Additional details about the AM5 socket and new mobile chips with a heavy dose of AI were also revealed.
This translates into a claimed 16 percent IPC improvement for Zen 5 over Zen 4 using a geomean.
So it’s good to finally get some confirmation here.
However, the total performance improvement from Zen 5 will be limited by clock speeds.
This suggests the majority of the performance gains will come from IPC and architectural changes.
Part of this is due to AMD using a very similar node for Zen 5 as Zen 4.
AMD stated these parts are built on TSMC 4nm technology, which was used for Ryzen 8000 APUs.
The Ryzen 9000 lineup includes all the models you would expect.
The flagship 9950X remains a 170W part, but the 9900X drops to 120W, down from 170W previously.
The 9700X and 9600X are now just 65W processors, instead of 105W previously with the 7700X and 7600X.
We had the 3D V-Cache model coming in around 5% ahead based on a 21-game sample.
Hopefully, though, we will see Zen 5 coming out of the gate with highly competitive results.
However, we need to be somewhat cautious about what AMD is saying here.
We’re also going to have to wait and see what higher EXPO memory clock support actually means.
Expect to see more on X870 as we head to the Computex show floor in the next few days.
The 5800XT makes even less sense as you could pick up a 5800X right now for just $200.
The second half of AMD’s presentation largely focused on mobile parts.
This is split into four Zen 5 cores and eight Zen 5C cores.
The integrated graphics get bumped to 16 compute units, up from 12.
These will be available in laptops from various makers beginning in July.
This means AMD directly moves from Ryzen 8000 APUs to Ryzen AI 300.
See, 300 is better than 200; therefore, AMD is better.
Oh, and AMD is putting “AI” in the name, so doubly better.
Which is exactly what they are doing with Ryzen desktop parts.
They’re sticking with Ryzen 9000 and showing leadership in that market.
In case you’re wondering about Radeon, we didn’t hear anything significantly new in our Computex pre-briefing.
That’s it for AMD’s Zen 5 announcement at Computex 2024.
