New AMD 2nd Generation Ryzen 7 & 5 CPUs, Price & Pre-Orders

Asus, MSI, Gigabyte, Biostar are among the first names to support new AMD CPUs. AMD just announced its 2nd-generation Ryzen 7 and 5 CPUs, known as Pinnacle Ridge / the 2000-series. available now for pre-order ahead of main availability date on April 19.

AMD 2nd Generation Ryzen 7 & 5 CPUs spcs

AMD 2nd Generation Ryzen 7 & 5 CPUs spcs

 

The new processors are AMD’s first refresh of its Zen-based chips as Zen+ microarchitecture on the 12nm LP GlobalFoundries process, which is a shrink of the 14nm LPP node used on the current-gen Summit Ridge processors. AMD will use the same process on its entire lineup of desktop chips. The Ryzen 7 2700 processors both come with eight cores and 16 threads and the Ryzen 5 2600 processors come with six cores and 12 threads. The Ryzen 7 2700X’s is a refreshed Ryzen 7 1700X, but it appears more like the 1800X. The 2700X gains an extra 100 MHz of base clock speed and 300 MHz in boost performance compared to the Ryzen 7 1800X, but it comes at the expense of a 10W increase in TDP. Interestingly, the Ryzen 5 2600X has the same base frequency as the Ryzen 5 1600X, but it comes with a 200 MHz higher boost.

The $329 Ryzen 7 2700X retails for $20 less than the 1800X, while the $299 Ryzen 7 2700 lands at the same price point as the 1700. The Ryzen 5 models come at a $10 premium compared to the Ryzen 5 1600X and 1600.

AMD will continue to support the AM4 platform until 2020. The new Pinnacle Ridge processors will drop into both 300- and 400-series motherboards, and the first-generation Ryzen processors are also cross-compatible. AMD designed a badge to alert users that some 300-series motherboards will require a BIOS update before you can use a 2000-Series processor. Eventually all the 300-series motherboards will support the Pinnacle Ridge processors out of the box.

Unlike previous pre-order windows, AMD hasn’t provided any performance projections ahead of the official launch. As always, we advise readers to wait for the obviously pending reviews, but the processors are available for pre-order now.

AMD 2nd Generation Ryzen 7 & 5 CPUs, Price & Pre-Orders

AMD 2nd Generation Ryzen 7 & 5 CPUs, Price & Pre-Orders

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