AMD demos an unreleased 5.5GHz Ryzen 7000 CPU smashing Intel's Core i9 12900K
pcgamer.comAMD has finally taken the wraps off its upcoming Zen 4 processor generation, and the gloves off against the Intel Alder Lake architecture. Dr. Lisa Su took to the stage for the now-traditional AMD CEO keynote for Computex 2022, and showed a pre-production 16-core, 32-thread Ryzen 7000 processor stomping a 16-core, 24-thread Intel Core i9 12900K in the popular Blender rendering software.
The engineering sample completed the test render nearly a third faster than the competing Intel processor from its latest generation.
Promising a greater than 15% single threaded uplift in performance—versus its last-gen Ryzen 9 5950X—this whole new generation of processors is AMD's latest bid to dominate not just the straight computing market, but also the gaming world, too.
Not only did we see the rendering demo on-stage this year, but Dr. Su also showed us the same 16-core Zen 4 chip blazing through Ghostwire Tokyo with its core frequency hitting between 5.3GHz and 5.5GHz.
«We designed Zen 4 to run significantly faster than our previous generation,» says Dr. Su, «and that increase in frequency can translate into a smoother gaming experience. And while this is just one example we're really excited for gamers to get their hands on our Ryzen 7000 series.»
This is reiterated in our pre-briefing with Robert Hallock, director of marketing for Ryzen CPUs, where he explains that greater than 15% rise in single threaded performance—one of the things that will really help when it comes to gaming—«raises all boats.»
«That is a key focus for us, that'll be a combination of both IPC and frequency, and we'll give you the breakdown later in the year.»
All Ryzen 7000-series chips will have some amount of built-in graphics.
Basically, part of that
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