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
thestryker Eximo said: With upcoming CPU shortages, I wonder if we will see AMD quad cores again. The only quad core you're going to see on AM5 is going to be Epyc based. The why was already explained by usertests, but the performance is also somewhat bad. That's probably why there have been multiple 6-core SKUs with fused graphics and cut down clock speeds rather than 4-core SKUs for consumer. Roman is the only person I've seen do benchmarks on one: ZhR2lgl6oE4 View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhR2lgl6oE4 Reply
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