AMD only offers two 8-core CPUs this time round, with the other being the Ryzen 7 2700X. The only differences between the two are higher clock speeds for the more expensive X-series CPU - a ...

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The AMD Ryzen 7 2700X was our first taste of AMD's second-gen Ryzen processors... and made quite a splash when it landed. For now it's the top Pinnacle Ridge chip, and it seems AMD is still ...

AMD’s second-generation Ryzen CPUs have landed, and if you’re on the lookout for a new chip with a great bang-for-the-buck, you should give a chip like the Ryzen 7 2700X a hard look for your next ...

Another year, another processor war - that's a good thing mind you and if 2017 was anything to go by 2018 looks set to be just as tight in the fight between AMD and Intel for dominance. AMD has had a ...

With the original Ryzen 7 1700, we managed to hit 4.05GHz using a standard maximum vcore of 1.425V that we consider the top of what's safe for everyday use. That was a massive increase not just over ...

Getting the obvious bits out of the way first, the Ryzen 7 2700 and Ryzen 5 2600 are based on the same Zen+ architecture as the X-designated models. This means they are built on a 12nm process, fit ...

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There are no major surprises here. AMD's remit with Pinnacle Ridge is to find extra performance via multiple avenues available a year after the initial launch. Increasing the core base and boost ...

While 2017 saw AMD return to form and offer a proper mainstream CPU alternative to Intel, 2nd Generation Ryzen CPUs have gone one step further than just an incremental upgrade. The new CPUs have fewer ...

You've been able to read all the tweaked/overclocked results throughout our benchmark suite/session. On this page, I want to disclose what we did in order to overclock as we did. For this 2700 review, ...

Overall Zen+ is a good step forward with what pretty much is a bit of a die-shrink and tweaking. Ryzen has evolved and matured, it all adds up to lower latency, better memory support, faster base ...