Amidst the bustling atmosphere of Computex 2019 in Taiwan, AMD seized the spotlight, unveiling a plethora of innovations during its keynote address. The event witnessed the debut of new processors, chipsets, and more, solidifying AMD’s position as a trailblazer in the industry. For those who may have overlooked AMD’s keynote, here’s a comprehensive overview of the announcements:
1. Introduction of 3rd Gen Ryzen Desktop Processors
AMD introduced a lineup of cutting-edge desktop processors, marking the advent of the third generation of Ryzen series. Notable among these is the Ryzen 9, boasting an impressive 12-core configuration. These latest processors harness the power of AMD’s innovative Zen 2 core architecture, embracing the company’s distinctive ‘chiplet’ design philosophy.
The new processors offer improved on-die cache, beneficial for gaming. The entire 3rd-gen Ryzen lineup from AMD supports PCIe 4.0, enabling advanced motherboard, graphics, and storage technologies.
At the keynote, AMD President and CEO Dr. Lisa Su demonstrated tests comparing the latest processors to Intel’s. AMD’s tests show the Ryzen 7 3700X outperforming the Intel Core i7 9700K by 1% in single-threaded performance and 30% in multi-threaded performance during real-time rendering. Similarly, the Ryzen 9 3900X surpasses the Intel Core i9 9920X by over 16% in Blender Render tests.
Here’s the complete Ryzen processor lineup announced by AMD at Computex 2019:
The company announced the new X570 chipset for AM4 socket, supporting PCIe 4.0, offering 42% better performance than PCIe 3.0. AMD stated that PCIe 4.0 enables high-performance graphics cards, networking devices, NVMe drives, and more.
Over 50 new motherboards are expected with the X570 chipset from major manufacturers such as ASRock, Gigabyte, MSI, and Asus. Additionally, AMD’s partners are expected to introduce PCIe 4.0 based storage solutions.
3. New Gaming Architecture — RDNA and Radeon RX 5700 GPU
AMD unveiled RDNA, a new gaming architecture poised to drive the future of PC gaming, consoles, and cloud gaming. The new compute unit design promises incredible power, performance, and efficiency in a smaller package compared to AMD’s previous-generation GCN architecture.
RDNA is said to offer 1.25X higher performance per-clock and up to 1.5X higher performance-per-watt than GCN.
AMD’s upcoming Radeon RX 5700 GPUs will run on RDNA, featuring GDDR6 memory and PCIe 4.0 support. The RX 5700 was compared with the RTX 2070 in a Strange Brigade gameplay demo, where the Radeon GPU outperformed the RTX 2070.
The new Radeon RX5700 GPU is expected to launch in July 2019, with further details anticipated at AMD’s E3 keynote in June.
4. 2nd Gen AMD EPYC Processors
AMD is yet to reveal the 2nd gen EPYC processors, but they showcased a pre-production unit in comparison with an Intel Xeon processor using an NAMD benchmark test. AMD’s test results showed the pre-production 2nd-generation EPYC processor outperforming the Intel Xeon by over 2x in the benchmark.
Microsoft Azure announced achieving unprecedented performance levels in computational fluid dynamics using a 1st gen AMD EPYC processor-based system. Navneet Joneja, head of product for Azure Virtual Machines, stated, “HB-series VMs on Azure are a game changer for HPC in the cloud. For the first time, HPC customers can scale MPI workloads to tens of thousands of cores with cloud agility and performance and economics rivaling on-premise clusters.”
AMD’s 2nd-gen EPYC processors, expected in Q3 2019, are projected to offer 2x the performance per socket and up to 4x the floating-point performance per socket compared to the previous generation.
Pritam Chopra is a seasoned IT professional and a passionate blogger hailing from the dynamic realm of technology. With an insatiable curiosity for all things tech-related, Pritam has dedicated himself to exploring and unraveling the intricacies of the digital world.
