New Ryzen 5000s out by the end of the year
Still based on Zen 3
AMD is not completely giving up on Zen 3 and is planning a range of Ryzen 5000s based around the tech which will be out soon.
China catching up to AMD's Zen 3
Loongson goes quad-core
The Chinese are slowly catching up to Western chips with the 3A5000 quad-core CPU lineup.
Four new Zen 3 chips coming
Mid-tier range
The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell on earth yarn saying that AMD is about to release four, nice, shiny new mid-tier Zen 3 chips.
AMD Zen 3 with 3D V-cache coming in Q1 2022
The company celebrates five years of Ryzen
In a special video interview/presentation celebrating five years of Ryzen and led by none other than AMD's own John Taylor and Robert Hallock, AMD shed some light about its future CPU path, including Zen 3 with 3D V-cache, Zen 4, PCIe Gen5, and DDR5.
AMD unveils its Ryzen 5000G APUs for OEMs
Coming to DIY market later this year
AMD has officially launched its Ryzen 5000G series APUs based on Zen 3 CPU cores and Radeon Vega graphics. Unfortunately, these will first go to OEMs, and the DIY market can expect it on retail/e-tail shelves later this year.
AMD Zen 4 architecture to bring 29 percent IPC boost
Up to 40 percent if all goes well
According to the latest rumor, AMD's Zen 4 architecture offers a 29 percent IPC improvement compared to the Zen 3 architecture, and this extends to even better improvements if all goes well for Genoa.
AMD Ryzen 5000 series CPUs get reviewed
Review roundup: Plenty of performance but a higher price tag
The embargo on reviews for AMD's first Ryzen 5000 series desktop CPU SKUs have been lifted and we now have a chance to see how well these four SKUs, the Ryzen 9 5950X, Ryzen 9 5900X, Ryzen 7 5800X, and the Ryzen 5 5600X, perform in benchmarks, games, and applications.
AMD shows some Ryzen 5000 series benchmark results
Ryzen 9 5900X and Ryzen 9 5950X take the lead
In addition to announcing the first four Ryzen 5000 series SKUs that will hit the market on November 5th, AMD also revealed some benchmark results for the Ryzen 9 5900X and the flagship Ryzen 9 5950X.
AMD goes for it with Ryzen 5000 series desktop CPUs
Four SKUs, all launching on November 5th
AMD's CEO, Dr. Lisa Su, has kicked off AMD's "Where Gaming Begins" event announcing the new Ryzen 5000 series desktop CPUs based on Zen 3 CPU architecture. With four SKUs in the new Ryzen 5000 series lineup, all available on November 5th, AMD is claiming the best gaming CPU title, all thanks to Zen 3 architecture improvements and 19 percent increase in performance-per-clock.
AMD prepares two big events for October
Zen 3 on October 8th and RDNA 2 on October 28th
AMD has finally unveiled the date for its two big events scheduled for October, including a Zen 3 event on October 8th, and the RDNA 2/Radeon RX 6000 series event scheduled for October 28th.