AMD Ryzen 3000 release date, CPU specs, and performance

The AMD Ryzen 3000 CPUs will be with us very soon, potentially arriving in the summer kicking Intel into second place as the go-to gaming CPU. The latest rumours suggest a July 7 (7/7, geddit?) launch for the new 7nm processors, and we're all rather excited by the prospect of such a battle. These Ryzen 3rd Gen chips will be the first desktop processors built on the 7nm process node with the AMD Zen 2 ‘revolutionary chiplet design’ at their core. For the first time in a long time, AMD truly has Intel on the backfoot, and the Ryzen 3000 processor generation could bring high-performance, high-core-count computing to the mainstream. Dr. Lisa Su, AMD’s esteemed CEO, officially announced the 3rd Generation Ryzen processors would be landing on shelves mid-year. Now before we proceed, let’s get this straight. It’s either Ryzen 3000, Ryzen 3rd Gen, the 'Matisse' codename, or maybe Ryzen 3K because it sounds cool. It is definitely not Ryzen 3. Ever. We've already got those, and they're the budget chips. The first tantalising glimpse of these 7nm Zen 2 chips was awfully promising. Live on stage at CES, the red team pit its eight-core 3rd Gen Ryzen engineering sample against Intel’s Core i9 9900K. The resulting bloodbath was nearly pulled from the stream for its graphic nature.

from PCGamesN http://bit.ly/2tt9TLH