Today, Acer announced its new Swift X laptop series – a new range of thin and light laptops pairing AMD Ryzen 5000 series processors with Nvidia GeForce discrete graphics. While these laptops will have some power for gaming, they are primarily aimed at ‘creators' and appear to be designed as …
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QNAP launches AMD Ryzen powered NAS with up to 8 storage bays
QNAP is back with another AMD Ryzen powered NAS system. The new TS-x73A features an AMD Ryzen V1000 series v1500B quad-core processor, 2.5GbE networking, 8GB of memory and up to eight bays for storage drives. Speaking on the new Ryzen powered NAS, QNAP Product Manager, Jason Hsu, said: “With a …
Read More »AMD Ryzen 5000 “refreshed” processors won’t come with a performance bump
Following the rumour about an incoming refresh of the Ryzen 5000 series, AMD made a statement confirming its existence and detailing a bit more about them. Unfortunately, it won't be the kind of refresh we hoped for, as it won't bring any performance improvement.
Read More »AMD may release Ryzen ‘Vermeer’ refreshed processors with 5GHz clock speeds
There's a new rumour in town suggesting that AMD will refresh the Ryzen 5000 series with B2 stepping. Codenamed ‘Vermeer', this Zen 3 refresh would pave the way for improved clock speeds up to 5GHz. The post shared by Patrick Schur includes two SKUs and the respective specifications and OPN …
Read More »AMD Ryzen “Rembrandt” APUs to come with Zen 3+ cores and RDNA 2 graphics
Recently, AMD's upcoming ‘Rembrandt' 6000 series APUs were expected to ship with Zen 3 CPU cores. As it turns out, this particular line of APUs may go a step further and jump straight to Zen 3+ cores instead. According to ‘ExecutableFix‘, AMD's next-gen APUs will combine Zen 3+ CPU cores …
Read More »AMD Ryzen 7 5700G APU benchmark results have emerged
The AMD Ryzen 7 5700G is leaking again, this time with new benchmark results from tests on CPU-Z and Userbenchmark. These new benchmarks give us a good look at how AMD's new APU performs compared to competing Intel processors. The CPU-Z and UserBenchmark results spotted by @TUM_APISAK show that the …
Read More »AMD will bring Ryzen 5000G APUs to retail later this year
Earlier this week, AMD officially announced the Ryzen 5000G series of processors with integrated Radeon graphics. For now, these processors are only going to be available to OEMs making pre-built PCs, but later this year, the DIY market should be able to get their hands on them too. Following on …
Read More »AMD Ryzen 9 5900 and Ryzen 7 5800 non-X now available through OEMs
Back at CES 2021, AMD confirmed that the Ryzen 9 5900 and Ryzen 7 5800 (non-X) will be coming this year for OEMs. As it seems, PC makers are finally starting to receive those processors, with Alienware being one of the first to include them as a configuration option. The …
Read More »Corsair One upgraded with AMD Ryzen 5000 and Intel 11th Gen Core processors
The Corsair ONE is getting an upgrade for 2021, with CPU upgrades to the latest processors from AMD and Intel. The Corsair One a200 is now available with a Ryzen 9 5900X while the Corsair One i200 is available with up to an Intel Core i9-11900K. Besides the powerful new …
Read More »AMD announces Ryzen 5000G processors with integrated Radeon graphics
After months of various leaks and rumours, today AMD has officially announced the Ryzen 5000G series of processors. These are APUs with integrated Radeon graphics cores alongside Zen 3 CPU cores for a better all-in-one solution for gaming without a dedicated graphics card.
Read More »AMD Ryzen 7000 “Raphael” processors rumoured to feature RDNA 2 graphics
In August 2020, we came across an alleged AMD roadmap introducing multiple new architectures, such as “Warhol” and “Cezanne”. Over time, these names have been revealed as official, bringing some legitimacy to last year's leak. Now in an updated roadmap, we also have some details on an upcoming “Raphael” series …
Read More »AMD Ryzen 7 5700G retail sample photos and benchmarks emerge
The Ryzen 5000G series is closer to launch than ever. Last week, the AMD's upcoming APU line-up was leaked and now, we appear to have some performance data to go along with those leaks. Someone has managed to get their hands on the upcoming Ryzen 7 5700G, releasing the benchmarks …
Read More »AMD Ryzen Threadripper “Chagall” 5000 series reportedly coming in August
It looks like we'll be getting new Ryzen Threadripper processors in Q3 2021. New reports this week indicate that Ryzen Threadripper 5000 series processors, codenamed "Chagall", will be launching in August.
Read More »AMD Ryzen 5000G ”Cezanne” desktop APU specifications detailed
We’ve had Ryzen 5000 series processors available for quite some time now, but we have yet to see the launch of AMD’s next-gen Ryzen 5000G APU series. It looks like we won’t have to wait much longer, however, as the product data sheet containing the specs for AMD’s upcoming APUs …
Read More »CPU Cooler Roundup – 9 coolers tested w/ AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
We test a total of nine different coolers on a 5950X - which is right for you?
