We broke up talking about liquid systems and RGB ecosystems, but today we go back to the processors and above all to the processors again new AMD Ryzen 3000. Let's find out what's new together.
HELLO I AM RYZEN 3000. Matisse for friends.
After Summit Ridge (series 1000) and Pinnacle Ridge (series 2000), AMD changes everything: the new range is simply called Matisse, the famous Fauvist painter.
AMD has also decided to align itself with the competition by deleting the Ryzen 3 line and creating a Ryzen 9 line. Here are in detail all the 8 bands of the new Ryzen processors.
Here instead, the official AMD page with all the models.
But what are the hardware improvements?
First of all, the intrinsic architecture of the named processor ZEN2 whose main novelty lies in the production process, down to 7nm.
As many of you already know, as the miniaturization of the transistors inside the chip increases, there is greater performance, better consumption and therefore lower operating temperatures. Going down to 7nm, as well as an improvement, represents a real record. Yes, because while the counterpart Intel has been standing still for many years at 14nm, and not at the moment intending to make even the intermediate step of 10nm, AMD has already planned its roadmap for some time.
We then have support for some new technologies such as PCIe 4.0 (Peripheral Component Interconnect Express) for faster access to computer peripherals such as sound cards, video cards and NVMe SSDs.
In reality it would be inaccurate to speak of "new technology" but the 4.0 standard leads to a doubling of the range of information that can be transferred on every single communication line that goes from the processor to the peripherals and vice versa. This means that we will have much faster access to our GPU or our NVMe disk and therefore a better response from the whole system.
Let's take the example of some components.
Video Card
This peripheral normally connects to a PCIe 16x port, ie a slot that transfers information to and from the CPU with 16 PCI lanes for a total of 32GB / s.
With the new PCIe 4.0 we will therefore have not 1 but 2GB / s on each line for a total of 64GB / s, which then also coincides with the maximum range of this technology.
SSD
The same goes for M.2 NVMe SSDs (we talked about it right HERE, which bring their speed up to 5GB / s in reading and 4.4GB / s in writing. Incredible performance for those who value in terms of speed , the prowess of your computer.
Motherboard
To take advantage of all these innovations, however, we will need a motherboard equipped with chipset x570. If it is true that the socket has remained the same AM4 thus ensuring compatibility even with previous chipsets, only these latest and most up-to-date cards guarantee access to all new technologies.
However, if you have a b450, for example, you can, using any Ryzen 2000 processor, update the firmware of your bios to the latest version, and replace the old CPU with a 3000 model.
AMD VS INTEL. The game is finally getting tough.
For many years, AMD has been for most of the market, or at least that of gamers, a second choice compared to the more acclaimed Intel.
But something is changing.
Indeed, seeing and testing these new CPUs first hand, one would say that Something is changed!
In the last 2 and a half years AMD has made some really sensational leaps forward in my opinion, almost completely filling the great gap it had with Intel.
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The improvements of this new generation have mainly concerned the IPC (Instructions Per Cycle), that is the number of commands that a processor can manage in a single clock cycle, a terrain in which, thanks to the higher frequencies, Intel has always had its hegemony.
But the distances have shortened, the differences flattened and now, with the same frequency, even the gaming performance has become very very similar.
To simplify, we could say that i games, taking advantage of the high frequencies on a single core, they continue to prefer on average faster processors such as Intel, while the work and professional applications, liking a higher core and thread count, they run better on the AMD platform.
But is it still true?
In theory, yes, but more and more games are (unfortunately only now) starting to be developed for multi-thread processors, as well as many programs (Photoshop and Adobe Premiere PRO among those that I use for example), which like frequencies higher clocks.
In short, it is all to be evaluated and compared with the individual needs that each of us has.
To help us, however, there are many tests online that can give us a numerical value that gives us an estimate of how much these processors are able to express if put under pressure.
- Is a Ryzen 7 3700x better for playing Fortnite than a Core I7 9700k?
- How much better is a Ryzen 5 2600x over the new 3600x?
- Does the 3900x beat the 9900k?
We try to answer these and other questions with these graphs.
COMPARISON OF RYZEN VS INTEL PROCESSORS: GAMING
COMPARISON OF RYZEN VS INTEL PROCESSORS: PRODUCTIVITY
RYZEN 5 OF 1st / 2nd / 3rd GENERATION IN COMPARISON: GAMING
RYZEN 5 OF 1st / 2nd / 3rd GENERATION IN COMPARISON: PRODUCTIVITY
Who do we recommend the Ryzen 3000 to?
The answer is not easy and always depends on what your starting need is.
For those who have not seen the data above (or just find them quite boring ..), the improvement of the new Ryzen can be estimated between + 15% and + 20% compared to the past generation which, I assure you, is absolutely a lot of stuff !
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If you are a professional, or have one of the compatible mobos mentioned in the list, switching to these new CPUs remains highly recommended. The many cores we have especially in the higher models in many applications can really make a difference. Even if the flaming Ryzen 9 3950x has yet to be presented, it is preparing to become the object of desire of many fans. With his 16 cores / 32 threads he will be like Goku when he reaches the state of God Saiyan!
On the other hand, if your need is mainly gaming, these CPUs remain preferable to Intel ones only for the lower average price, especially if all the savings have ended up in a pro-gamer super monitor with a resolution higher than Full HD 1920 ×. 1080, where the incidence of the CPU compared to the video card is much lower.
The price, already the price ...
This is actually a great time to compose your own gaming / work PC.
In recent months we have witnessed a decisive lowering of many components such as RAM and SSDs, not to mention the video cards which, thanks to the bursting of the cryptocurrency bubble, combined with many new models placed on the market by AMD itself and by NVIDIA, has brought the price of these devices back to their original market price.
Furthermore, as always, this Ryzen generation also has a lower cost in principle than Intel CPUs, so ...
"So better buy AMD!"
Well, actually if you don't have the possibility to update one of the older chipsets yourself, and even the famous geek neighbor refuses to do it, you just have to choose a x570 motherboard, which being the top of the range of this segment and still very new, can even cost twice as much as the older ones: we are very close to € 200 for the cheapest models, and this brings the comparison with Intel back on par.
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In short, everyone has their own processor, but if you are aiming for an ultra-top configuration (or as the YouTubers say: over-kill!), Stay tuned here on Tech Princess because rumors speak of an imminent launch of the new generation of processors Threadripper, the Formula 1 of CPUs!
Mata ne!
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