Fresh Leaks | 3rd-gen Ryzen, 8 Core AMD Zen 2 CPU Up To 4.5GHz & Possible 7nm

The information comes from a forum member at HardOCP (apparently with some pedigree concerning AMD rumors, according to Wccftech). If they are accurate is correct, then the Zen 2 (Ryzen 3rd-gen) processor has 8-cores and 16-threads with a base clock of 4GHz and boost to 4.5GHz.

Apparently, this is an early engineering sample of the CPU and it was tested in conjunction with a Radeon RX Vega 64 Liquid graphics card and an AMD motherboard. Is seems like there was a lot of crashing involved in the testing, according to the source, who indeed noted that some tests had to be run many times because they failed to finish repeatedly.

It’s a potentially exciting glimpse at what AMD has planned. Server (Epyc) processors based on Zen 2 have already been shown off back at Computex, where AMD’s CEO Lisa Su indicated that the firm is now working Zen 2 into retail products. We can expect the first server-targeted chips to launch early next year. We can apparently look forward to something like a 10 to 15% improvement in instructions per clock with Zen 2, and a maximum of 32-cores on the flagship processor, although there’s allegedly a mighty 64-core CPU for servers.

Earlier this year, AMD said it has already begun work on Zen 5 processors, no less.

AMD 7nm Zen 2 CPU Rumors – Up To 15% Increase in IPC, Up To 16 Cores For AM4, 32 Cores For TR4 and 64 Cores for SP3 Platform

Earlier this year, AMD reported that their Zen 2 design was completed and the first processors will start sampling to customers in the second half of 2018. The server aimed EPYC ‘Rome’ CPUs will be the first to make use of the new Zen 2 cores when they are officially introduced in early 2019. Following is what Lisa Su, the CEO of AMD, had to say on the completion of their Zen 2 design:

In the server market, we will continue to work closely with major cloud vendors and OEMs to ramp their first generation EPYC-based systems while also completing key development milestones on our next generation Zen 2 based server platforms. Our Zen 2 design is now complete and we will be sampling to our customers later this year. Dr.Lisa Su at AMD

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