AMD testing hybrid processor with Zen 4 and 4c cores
Published in News


Family 25 Model 120 Stepping 0 revealed

An AMD processor identified as Family 25 Model 120 Stepping 0 recently showed up in the MilkyWay@Home database.

AMD's Ryzen 7 7840U does very well in early benchmarks
Published in News


4nm 28W Phoenix beats 45W Ryzen 9 6900HX

AMD's 4nm Phoenix Ryzen 7040U low-power lineup has not been officially announced yet, but it already has been doing quite well in leaked benchmarks, with the Ryzen 7 7480U doing quite well against some previous heavy-hitters like the Ryzen 9 6900HX or Intel's Core i7-12800H.

AMD announce delays and Intel abandons Thunder Bay
Published in PC Hardware


Bad week for dropping the ball

Intel and AMD dropped the ball on some key products. AMD said it was postponing this month's launch of the 7040HS series to April, and Chipzilla abandoned its Thunder Bay niche accelerator.

AMD officially delays Phoenix Ryzen 7040HS series for April
Published in News


Only Dragon Range for now

Although originally meant to launch in March, the AMD Ryzen 7040HS Phoenix laptop CPU series has been officially pushed back to April.

AMD Ryzen 7045HX-series Dragon Range laptops now available
Published in PC Hardware


The Ryzen 9 7945HX goes against Core i9-13950HX

AMD has announced the availability of its Ryzen 7045HX-series Dragon Range CPUs for high performance gaming laptops. These Zen 4 Dragon Range 5nm chiplet-design chips, should be enough to get ahead of Intel's 13th gen Raptor Lake counterparts, at least according to AMD.

AMD reveals first Ryzen 7 7800X3D game benchmarks
Published in PC Hardware


Up to 24 percent faster in some scenarios

AMD has now officially released the first official gaming benchmarks for its Ryzen 7 7800X3D SKU that is scheduled to launch on April 9th.

Xeon W9-3495X dethrones AMD Threadripper
Published in News
Friday, 10 March 2023 11:28

Xeon W9-3495X dethrones AMD Threadripper


At least in the Cinebench R23 benchmark

AMD Threadripper has been dethroned as the King of PCs by Intel's Xeon W9-3495X 56-core workstation processor.

AMD 600-series motherboards get lashings of RAM
Published in PC Hardware


Four GB is just so out of date

AMD 600-series motherboards are about to get 24GB and 48GB DDR5 memory module support with the next AGESA firmware update.

AMD AM5 motherboard drops below $125
Published in PC Hardware
Thursday, 09 March 2023 21:37

AMD AM5 motherboard drops below $125


As promised by AMD last year

AMD has been promising cheaper AM5 motherboards for quite some time and now, ASRock B650M-HDV/M.2 is listed at Newegg.com for $124.99.

AMD B650 platform can't boot new memory
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 08 March 2023 22:29

AMD B650 platform can't boot new memory


24 GB and 48 GB modules/kits are a no-go for AMD

While Intel 600- and 700-series boards are happily working with new 24 GB DDR5 memory modules and kits, it appears that AMD and motherboard makers have yet to make it work.