Posted on Thursday, August 06 2020 @ 14:25 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
Some fresh rumors about AMD's upcoming Zen 3-based "Vermeer" desktop processors. These chips are expected to hit the market before the end of this year and VideoCardz
writes engineering samples of the Ryzen 9 3950X's successor are now running at a 3.5GHz base clock and 4.8GHz Boost.
All engineering samples mentioned are of course 16 cores and 32 thread CPUs, meaning we are expecting a successor to Ryzen 9 3950X. The new OPN code means that the Vermeer sample is running 100 MHz higher on boost clock compared to 3950X, while the base clock has the same frequency. Although earlier samples had a 200 MHz higher base frequency.
The new parts will feature per-core voltage adjustment, which is also supported by Intel's 10th Gen Core processors, but apparently it's still unknown how the "Vermeer" processors will be marketed. It's said that AMD may skip the 4000 series, which would make this part the Ryzen 9 5950X instead of Ryzen 9 4950X. The 4000 series is currently used by AMD's Renoir-based APUs.
