AMD's Zen-Based CPU Reveal: What We Know So Far
AMD has promised some massive reveals about their upcoming Zen-based CPU family, and we're excited to share what we've learned so far. The company has been teasing these new CPUs for months, and finally, they're opening up the gates to reveal more details.
As expected, AMD has confirmed that the 8-core, 16-thread Zen-based CPU will be called Ryzen, a name that doesn't exactly roll off the tongue, but we'll take it. The name "Mellow Breed" was even coined by one of our viewers, which is certainly a... memorable choice. Beyond the name, AMD has confirmed that these CPUs will be based on the AM4 platform, which supports USB 3.1 Gen 2, NVMe, and SATA Express 2.
One of the most exciting features of Ryzen is its group of technologies called SenseMI (Machine Intelligence). This includes Pure Power Precision Boost, Extended Frequency Range, Neural Network Prediction, and Smart Prefetch. Pure Power Precision Boost is AMD's take on dynamic voltage and frequency scaling, which allows for on-the-fly CPU clock adjustments without halts or Q-drain. It's an enthusiast feature that enables the CPU to overclock itself when it's running at lower temperatures.
What's particularly interesting about SenseMI is Neural Network Prediction. This technology involves a true artificial network inside each Zen-based CPU, which builds a model of decisions based on past software code execution to predict future behavior. AMD has also confirmed Smart Prefetch, which anticipates the location of future data accesses by application code while learning algorithms.
To give us a taste of what's to come, AMD shared some juicy specs and some live benchmark tests that were run for us. In both cases, they compared an Ryzen CPU at 3.4 GHz without turbo enabled versus a stock 6900K with turbo enabled. The handbreak en code demo showed the Ryzen CPU winning by several seconds, while the Blender ing demo on all eight cores and 16 threads completed in about the same time on both systems.
One thing that's worth noting is that the Ryzen launch date is still uncertain, but AMD has confirmed that desktop Summit Ridge chips will be available in Q1 2017, server Naples chips will come in Q2, and notebook chips code-named Raven Ridge will arrive in the second half of next year. As for pricing, there hasn't been any update yet, but we're sure to hear more about it soon.
If Ryzen lives up to its promises, it could be a game-changer in the consumer CPU market. With present-day IPC performance at an affordable price point, we can see why AMD is excited about this new technology. As a side note, it's interesting to compare the Ryzen CPU to the 8-core Intel Core i7 5960X, which debuted back in August 2014 and still costs over $11,000 today.
We're excited to see how Ryzen performs independently tested across a range of applications, but for now, we'll have to wait and see. If AMD can deliver on its promises, it could be the beginning of a new era in CPU performance.
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talked about radon Instinct with just a taste of the new Vega GPU family today we're talking about Zen though and those rumors you've heard are true the 8 core 16 thread Zen based CPU AMD has been teasing for months will now be called ryzen not a bad name I suppose I will nickname it mellow breed beyond the name did they confirm a launch date no they're still just listing ballparks unfortunately with desktop Summit Ridge chips coming in q1 2017 server Naples chips coming in Q2 and notebook chips code named Raven Ridge apus from our understanding in the second half of next year no price updates either sorry we do have juicy specs though like a pleasingly ample 20 megab L2 and L3 cache and a solid base frequency listed at 3.4 GHz before turbo the am4 platform meanwhile has confirmed support for USB 3.1 Gen 2 nvme and I guess sure SATA Express 2 but no one really cares about that inside ryzen though there is a group of Technologies which AMD calls sense Mii the MI stands for machine intelligence these are pure Power Precision boost extended frequency range neural net prediction and smart prefetch pure power is dynamic power management it monitors temperature speed and voltage and is molts and watt accurate and if you're wondering what Infinity fabric is I found that just picturing Harry Potter's invisibility cloak somehow helped pure power Works in tandem with Precision boost and precision boost is amd's take on dvfs Dynamic voltage and frequency scaling Intel's turbo boost is also dvfs Precision boost handles on thefly CPU clock adjustment without halts or Q drains and features Precision tuning with 25 MHz increments extended frequency range if it works as described here is absolutely bananas it's listed as an Enthusiast feature and seems to indicate that if you turn it on and say upgrade your cooling solution and give your CPU lower temperatures the CPU will just overclock itself to eat up the temperature Headroom and it's fully automated I think I just pooped my pants neural net prediction though describes how these CPUs slowly learn how to be more human by watching us and learning our deepest secrets and desires I might be inferring this info a little bit but smart prediction does mean there's a true artificial Network inside inside each zen zp zen CPU which builds a model of decisions based on past software code execution to predict future behavior and yes they used the word scary on this slide and I don't think it was a mistake finally we have Smart prefetch prefetch itself is nothing new but AMD has improved upon it and made it smarter for Zen Ming or CPU will anticipate the location of future data accesses by application code while learning algorithms model and learn to improve its Effectiveness all of these things are cool but I think what you guys will find most interesting is a couple side-by-side live Benchmark tests that they ran for us in both cases they compared a ryzen CPU at 3.4 GHz without turbo enabled versus a stock 6900 K with turbo enabled both CPUs have eight cores and 16 threads the first demo was a handbreak en code that took about 60 seconds and while it was difficult for me to record both of the screens at once I can confirm that the ryzen CPU won the race by several seconds that's quite impressive the second demo involved blender ing on all eight cores and 16 threads on both systems and both CPUs completed it in about