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In a brief press release sent out this morning, AMD announced that they will be live streaming their much-anticipated Ryzen 7000 reveal later this month. At an event titled “Together we advance_PCs,” AMD will discuss upcoming Ryzen 7000-series processors and the underlying Zen 4 architecture and accompanying AM5 platform, laying the groundwork for AMD’s planned Ryzen 7000 platform launch in the lay autumn. The event is scheduled to start on August 29thth at 7:00 p.m. ET (11:00 p.m. UTC), with CEO Dr. Lisa Su and CTO Mark Papermaster, who are scheduled to present.
AMD debuted its Ryzen 7000 platform and branding at Computex 2022, offering some high-profile details on the upcoming consumer processor platform while announcing that it would launch in the fall. The new CPU family will feature up to 16 Zen 4 cores, utilizing TSMC’s optimized 5nm manufacturing process for the Core Complex Die (CCD) and TSMC’s 6nm process for the I/O die ( IOD) use. AMD hasn’t revealed much about the Zen 4 architecture itself, although their Computex presentation suggests that we should expect a several percent increase in IPC, along with another several percent increase in peak clock speeds, representing a 15% increase + Enables single -thread performance.
The Ryzen 7000 series is also notable for being AMD’s first chiplet-based CPU to integrate a GPU – in this case embedded in the IOD. The modest GPU allows AMD’s CPUs to provide their own graphics, eliminating the need for a separate GPU just to boot a system, while we expect it to offer enough performance for basic desktop work.
| AMD desktop CPU generations | |||
| AnandTech | Ryzen 7000 (Raphael) |
Ryzen 5000 (Vermeer) |
Ryzen 3000 (Matisse) |
| CPU architecture | Zen 4 | Zen 3 | zen 2 |
| CPU cores | Up to 16C/32T | Up to 16C/32T | Up to 16C/32T |
| GPU architecture | RDNA2 | N / A | N / A |
| GPU cores | open | N / A | N / A |
| memory | DDR5 | DDR4 | DDR4 |
| platform | AM5 | AT 4 | AT 4 |
| CPU PCIe lanes | 24x PCIe 5.0 | 24x PCIe 4.0 | 24x PCIe 4.0 |
| production method | CCD: TSMC N5 IOD: TSMC N6 |
CCD: TSMC N7 IOP: GloFo 12nm |
CCD: TSMC N7 IOP: GloFo 12nm |
The new CPU family also comes with a new socket and motherboard platform AMD is calling AM5. The first major socket update for AMD in six years will bring a number of changes and new features, including a move to an LGA-style socket (LGA1718) and support for DDR5 memory. The backend for AM5 will be AMD’s 600-series chipsets, with AMD releasing both enthusiast and mainstream chipsets. PCIe 5.0 is also supported by the platform, but is not necessarily a mainboard feature in the interest of mainboard prices.
The remaining key disclosures that AMD hasn’t made – and which we expect to see at their next event – concern the Zen 4 architecture itself, as well as information about specific Ryzen 7000 SKUs. Pricing information is unlikely to be on the horizon (the industry has developed a strong tendency to announce last-minute pricing), but at least we should have an idea of how many cores to expect across the various SKUs and where the official TDPs will be given of the larger performance limits of AM5 land in this generation.
AMD’s press release, meanwhile, doesn’t mention whether the presentation will be recorded or live. Like most tech companies, AMD has switched to pre-recorded presentations due to the COVID-19 outbreak, which has in turn paid off in the form of airier and more focused presentations with higher production values. Although AMD is relatively minor in the bigger picture, it will be interesting to see if AMD will return to live presentations for such consumer product reveals.
In any case, we will learn more during the AMD broadcast. The presentation is scheduled to air on August 29th at 7 p.m. Eastern on AMD’s YouTube channel. And of course, be sure to visit AnandTech for a full overview and analysis of AMD’s announcements.
