AMD teases 3rd gen Ryzen at CES - ships by mid-2019

AMD also teased its Zen 2-based Ryzen 3000 series at CES. Not a whole lot of details were revealed, but AMD said the new 7nm chips will come with PCI Express 4.0 support. In a demonstration, an early silicon sample of the 3rd gen Ryzen processor was shown to be faster than the Intel Core i9-9900K in CineBench, while consuming significantly less power.

Shown on stage was an eight-core "Matisse" processor, this model packs a 7nm eight-core chiplet fabbed by TSMC and a 14nm I/O chip made at GlobalFoundries. You can expect the Ryzen 3000 series by mid-2019.

We are happy to announce 3rd Gen @AMD Ryzen desktop processors will be the world’s first PC platform to support the ultra-fast PCIe Gen 4 connectivity. https://t.co/TlEdVkFwZ0 pic.twitter.com/3X2CMhKlwa

— AMD Ryzen (@AMDRyzen) January 9, 2019

When compared to the competition in Cinebench, early silicon of our 3rd Gen @AMD Ryzen desktop processors outperform the Intel Core-i9 9900K at a significantly lower power. https://t.co/TlEdVkFwZ0 pic.twitter.com/k880oCoMLf

— AMD Ryzen (@AMDRyzen) January 9, 2019

Not only is 3rd Gen @AMD Ryzen delivering excellent gaming performance in demanding titles like @ForzaMotorsport Horizon 4, it’s also running @Radeon VII, the world’s first 7nm gaming graphics card. https://t.co/okCRsnv6PK pic.twitter.com/s0AAwAi1J4

— AMD Ryzen (@AMDRyzen) January 9, 2019