AMDs next-gen Zen 4 CPUs could arrive in July to steal Intels Raptor Lake thunder

Date:
Fri, 11 Feb 2022 14:27:30 +0000

Description:
Is 2022 going to be a race between Team Red and Blue to get their next-gen chips out the door first?

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AMDs next-gen Zen 4 desktop CPUs could be out much earlier than we thought, and indeed might just be revealed at Computex in June.

This theory has been floated by hardware leaker Greymon55, who simply tweeted Zen 4 Q4 with a big cross next to it, indicating that this previously
expected launch timeframe is no longer the case. Remember, all AMD has officially said is that whatll presumably be Ryzen 7000 models will arrive in the second half of 2022 , and that has recently been confirmed as still on track. ZEN4 Q4 February 11, 2022 See more

In that Twitter thread, the leaker elaborates that AMDs plan is very
different from the early days, and suggests that we might see something
happen at Computex 2022. That show is in May, so clearly, thats too early for next-gen Ryzen to go on sale its not H2 2022 but we could conceivably see a reveal there, followed by the chips hitting shelves early in Q3.

The suggestion seems to be this could happen in July, which is the earliest point of the second half of the year, of course. And as previously the rumor mill has thought Q4 was the target date meaning at the earliest, October this is quite a leap forward in the timing.

Greymon further observes that AM5 motherboards (for Zen 4, youll need a motherboard upgrade) will be ready for production samples soon and that could even be later this month (or next), which again points to things ramping up with the next-gen timing.

Take this with an appropriate amount of skepticism, of course, because its just a rumor, but the underlying suggestion is that AMD is trying to speed things up and bring Zen 4 CPUs to us sooner rather than later (and quite a
bit sooner, if Greymon is on or near the money). Analysis: Stepping up with Zen 4 to counter the Raptor?

One plausible theory here could be that AMD is feeling the heat from Intels new Alder Lake processors, which have been a big win for Team Blue with their fresh hybrid (mixed core) approach. And what Team Red cant allow to happen, were guessing, is for Intel to unleash even more powerful Raptor Lake CPUs which will be a refresh of Alder Lake, but with a considerable performance boost for gamers if rumors are right before Ryzen 7000 even arrives.

Remember that Raptor Lake may arrive more quickly than we anticipated, with some speculation suggesting that a Q3 launch could be in the cards .

So, it seems reasonable that AMD might be looking to Q3 itself, in order that theres no danger the perception might be that Team Red is starting to fall behind. Another point here is that this could explain why the Ryzen 7
5800X3D, the 3D V-cache -toting refresh, is rumored to only be coming in
small amounts mainly because its only going to be needed for maybe just a
few months. Its positioned simply as a brief stopgap to carry AMD over to Zen 4.

All that said, theres obviously a limit to how hard AMD can push to launch a new family of processors earlier ultimately, the chips wont be ready until theyre ready. Intel vs AMD : which is best?

Via Wccftech



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