AMD Ryzen 16 Core 5.2GHz CPU Benchmark Leaked, Crushes Intel's i9 9980XE

Nosotros're less than two weeks away from the official release of AMD's highly anticipated 7nm based Ryzen 3000 series processors and leaks around the newcomers prove admittedly no signs of slowing downward. This latest 1 is null short of a whopper, so let'southward dig straight into the juicy $.25!

Just a little under 3 weeks agone a 16 core monster of a fleck based on AMD's next generation Zen 2 microarchitecture was leaked. Merely a couple of days after the CPU was confirmed and announced equally the Ryzen 9 3950X, the globe's beginning ever "gaming" xvi cadre processor and the fastest ever of its kind to appointment.

The Ryzen 9 3950X runs at a base clock speed of 3.5GHz and a boost of iv.7GHz and if you're reading this you probably already know that. Simply, information technology'southward of import because the leaked Ryzen 3000 series 16 cadre processor that is the subject of this article does not run at those frequencies, and as such may be a different bit entirely.

AMD Ryzen 3000 Series xvi Core CPU With 5.ii GHz All-Core Clock Leaked

Then, what do the numbers on this mysterious new chip expect similar?
It's a xvi core, 32 thread processor with a stock base frequency of 3.3GHz, 200MHz beneath that of the Ryzen 9 3950X. Just, and this is crucial, information technology is running on an all-core overclocked frequency of 5.2 GHz.
The base frequency excludes the possibility that this is a 3950X. Which means that this is either a yet unannounced Ryzen 9 processor or simply an engineering science sample that AMD is testing. The latter is the most probable, simply because it makes no sense to introduce another 16 core fleck with the only differentiating factor existence that it has a slightly lower base clock than the 3950X.

Either manner you slice this, it tells the states that AMD's Zen ii is capable of reaching incredibly high clock speeds, even in loftier cadre count SKUs. This particular bit was paired with fairly quick DDR4 retentivity and a elevation-stop MSI motherboard. Again, pointing towards the likelihood that this is AMD testing the overclocking limits of its 16 core chips and is a very exciting indicator of what we may come to expect from the 3950X.

AMD's 16 Core at 5.2GHz Has Irresponsible Amounts of Performance

To the right is AMD's 16 core 5.2 GHz monster and to the left is Intel'due south fastest ever desktop processor the 18 core $2000 i9 9980XE. And no, your eyes aren't playing tricks on you, the ii thousand bucks chip with ii more than cores is in fact losing. Simply that'due south not necessarily surprising.

Later all we've already seen professional overclockers break multiple operation records on the eve of the Ryzen 9 3950X'southward announcement. And it'south very probable that exotic cooling is at play hither to maintain such a high all-core frequency. With that being said, we can't wait for July seventh to encounter what AMD's shiny new Zen ii microarchitecture and the 7nm procedure is truly capable of.

AMD Ryzen 3000 Serial CPU Lineup

CPU Name	Ryzen 5 3500	Ryzen five 3500X	Ryzen v 3600	Ryzen 5 3600X	Ryzen seven 3700X	Ryzen vii 3800X	Ryzen ix 3900X	Ryzen 9 3950X
Cores/Threads	6/6	6/6	6/12	6/12	8/16	8/16	12/24	sixteen/32
Base Clock	3.6 GHz	3.6 GHz	iii.vi GHz	3.eight GHz	3.six GHz	three.9 GHz	3.8 GHz	3.5 GHz
Heave Clock	iv.1 GHz	4.1 GHz	4.2 GHz	4.iv GHz	four.4 GHz	4.5 GHz	4.6 GHz	four.7 GHz
Cache (L2+L3)	sixteen MB	32 MB	35 MB	35 MB	36 MB	36 MB	70 MB	72 MB
PCIe Lanes (Gen 4 CPU+PCH)	40	twoscore	twoscore	40	40	40	40	40
TDP	65W	65W	65W	95W	65W	105W	105W	105W
Price	$149 US	$179 The states	$199 United states	$249 United states of america	$329 U.s.a.	$399 US	$499 United states of america	$749 US