had the sting in CS:GO, and a really tiny lead in Call of Duty Blops III and Plunkbat, however in any other case it was Intel who was nearly sneaking in entrance when it got here to 1080p gaming efficiency.
In truth, issues appeared even worse for AMD’s top-end Ryzen 7 CPU, the Ryzen 7 3800X. Here, Intel’s Core i7-9700Okay had a a lot clearer lead over its AMD competitor, and to be trustworthy I’m probably not positive why AMD confirmed this graph in any respect. Sure, the Ryzen had the sting in Blops III once more, however its Plunkbat lead was a lot smaller this time spherical, and it misplaced its CS:GO benefit utterly.
Things appeared a bit higher for AMD’s pair of Ryzen 5 CPUs, fortunately, however even there it wasn’t a straight and apparent win for them. You’ll need to excuse the marginally dodgy screenshot right here, as AMD’s Mixer stream failed simply at that very second, however hopefully it’s nonetheless pretty clear that solely in a few situations does AMD supply a tangible benefit over Intel’s Core i5-9600Okay in relation to gaming.
Of course, AMD’s at all times had the added benefit of superior multi-tasking efficiency for extra basic CPU duties, however I’ll have an interest to see how they carry out throughout extra demanding games as soon as I get my palms on some overview samples. And with their launch date set for simply a few weeks time on July 7, we shouldn’t have to attend lengthy to search out out.
See our E3 2019 tag for extra protection from the present. Our Brendy and Matt are on the market in Los Angeles, enjoying games and taking names. They’ve additionally been liveblogging the big announcement events with fiercely opposing stances.
