That has vastly lowered the barrier to entry with X3D CPUs, especially as Zen 3 options have dried up in the market. Prior to the Ryzen 5 7600X3D showing up online, you’d have to spend at least $350 (and likely more) to get an X3D CPU. The Ryzen 7 7700X3D pushes that entry point down further at its $330 suggested retail price. However, an eight-core part, assuming a similar price range between $200 and $250, would push that barrier to entry even lower.
McAfee recognizes how that could benefit gamers in this supply-constrained environment of high memory and storage prices, pointing to the benefits of a large L3 cache when running slower, or even single-channel, memory.
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usertests It will be interesting to see the next-gen bottom bins after the move to 12-core CCDs. Could be 8-core or 10-core X3D as a budget product. Reply
Eximo With upcoming CPU shortages, I wonder if we will see AMD quad cores again. Reply
usertests Eximo said: With upcoming CPU shortages, I wonder if we will see AMD quad cores again. No (if you aren't counting Mendocino, Krackan Point 330/430, etc). The yields on 8-core chiplets have always been great. AMD can squeeze more money out of it by selling a consumer a 6-core than a 4-core. What happens with the worst chiplets? If you look deeply at the Epyc lineups, you'll find some interesting products… such as the Epyc 9175F. The Epyc 9175F is a 16-core CPU… using 16 CCDs. That's right, only 1 core enabled on each CCD. That allows it to have relatively high base/turbo clocks, 32 MiB dedicated L3 cache for each core (512 MiB total), and it can be the best choice for per-core licensed software. That 16-core has a $4,256 price tag ($3,703 1kU). Wow. There are also some Turin Epycs that are specifically using quad-core CCDs as well, like the 9015, 9355P, 9355, and 9375F. And the 9275F is a 24-core using 8 CCDs with 3 cores enabled each. Reply
Eximo Well that is cool. So, basically, already in use, which would explain their absence from consumer. And these days it is better to build a blade with Epyc rather than doing AM5 single processor boards. Though I know some providers still do that for private hosted servers. Reply
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