Did anyone saw this today? I know that posts from random guy on random forum can't be classified as a "leak", but the type of data, their specificity, believability.... It's just crazy
To sum some
The dude allegedly spend part of a day with someone from industry (It seems to me some mbo manufacturer)
Lots of bugs, very much "work in progress"
In August Clock speeds were 3.8GHz, right now 4.2GHz overclocking is possible, with LN2 5GHz is doable. Again this will change of course, but it is just the current silicon that is behaving like this.
SOC design (CMOS/BIOS configuration on package)
Overclocking only in OS via Overdrive
Operating voltages (nominal) are 1.3v and all the way up to 1.5v should be fine it seems for AIO cooling.
Performance is on par i7 5960X (singlethread and multithread) with 8 core 16 threads part
AMD's SMT has same efficiency as Intel's HT.
Around 300 USD!!! At first he mentioned probably around 700$
From this point on im going to start comparing to ZEN as no mans sky.
AMD is building up so much hype around ZEN that it will probably be underwhelming like no mans sky.
No mans sky would have been a very good game if they would not have built up so much hype and not have lied. This ofc is all speculation cause nothing is being said.
They promised a 40% IPC performance over Excavator. So lets take some Excavator numbers using the Athlon X4 845's performance in CineBench R15.
At stock (3.5GHz - 3.8GHz)
Locked down
So 40% over 3.8GHz Excavator = 128.2
And 40% over 3GHz Excavator = 104.4
Those numbers put it against Ivy-Bridge. The former score of 128 does hint at an IPC in Haswell's court, but just barely. Really though if you stop and run some numbers there's no reason to be hyped so much.
The whole point should be (and probably is) price/performance, certain amount of multi thread per dollar/pesos/insert valute and closing the gap to intel in weak spots (singlethread and perf/watt). Would cores (ipc & clock) be weaker then intels - yes they definitely will. So would AMD go MUCH cheaper for higher core/thread count than intel - yes, definitely will. A lot
The asking price for intel cores is ridiculous, coming from hyperhthreaded dual cores, quads, and not to mention 8 or 10 core... But the thing is - people don't think about it, they are used to that prices thinking their normal. And wondering how a bit weaker 8c16t price of 300-450$ is impossible...
I upgraded my video card. I'm waiting on zen pick AMD or Intel. I expect bugs in a brand new architecture. Its rarely perfect. Even Intel recently got egg on it face for CPU bugs.
Ooh a fancy animation, clearly this is a sign of over hype and not just some general modern day marketing technique! Shit even the public demonstration against the Xeon was hardly hype worthy.
"Here's our chip and theirs running at 3GHz on this one benchmark. They're pretty much the same."
Let's put it this way, that gif is fucking nothing compared to when AMD had the R9 290x launch and was running around screaming "TITAN KILLER!!! AHHHH!" or literally any Nvidia hype train launch ever
