AMD Zen 3 (5000 Series), rumored 17% IPC gain.

[AStaley]

Zen 3 is looking interesting, potentially up to a 17% IPC gain and a small uplift in frequency. I can see me upgrading my CPU again at the end of next year.

AMD really pushing their advantage over Intel, and good on them for driving things forward.

http://www.redgamingtech.com/amd-zen-3-more-info-on-ipc-clock-speeds-am5-follows-am4-exclusive/

 

[Deleted member 209350]

17% IPC gain with 100-200mhz gain... Sensational really.

Add that to the fact that games will become more core dependent next year and programs utilizing higher cores, AMD is going to get an even bigger lead on Intel.

 

[Chrisc]

its certainly impressive, but with having a 3900x i dont plan to change that for at least 5yrs.

 

[willhub]

I'm in two minds, will I need this? Will I buy a game like cyberpunk or some other game in 2020 and think, ahhh my 3700X is grinding to a halt I need more power????

 

[Deleted member 209350]

I'm in two minds, will I need this? Will I buy a game like cyberpunk or some other game in 2020 and think, ahhh my 3700X is grinding to a halt I need more power????

3700x is definitely more than capable, depends on what GPU you have though

 

[AStaley]

I'm in two minds, will I need this? Will I buy a game like cyberpunk or some other game in 2020 and think, ahhh my 3700X is grinding to a halt I need more power????

Although I will upgrade to a 4000 series CPU, it won't be on launch, it will likely to be 6 months to a year later as this will be the last CPU that can be used in the AM4 socket. As Praz94 said, at least for gaming the 3700X should last you a good long while. The GPU is more likely to need to be updated before the CPU.

 

[Combat Fighter]

What’s the new socket going to be after AM3. AM4 or is that to obvious?

 

[willhub]

What’s the new socket going to be after AM3. AM4 or is that to obvious?

AM5 is the next one.

 

[AStaley]

Perhaps a little to obvious, AM5, not that I could tell you what it will bring beyond a new pin layout.

 

[Jokester]

AM5 will almost certainly make use of DDR5.

Any idea when Zen3 is out, end of next year/early 2021?

 

[Combat Fighter]

AM5 is the next one.

I see so current socket is AM4, been a very long time since I’ve had a AMD mobo!

I’ll wait till AM5 is out then till I upgrade. No point investing in a EOL platform.

By that time Intel might be king again although I’d like to swap to AMD for a change.

Time will tell, I’m not desperate to upgrade.

 

[alec]

End of 2020 last I heard.

Twice the FPU and twice the L3 cache. Sounds very promising for taking the last Intel stronghold, games.

 

[AStaley]

AM5 will almost certainly make use of DDR5.

Any idea when Zen3 is out, end of next year/early 2021?

DDR5 seems a good call and probably PCIE5, sure I'd read that nVidia were looking to make use of the extra bandwidth for some AI functions.

 

[Deleted member 209350]

What’s the new socket going to be after AM3. AM4 or is that to obvious?

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[Deleted member 209350]

I see so current socket is AM4, been a very long time since I’ve had a AMD mobo!

I’ll wait till AM5 is out then till I upgrade. No point investing in a EOL platform.

By that time Intel might be king again although I’d like to swap to AMD for a change.

Time will tell, I’m not desperate to upgrade.

What current kit are you running?

Though its perfectly reasonable that if you aren't in a rush to upgrade soon that you can wait for AM5 to release. Next year chips (the last on AM4) will be insane though. Rumoured 17% IPC increase and extra 100-200mhz clock speed increase as well

 

[hominid]

DDR5 seems a good call and probably PCIE5, sure I'd read that nVidia were looking to make use of the extra bandwidth for some AI functions.

I thought it was named that way, I.E. AM2 = DDR2, AM3=DDR3 AM4=DDR4, AM5=DDR5.. I remember reading that years back but not sure if it's 100% that way.

 

[humbug]

If this is true Zen 3 will have a solid 30% higher IPC than Coffeelake, add to that clock speeds of 4.6Ghz all core and 4.8Ghz single Intel will need to be running over 6Ghz just to keep up per core.

 

[AStaley]

I thought it was named that way, I.E. AM2 = DDR2, AM3=DDR3 AM4=DDR4, AM5=DDR5.. I remember reading that years back but not sure if it's 100% that way.

Interesting I've not read that anywhere, I thought it was just the generation.

 

[LoadsaMoney]

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[jigger]

I'm in two minds, will I need this? Will I buy a game like cyberpunk or some other game in 2020 and think, ahhh my 3700X is grinding to a halt I need more power????

CPU performance will outpace GPU performance.