the same time while also showing that both the idle system power and the load system power was about 15 watts Less on the ryzen system I can say without a doubt that if ryzen continues to perform at this level and efficiency when it's finally independently tested across a range of applications we're going to see a huge shakeup in the consumer CPU market so consider yourselves further teased but also consider this the 8 core Intel Core i7 5960x debuted August 29th 2014 and still costs over $11,000 2 years later and while ryzen's q1 launch could mean the beginning of January or the end of March I say the sooner the better because I don't know about you guys but I am totally ready for at least a slightly more affordable 8 core CPU with present day IPC performance that's all for this video though guys thanks for watching hit the like button comment down there subscribe and check out the description for links to my store as well as further reading by some of those respectable journalists I was hanging out with we'll see you next timethe G skill rip JS km570 gaming keyboard features genuine cherrymx mechanical switches customizable perk key lighting effects and macro support full en key rollover and more click the link in the description for more details excellent what's up guys I am in Sonoma California I've been invited here by AMD for a special event that they're having in the Pavilion right behind me lots of people are gathered but I'm actually the only YouTuber here so you're getting some exclusive content exclusive footage that you can't find anywhere else on the internet except potentially from all the journalists who are back there who are also covering this event but anyway AMD has promised some massive reveals there's going to be some stuff that I can share with you guys right now and there's going to be more stuff coming uh let's say in the next few weeks so uh let's get started what are they talking about I don't know well if you watched my video yesterday you know they talked about radon Instinct with just a taste of the new Vega GPU family today we're talking about Zen though and those rumors you've heard are true the 8 core 16 thread Zen based CPU AMD has been teasing for months will now be called ryzen not a bad name I suppose I will nickname it mellow breed beyond the name did they confirm a launch date no they're still just listing ballparks unfortunately with desktop Summit Ridge chips coming in q1 2017 server Naples chips coming in Q2 and notebook chips code named Raven Ridge apus from our understanding in the second half of next year no price updates either sorry we do have juicy specs though like a pleasingly ample 20 megab L2 and L3 cache and a solid base frequency listed at 3.4 GHz before turbo the am4 platform meanwhile has confirmed support for USB 3.1 Gen 2 nvme and I guess sure SATA Express 2 but no one really cares about that inside ryzen though there is a group of Technologies which AMD calls sense Mii the MI stands for machine intelligence these are pure Power Precision boost extended frequency range neural net prediction and smart prefetch pure power is dynamic power management it monitors temperature speed and voltage and is molts and watt accurate and if you're wondering what Infinity fabric is I found that just picturing Harry Potter's invisibility cloak somehow helped pure power Works in tandem with Precision boost and precision boost is amd's take on dvfs Dynamic voltage and frequency scaling Intel's turbo boost is also dvfs Precision boost handles on thefly CPU clock adjustment without halts or Q drains and features Precision tuning with 25 MHz increments extended frequency range if it works as described here is absolutely bananas it's listed as an Enthusiast feature and seems to indicate that if you turn it on and say upgrade your cooling solution and give your CPU lower temperatures the CPU will just overclock itself to eat up the temperature Headroom and it's fully automated I think I just pooped my pants neural net prediction though describes how these CPUs slowly learn how to be more human by watching us and learning our deepest secrets and desires I might be inferring this info a little bit but smart prediction does mean there's a true artificial Network inside inside each zen zp zen CPU which builds a model of decisions based on past software code execution to predict future behavior and yes they used the word scary on this slide and I don't think it was a mistake finally we have Smart prefetch prefetch itself is nothing new but AMD has improved upon it and made it smarter for Zen Ming or CPU will anticipate the location of future data accesses by application code while learning algorithms model and learn to improve its Effectiveness all of these things are cool but I think what you guys will find most interesting is a couple side-by-side live Benchmark tests that they ran for us in both cases they compared a ryzen CPU at 3.4 GHz without turbo enabled versus a stock 6900 K with turbo enabled both CPUs have eight cores and 16 threads the first demo was a handbreak en code that took about 60 seconds and while it was difficult for me to record both of the screens at once I can confirm that the ryzen CPU won the race by several seconds that's quite impressive the second demo involved blender ing on all eight cores and 16 threads on both systems and both CPUs completed it in about the same time while also showing that both the idle system power and the load system power was about 15 watts Less on the ryzen system I can say without a doubt that if ryzen continues to perform at this level and efficiency when it's finally independently tested across a range of applications we're going to see a huge shakeup in the consumer CPU market so consider yourselves further teased but also consider this the 8 core Intel Core i7 5960x debuted August 29th 2014 and still costs over $11,000 2 years later and while ryzen's q1 launch could mean the beginning of January or the end of March I say the sooner the better because I don't know about you guys but I am totally ready for at least a slightly more affordable 8 core CPU with present day IPC performance that's all for this video though guys thanks for watching hit the like button comment down there subscribe and check out the description for links to my store as well as further reading by some of those respectable journalists I was hanging out with we'll see you next time\n"
