"Zen +" Ryzen 2000 Series Slide Leaks Spec, Price, Release Date Revealed

AMD's next-generation CPU known as the code name "Pinnacle Ridge"Ryzen 2000As the release of the series approached, slides showing lineups, specs, benchmarks etc. leaked.

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Pinnacle Ridge is a second-generation Ryzen for desktop PCs known as the so-called "Zen +" architecture, an improved version of Zen in which process rules have been refined to 12 nm. Cache memory supports 20 MB / 19 MB, DDR 4 memory supports up to 2933 MHz, PCI - Express has 16 lanes.

APU already built-in Vega graphics"Ryzen 2000G" seriesAlthough it is on sale, Pinnacle Ridge is a CPU without GPU function and appeared in 2017Ryzen 7·Ryzen 5As a normal evolution version of the main, higher frequency and multithread performance are expected to improve.

El Chapuzas InformáticoThe Ryzen 2000 series lineup for desktops released as exclusive information is as follows. It should be noted that the high-end model "Ryzen 7 2700X" (8 cores / 16 threads), the model corresponding to Ryzen 7 1800X has lost its lineup. The Ryzen 7 2700 X has a base clock of 3.7 GHz, a boost clock of 4.35 GHz, and a TDP of 105 W.


Compared with the first-generation high-end model "Ryzen 7 1800X", the Ryzen 7 2700X is an average 5% increase in game performance (frame rate) equipped with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080.


However, it seems that game performance is 7.7% inferior to Intel 's Core i7 - 8700 K competitor.


For Ryzen 7 2700X · BOX version only AMD's top-most cooler "Wraith Prism" is included.


Unlike Intel AMD is highly compatible with motherboards (chipsets), even on motherboards adopting the first generation Ryzen chipset 300 series can also be equipped with Ryzen 2000 series by BIOS update.


The overclocking (OC) function called "Precision Boost Overdrive" is newly added, and it seems to support with the new chipset. Automatic OC function "XFR" also upgraded to 2nd generation. XFR 2 seems to be usable even in the 300 series of the old chipset.


Two types of chipsets for Ryzen 2000 series are "X470" and "B450".


The motherboard with the new chipset X470 is scheduled to be the top with ASUS 7, then ASRock 6. The BIOS for Ryzen 2000 series of the old chipset 300 series is scheduled to appear by the middle of March 2018.


As far as slides are concerned, the X470 is pre-sold and the lower chipset B450 seems to be released in mid-2018.


The price of the Ryzen 2000 series is as follows. The top Ryzen 7 2700X is priced at $ 369 (about 39,000 yen), and Intel Core i7-8700K is priced below $ 1 (about 110 yen). There are also 8 cores / 16 threads Ryzen 7 2700 for $ 299 (about 32,000 yen), Ryzen 5 2600 X for 6 cores / 12 threads for $ 249 (about 26,000 yen), Ryzen 5 2600 for $ 199 About 21,000 yen), there is no setting of Ryzen 3 in the initial lineup. The entry model is APU with GPU function "Ryzen 3 2200 GIt is going to be carried.


The 2nd generation Ryzen "Ryzen 2000" series will be released on April 19, 2018.