Hardware AMD announces new CPUs, 8 cores/16 threads, clocked at 2.8GHz with a TDP of 45w.

[Kingy]

https://www.anandtech.com/show/13343/amd-announces-four-new-ryzen-cpus-2700e-2600e-2500x-and-2300x

Damn. I wonder what the pricing will be like.

 

[TotalInsanity4]

Hot damn, that's sexy. I imagine those'd be GREAT for cheap productivity workstations

 

[gnmmarechal]

woo, that sounds pretty nice.

 

[Kioku]

So, the lower end of productivity? Or will this perform adequately in comparison to its bigger brothers?

 

[Mollycule]

AMD are good at blasting out graphics and rendering, Intel is better for computing as in calculating code and shit.

 

[Kingy]

Intel is better for computing as in calculating code and shit.

Really? I think AMD is better for that as it has more cores and high multi core performance for a lower price than the Intel alternatives which would would help a lot.

 

[TotalInsanity4]

So, the lower end of productivity? Or will this perform adequately in comparison to its bigger brothers?

I doubt it would, I'm sitting here thinking of like accounting offices with 4 or 5 instances of Excel open. I'd love to be proven wrong and hear it has a lot more performance under the hood though