During Computex, AMD will show its AMD Ryzen 7 1950X HEDT processor with sixteen cores and thirty-two processing threads, to compete directly with Intel HEDT processors.
It seems that AMD is serious about ending all the monopolies that Intel has enjoyed in recent months. AMD Ryzen processors, despite the problems detected, are good processors, which should be refined through firmware updates. While they finish polishing, AMD is working on the first HEDT processor, to compete with Intel HEDT processors. This new processor, of which there is hardly any data, will require specific motherboards with X399 chipset and will support DDR RAM memory configurations in Quad Channel.
AMD, according to the information we have, will have an AMD Ryzen 7 1950X processor with sixteen cores and thirty-two processing threads, which works at a base frequency of 2.4GHz and a Boost mode of 2.8GHz, with a total TDP of 150W . The ChipHell media, specialized in leaks, has also put a price on this processor, this being $ 999, which in exchange will be about € 1200 with taxes and others. It would hit the market in four to six months and we should have a preview of it during Computex, which takes place at the end of May.
This processor theoretically comes to beat the Intel i7 6950X processor that is priced at € 1800, approximately. This processor with ten cores and twenty threads should have nothing to do with a processor with a lot more cores and processing threads. It should be noted that Intel would already have the Skylake-X and Kaby Lake-X platforms ready, making the Broadwell-E platform obsolete, which, by the way, is no longer sold, because it has a very high price.
AMD has a new HEDT platform in the works that will be out in a couple of months. You'll see more at Computex, I think. It is a 16-core, 32-thread processor along with a gigantic Quad Channel configuration. Incredibly fast in testing, this Ryzen CPU is already excelling in Cinebench, as well as all other productivity-related programs.
The issues that were causing Ryzen AM4 CPUs to behave erratically in games have been removed. It is similar to a more recent review on a newer platform. This should be competing with the Intel Xeon family, and of course the Core i7-6950X that Intel offers for $ 1.800.
The CPS are quite large physically, about twice the size of a Core i7-6950X and perhaps a bit more. And if you were expecting pins, no, it is strictly LGA! (like Intel). It doesn't offer 8 channels, but it does offer 4. It will be a splendid competition for the future Intel X299 platform.
Skylake-X is pretty good, but not revolutionary, but it takes a significant step up in IPC and the frequencies are quite high as well. Whether Intel will have a 32-core CPU to compete in the X299 remains to be seen, but the HEDT platform is going to change a bit in the next 4-6 months.
Source: tweaktown
