Soon AMD's talk about the matter, Su Ma, will give a keynote speech at the Taipei Computer Exhibition. Since this speech involves the next generation of processors and graphics cards, many people think that AMD will officially announce the Ryzen 7000 series processors at the Taipei Computer Exhibition this time. Now it seems that this prediction is basically the same. Recently, the X670 motherboards of many motherboard manufacturers have been exposed. It is likely to be displayed at the Taipei Computer Exhibition when AMD released the Ryzen 7000.
Let’s talk about the processor part first. There were rumors that this time, the Ryzen 7000 is different from the previous generation Ryzen 5000. The high-end processor of Ryzen 5000 is not particularly high in terms of acceleration frequency. For example, the acceleration frequency of Ryzen 9 5950X is lower than that of Ryzen 9 5900X, so the gaming performance is actually better than that of Ryzen 9 5900X. But this time the frequency design of the Ryzen 7000 is more radical. The higher the positioning of the processor, the higher the acceleration frequency. Therefore, higher-end processors not only have better multi-core performance, but also have better single-core performance and gaming performance.
Now news from multiple channels confirmed that AMD will release four processors as usual, namely Ryzen 9 7950X, Ryzen 9 7900X, Ryzen 7 7800X and Ryzen 5 7600X. All models of Ryzen 7000 processors have a full core acceleration frequency of 5.0GHz, which means that if users need to overclock in a fixed voltage, the frequency of Ryzen 7000 processor can be fixed to 5.0GHz for the full core.
At the same time, in terms of the maximum acceleration frequency of single core, the Ryzen 9 7950X is as high as 5.4GHz, which is also the highest frequency ever for AMD processors. The Ryzen 9 7900X's single core maximum acceleration frequency is 5.3GHz, the Ryzen 7 7800X's single core maximum acceleration frequency is 5.2GHz, and the Ryzen 5 7600X's single core maximum acceleration frequency is 5.1GHz. In fact, this has exceeded the maximum acceleration frequency of 5.2GHz of Intel's 12th-generation Core i9 12900K. Although there is still a little difference between the acceleration frequency of the i9 12900KS up to 5.5GHz, considering that the i9 12900KS is a special edition processor, it is already very rare for AMD Ryzen 7000 to have such performance.
In addition, considering that the current IPC of Ryzen 7000 will be about 24% higher than Ryzen 5000, based on this performance and the frequency improvement, it can basically be considered that the single-core performance of Ryzen 7000 will be much higher than that of the twelfth-generation Core. If it is in the game, maybe the Ryzen 5 7600X can have a high-end processor with better performance than the 12th-generation Core in most games, achieving a reverse silent second for Intel?
In addition to the processor, the chipset prepared by AMD for the processor is also interesting this time. It can be seen that AMD has three chipsets, namely X670E, X670 and B650. Among them, the two chipsets of X670 use dual south bridge chips. Although the cost is higher, it also widens the distance from B650. The power consumption and heating of the dual-south bridge must be greater, but it is said that there are more PCI-E 5.0 channels, so that users can connect to more SSDs and 10G network cards, and the playability will be much higher than that of the B650 motherboard.
In addition, in the interface part, it is basically certain that this time, whether it is the motherboard of the B650 or X670 chipset, it will support HDMI 2.1, DP 1.4 and 2.5G network ports. As for motherboards with WiFi, it will definitely support WiFi 6E specifications. Most motherboards with 2.5G network ports use chips from the Crab Factory; while motherboards that support WiFi 6E should use Intel AX211 chips, which are not expensive anyway. Unfortunately, it seems that the legendary USB 4.0 is not the standard configuration of AMD chipsets, so if some motherboards adopt it themselves, it should be a third-party chip that is separately configured on the motherboard.
However, it should be noted that it is a bit strange for X670 to launch two chipsets this time. What we know at present is that the X670E motherboard must have PCI-E 5.0 channels and supports both PCI-E 5.0 graphics cards and SSDs, and add more overclocking options. The X670 motherboard may not support both PCI-E 5.0 graphics cards and SSDs, so if you want to ensure that there is no accident, it is most suitable for users to directly purchase X670E motherboard in the future. If you have to buy an X670 motherboard, you need to take a closer look at the product introduction and see if you can support the graphics card and SSD that both PCI-E 5.0.
In general, AMD has indeed spent a lot of effort on the Ryzen 7000 this time. At least we think that users do not need to consider the twelfth generation Core at this stage. AMD is definitely a comprehensive surpass in performance and functions. Of course, it is not bad if you want to be a waiter. You can also wait until the 13th generation Core is released at the end of the year and compare it with AMD's Ryzen 7000. We estimate that the performance part should be similar, and it will depend on the functions and prices at that time!