Read More »Intel Core i7-11800H faster than AMD Ryzen 7 5800H according to benchmark
A new Intel Tiger Lake CPU benchmark has appeared online. This time around, we get a look at the performance up the Core i7-11800H, which appears to be faster than AMD's competing Ryzen 7 5800H, at least on Geekbench. The first Geekbench 5 entry of the Intel Core i7-11800H was spotted …
Read More »AMD announces Ryzen 5000 PRO mobile processors
This week, AMD has announced its new Ryzen 5000 PRO series of mobile processors, complete with Zen 3 cores and AMD's security feature set to provide “leadership performance and enterprise-class security solutions”. According to Saeid Moshkelani, senior vice president and general manager of the client business unit at AMD, distributed work environments …
Read More »AMD Ryzen 3 5300G APU leaks on eBay complete with benchmark results
While AMD hasn't announced its upcoming Ryzen 5000G APUs yet, early engineering samples are appearing in online auctions. Over on eBay, someone is attempting to sell an engineering sample of the Ryzen 3 5300G APU, the listing even links to a video with performance benchmarks, giving us an idea of …
Read More »MSI rolls out beta BIOS bringing Smart Access Memory to Ryzen 3000
We've known for a while now that MSI plans to roll out a BIOS update for its motherboards introducing Smart Access Memory (SAM) support to Ryzen 3000 desktop CPUs. Now, this BIOS update is officially available, adding SAM for older CPUs and some small performance improvements for Ryzen 5000 series …
Read More »AMD Ryzen 3000 series will support Smart Access Memory
During the announcement of the Radeon RX 6700 XT graphics card, AMD also confirmed that it will bring Smart Access Memory support to the Ryzen 3000 series desktop processors, excluding the Ryzen 5 3400G and the Ryzen 3 3200G. It seems AMD has taken the community's feedback into consideration and decided …
Read More »AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro desktop processors are now available worldwide
AMD has officially released the Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3000WX processors worldwide. Aimed at workstations, the Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3000WX series offers up to 64 cores, 128 threads, PCIe 4.0 support, 8x channels of memory, and the AMD Pro Security feature set. The Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3000WX series consists of four …
Read More »CTR 2.1 to allow AMD Ryzen 5000 CPUs to boost to 5GHz
1usmus is back with another update to the Ryzen CTR tool. In the CTR 1.2 update, new features have been added, including Hybrid OC, which switches performance profiles based on CPU load, allowing Zen 3 processors to boost up to 5GHz in some cases. Besides the P1 and P2 profile, …
Read More »PC seller claims Ryzen 9 failure rate is higher than other Ryzen 5000 CPUs
When dealing with large quantities of hardware, you're going to have some units fail from time to time. Normally for CPUs, this failure rate falls into single-digit percentages but according to one custom PC builder, the failure rate for AMD's Ryzen 9 5950X is significantly higher than normal. The statistics …
Read More »AMD Ryzen 9 5980HS Review (RTX 3080 eGPU Tested)
We check out the 5980HS mobile CPU in the ASUS ROG Flow X13
Read More »AMD Ryzen 5000G Pro with 8-cores and 16 threads emerges
We've known that AMD has some new Ryzen PRO series SKUs planned and now, those are beginning to leak. This week, a new Ryzen 5000G Pro CPU was detailed online, complete with 8 cores and 16 threads. Over on Chiphell (via @momomo_us), a CPU-Z screenshot for this upcoming CPU was shared. …
Read More »Unannounced AMD Ryzen 5000 mobile CPUs listed in HP laptops
Not long ago, AMD has announced its Ryzen 5000 Mobile processors, but it seems that there are a few SKUs that weren't revealed at that time. Now, thanks to a few HP laptop spec sheets and a mysterious benchmark entry, we know about the Ryzen 5 5650U and the Ryzen 7 5850U.
Read More »Ryzen 9 5980HS Hands-On: ROG Flow X13 Performance & Throttling
The eight-core, sixteen-thread Ryzen 9 5980HS is a performance monster in its 35W TDP mode, but there are some quirky clock speed and throttling behaviours with the Flow X13 laptop. Let’s have a closer look...
Read More »AMD Ryzen 5000 “Cezanne” mobile CPU architecture gets new details
More details about the upcoming AMD Ryzen 5000 mobile processors have surfaced through a leaked presentation. Besides describing the improvements coming with the new architecture, this presentation also includes comparisons between the Ryzen 5000H APUs and the currently available mobile APUs and CPUs from AMD and Intel. Besides the leaked slides …
Read More »Intel Core i7-11375H and AMD Ryzen 9 5980HS benchmarked in Geekbench 5
Once again, the Geekbench 5 database is giving us a glimpse of what to expect from Intel and AMD's upcoming processors. This time, the two CPUs spotted in the database were the Intel Core i7-11375H and the AMD Ryzen 9 5980HS, with Intel coming out ahead in single-core and AMD's …
Read More »AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX tops the laptop and portable CPU ranking on PassMark
The PassMark CPU Mark ranking for laptop and portable CPUs has a new entry in the number one spot. The Ryzen 9 5900HX is the new number one laptop CPU in the PassMark CPU Mark benchmark rankings.
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