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Marth said:

Gotta say I am really interested in the 2021 CPU lineup.

Curious about Zen3s limits.

We will probably get a 5100 and 5300 where AMD will hopefully do good things in performance per $
Then Zen3 mobile chips where it can prove power efficiency.
And on the other end new Threadripper CPUs to push it to its maximum. 3000 series already were monsters so 5000 series could be really crazy in production tasks.

Also I am interested in Intels showing

While shitting on their 14++++++++ is a lot of fun it is also very impressive how far they pushed that node and they somehow want to add another 10% IPC gain on that. But I do fear that powerdraw and heat could be an issue here. At least the name would be fitting then.

Intel's showings are laughable right now. So much that they get so desperate, they consider some power-saving feature implemented by OEMs as irrefutable proof that AMD's numbers are not right (even though the same thing happens on Intel notebooks) and every laptop should only be tested on battery. Yes, really!

The funniest part is, even when they stack the odds in their favor they still get beaten. Did I mention that the Tiger Lake was running at a staggering 36W (So 8W over it's normal 28W limit) while the AMD Laptop was running at 22W?

Speaking of Zen 3 limits, AMD is releasing Precision Boost Overdrive 2. Unlike the original, this one doesn't overclock directly, but instead undervolts the CPU to give it more headroom. As with always with PBO, it destroys the warranty, but it can be very beneficial in the end. AMD reports a performance increase between 2% in singlecore and 10% multicore on a 5900X in their testings.

Also, next year's Chromebooks are reportedly switching to Ryzen 5000U series chips, of which we know very little yet. But it's yet another customer lost for Intel after Apple...

Speaking of the 5000U series, the 4600U (6c/12t) will apparently come back next year as the 5500U. This is probably due to almost all OEMs either choosing the cheaper 4500U (6c/ct) or the more prestigious Ryzen 7 4700U (8c/8t), leaving just a couple Pro versions and the 4650G Desktop variants, which are most probably not enough volume to sell their stock.

Not all is bad, however: The 4600U was notably at least as strong, if not stronger in most CPU applications when compared to the 4700U, despite the lower placement in the lineup. And it should be able to beat any Zen3-based 6c/ct chip in multicore performance at same power draw, so the old chip fills a little gap in the lineup.