AMD announces Ryzen 7 high-end desktop CPUs


AMD has officially announced its Ryzen desktop processor family, a chip its says can match the benchmark performance of Intel's Core i7 chips at more affordable price. The first three CPU in the new Ryzen line include Ryzen 7 1800X, Ryzen 7 1700X and Rs. 7 1700 and are specifically designed for PC games, creators and enthusiasts. 

The new Ryzen chips are based on AMD's Zen Architecture. AMD said it has exceeded its set goal of pushing 40 percent more instructions per clock for chips with its new Zen CPU cores compared to previous Excavator architecture, and managed to achieve a 52 percent improvement.

All three Ryzen 7 models are manufactured on a 14nm process and have eight cores and supports 16 threads. The top of the line Ryzen 7 1800X is claimed to be the fastest eight-core chip available in the market right now. It has a base clock speed of 3.6GHz and a boost clock of 4GHz. 

AMD touted that its high-performace 1800X chip can outperform "a similarly configured 8-core, 16-thread Intel Core i7-6900K in Cinebench R15 multi-threaded and Handbrake-based video transcoding, as well as showing comparable 4K gaming performance."

The Ryzen 7 1700X has base clock speed of 3.4GHz and boost speed of 3.8GHz, while the Ryzen 7 1700 offer clock speed of 3GHz, and boost speeds of 3.7GHz. The 1800X and 1700X have 95W TDP ratings while the 1700 have 65W.  

The Ryzen 7 1800X is priced at Rs. 37,999 ($499 in the U.S) compared to the $1050 price tag of Intel's Core i7 6900K. The Ryzen 7 1700x and Ryzen 7 1700 are priced at Rs. 24,999 ($399 in the U.S) and Rs. 24,499 ($319 on the U.S), roughly $25 less expensive than Core i7-6800K and Core i7-770K, which they will compete against.

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AMD announces Ryzen 7 high-end desktop CPUs AMD announces Ryzen 7 high-end desktop CPUs Reviewed by Kaiser on 2/23/2017 11:12:00 PM
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