 I just never thought it'd be like this. Intel, I get it. You know, you want people to know you're still great for games. But the thing is, tactically launching an article proving it on October the 7th, the day before AMD's big announcement this morning, is that while what you said was true, you had to know that it wouldn't be for long. AMD's Where Gaming Begins event just wrapped up and we've got some huge updates to go through for you, including Dr. Lisa Sue announcing that AMD's Ryzen 5000 will officially be at the heart of your next gaming machine. You know what's in my heart though? Our sponsor, GlassWire. With GlassWire, you can see if a strange device joins your Wi-Fi and block it instantly. Get 25% off today using code Linus at the link below. AMD's been on a steady upward trajectory in the Steam hardware survey for the last few years and they recently cracked market share of more than a quarter of all PCs running Steam, which like, if you're a PC gamer, you've probably got Steam installed. That is a huge number and it's gonna get bigger. We knew that AMD would be announcing next-gen Ryzen 5000 series processors based on their Zen 3 architecture, but we thought it was going to be evolutionary. This is more like revolutionary. Not only has Zen 3 improved the instructions per clock rate by 19% over Zen 2, but it manages to do so with a claimed zero additional socket power and the exact same TDP as before. On top of that, AMD has done away with the compute complex, which means that now all eight cores on the die are able to communicate directly with not only each other, but also with their shared cache. So no more two by 16 megabyte cache. Now all of the cores have access to the entire 32 megabytes per die. That has huge implications for latency-sensitive applications like games. Four Zen 3 CPUs were announced today and they followed the same naming format that AMD set with Ryzen 3000, except that we skipped the whole 4000 thing because desktop mobile something, something. Don't worry, it's all synced up now. So there's 16 cores at the top, six cores at the bottom for now, and they're all set to launch on store shelves together on November 5th. That's right, a hard launch. And for the first time in a long, long time, AMD has seen fit to increase the pricing of their offerings above Intel's. A ballsy move that may just work out for them. Honestly, I'm not even mad as long as they pour that extra cash into R&D and keep PC gaming's traditional cycle of excitement followed shortly by buyer's remorse, well and alive. One disappointment is that AMD still hasn't managed to cross that magical five gigahertz milestone, but boost clocks are creeping upward with 4.6 gigahertz being the slowest of the bunch. And when you combine that with the arguably more important, massive per-clock performance improvements, you've got a recipe for speed. Based on the slides that AMD showed off, we're expecting gamers to see anywhere from a 20 to 50% improvement in performance over Ryzen 3000. And with numbers like that, AMD should roughly match Intel as a worst case or even beat them by up to 20%. I mean, CSGO used to be an Intel stronghold. Now, more like a flaccid hold. AMD is now also claiming that 1V1, so this is with just a single core working, they can beat Intel by nearly 90 points in Cinebench. And like, they already had a pretty big lead in productivity applications thanks to their higher core counts at pretty much every price point. Furthermore, they're claiming that the Ryzen 9 5950X, so that's the 16 core, should beat Intel's Core i9 for CAD for the first time, as well as pulling off nearly 60% more performance in V-Ray. It's important to remember guys though, that there's not really an Intel equivalent chip to the 5950X, at least on the consumer desktop. So we'd like to see the 5900X in those workloads too. And we will make sure you're subscribed because Anthony's gonna be very, very busy working on our review for these products. Better stock up on sweat bands and water bottles there, Anthony. LTTstore.com, baby. Now, I know that matching Intel's gaming performance might not seem like that big of a deal to some of you out there, but it is. AMD fans and fans of competition in the CPU space in general have been salivating for over three years now, watching AMD's trajectory versus Intel's trajectory, waiting for them to meet so that, that's right, it was gonna happen eventually, AMD would end up on top again. I mean, how long has it been? Core 2, 14 years? Like, I kinda need a moment here. Guys, this is what AMD was talking about when they called Ryzen disruptive. This is industry changing. And you might think that I'm being hyperbolic here. So why don't we change gears and talk about Intel for a moment. 10th Gen Core is still using Intel's, to put it gently, tried and tested 14 nanometer process, which to be fair to Intel, does have better density than most competing 10 nanometer processes. But the problem is that TSMC's seven nanometer process that AMD is using is roughly as dense as Intel's 10 nanometer, which Intel is already shipping in laptops. So, you know, you might think Intel should be able to dust themselves off with the upcoming 11th Gen Core series, code named Rocket Lake, and come charging back into the fight, right? Maybe. Thing is, Intel's gonna need to pull a serious rabbit out of their hat at this point, because they've thrown every engineering solution at this problem up to, and including, actually shaving down the physical thickness of their CPU dies to improve thermal conductivity so they can squeeze out a little bit more performance. And making matters worse, Rocket Lake is rumored to be yet another 14 nanometer CPU. Although it's also rumored to be based on the same core architecture as Tiger Lake, just embigand, which means we may see a di area increase and consequently a power and thermal output increase. What's that gonna mean? I don't know, but it'll gain PCI Express Gen 4 just in time for that to become important as next generation games start shipping with direct storage, requiring high speed SSDs for data streaming while gaming, and it's coming in Q1 next year. So in summary, the best case scenario is Intel's missing the holiday season this year, and the worst case is, they're missing the holiday season next year. So how is AMD able to pull off these kinds of gains? They tell us that thanks to their chiplet process, they're able to run development on future CPUs in parallel, and with Zen 3, they're exemplifying that by simply plonking the new dies onto the same packages that Zen 2 used, complete with the same IO die as before. That also means that Zen 3 is gonna drop right into a 500 series motherboard running the BIOS that you may very well already have installed on your board. Crazy, right? Although you will wanna update to the latest when you get a chance for the best results. As for the rest of the backwards compatibility story, 300 series motherboard owners will need to upgrade to a new board, but 400 series owners can expect a BIOS update in January to enable support for the new CPUs. Now, AMD tells us that overclocking is gonna be similar to what we're used to right now, with memory being the primary focus, but they gave us a little tease by saying, and I quote, it will be a breeze to set a variety of world records of your choosing. What a terrifying thought for anyone who's wearing an Intel badge at work right now. This is kind of like the old days when by the time game consoles got through their development process and launched, they had already been outstripped because PC technology was going so fast. Like, it's happening. And I think it's fair to say that we've got AMD to thank for that. Okay, and you, you leather jacket wearing rogue you, but don't get comfortable. AMD CPU day also included a sneak peek at the expected performance of big Navi, showing their upcoming GPU roughly in line with the RTX 3080. That means, if it's true, AMD's GPU division has disappointed me many a time, it may actually be possible to run a fully team red gaming rig on the high end again with a straight face like this. Again, we'll have to wait and see what the real world numbers look like, but so far AMD's probably feeling pretty confident right about now. And it definitely helps on that front that Nvidia had their foot off the accelerator for a generation with the RTX 2000 series. As for when you can get your hands on this exciting news hack, November 5th is the date to watch. I don't know when reviews are gonna go live yet, but it's a pretty safe bet that that will be on the 5th as well. I am super excited to get my hands on these chips and I can't wait to see if we're wrong about Intel's response. I mean, who knows? Maybe a little time in the backseat, just like the good old days will do them some good, help them gather their thoughts and some CPUs that people wanna buy. 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