AMD's Ryzen 3000 Series Said to Have Up To 16 Cores And 5.1GHz Frequencies
Information relating to AMD's 2019 plans with its 7nm Zen 2 Ryzen CPUs appears to have been leaked online, revealing 16-core models and boost frequencies up to 5.1GHz.
The information that appeared on the AdoredTV YouTube channel claims there could be two 16-core, 32-thread CPUs, called the Ryzen 9 3850X and Ryzen 9 3800X with the former offering a boost frequency of up to 5.1GHz. The pricing is alleged to be just $499 for the flagship 16-core CPU:
| AMD Ryzen CPU | Ryzen 3 3300 | Ryzen 3 3300X | Ryzen 3 3300G | Ryzen 5 3600 | Ryzen 5 3600X | Ryzen 5 3600G | Ryzen 7 3700 | Ryzen 7 3700X | Ryzen 9 3800X | Ryzen 9 3850X |
| Cores/Threads | 6/12 | 6/12 | 6/12 | 8/16 | 8/16 | 8/16 | 12/24 | 12/24 | 16/32 | 16/32 |
| Base Clock | 3.2GHz | 3.5GHz | 3.0GHz | 3.6GHz | 4.0GHz | 3.2GHz | 3.8GHz | 4.2GHz | 3.9GHz | 4.3GHz |
| Boost Clock | 4.0GHz | 4.3GHz | 3.8GHz | 4.4GHz | 4.8GHz | 4.0GHz | 4.6GHz | 5.0GHz | 4.7GHz | 5.1GHz |
| TDP | 50W | 65W | 65W | 65W | 95W | 95W | 95W | 105W | 125W | 135W |
| Price | $99 | $129 | $129 | $178 | $229 | $199 | $299 | $329 | $449 | $499 |
The low end Ryzen 3 3300 also sees the minimum core count rise to six, with similar specifications to current Ryzen 5 CPUs such as the 2600, but will cost just $99. The Ryzen 5 3600G, which will feature 8 cores and 16 threads, has on-board Navi graphics with 20 compute units too.
Obviously, leaks like this should always be taken with a sizeable pinch of salt. In any case, using its chiplet design, AMD could allow for two 8-core dies to be placed side-by-side offering up to 16 cores, which would not just overtake the Core i9-9900K in multi-threaded workloads, but would likely see off a bunch of cheaper high-end desktop CPUs too.
