AMD Ryzen 4000 series to offer 17 percent performance uplift?

TechPowerUp spreads word that the latest rumors about AMD's next-generation Ryzen processors indicate the future lineup will offer about 17 percent higher performance then the 3000 series. The combination of an increase of IPC in the core design and the ability to hit higher frequencies will reportedly result in a performance uplift of around 17 percent.

Sources are claiming an increase of up to 50% in Zen 3's Floating Point Units (FPU) compared to Zen 2, while integer operations should make do with a 10-12% increase. Cores should remain stable across the board - and with that increase in performance, I'd say an upper limit of 16 physical and 32 logic cores in a consumer-geared CPU is more than enough. Increased IPCs and frequencies will definitely make AMD an even better proposition for all markets - gaming in particular, where Intel still has a (slightly virtual) hold in consumer's minds.