AMD reveals specs for the Zen 4 Ryzen 7000 processor
Code "Raphael" is the name of AMD's upcoming Zen 4 Ryzen 7000 series, and recent online reports state that this is a significantly important release from the company. AMD's Ryzen 5000 did Intel's whatever thought was unachievable; the processor bested Intel's Rocket Lake in every CPU benchmark.
Of course, competition brings out the best in people, so Intel claps back with the release of Alder Lake processors. This x86 architecture is a hybrid chip featuring a combination of powerful and small efficiency cores, passing AMD for the lead in performance. However, they importantly achieved power consumption, which was their glaring weakness.
Not resting on their laurels, AMD responds with their soon-to-be-released Ryzen 7000, which potentially will unseat Intel's flagship chip regarding performance. Recently, AMD revealed a 16-core Ryzen 7000 processor that achieved 5.5 GHz core frequency speed during gaming demonstration and completed a Blender render in 31% less time than Intel's flagship Core 12900K.
From all the published reports I've read on the Internet, here's what you need to know about the AMD Zen 4 Ryzen 7000 series.
The codename for the processor is Raphael. It will have up to 16 cores, 32 threads on a 5nm die, up to 5.5GHz boost clock frequency, and a DDR5 memory controller(×DDR5 support only): a PCIe 5.0 interface, and an RDNA2 integrated GPU. The processor is based on a Zen 4 architecture with an 8 to 10% IPC gain. The motherboard must have an AM5 Socket LGA 1718, backward compatible with any AM4 coolers. Motherboards compatible with the Ryzen 7000 processor are 600 Series chipsets: X670E Extreme, X670, and B650. The processor will have up to 170W TDP and 230W during peak power.
It's worth noting the Ryzen 7000 processor will support up to 24 lanes of the PCIe 5.0 interface directly from the socket. Also, the PCIe 5.0 SSD controllers are Phison, Micron, and Crucial, and Micron alone will be the first PCIe 5.0 SSDs in the market on the AM5 motherboards. In addition, third-party SSDs will also be able to use Phison's E26 PCIe 5.0 controllers.
I presented expected specs and integral features in the Ryzen 7000 series processor. There are reports of a Sept launch from AMD. Once we get an accurate confirmation of the market launch date and pricing, we'll give you readers a complete update and do a hardware breakdown on the processor, stay tuned.
