AMD Zen - A First Look. (Photo : YouTube/ Paul's Hardware )
AMD Zen and other next-generation product line coming from the Sunnyvale-based semiconductor company has been highly anticipated for its release and notable specs, which are said to be a threat to Intel's current market dominance. Together with most consumers and tech savvy's excitement, various leaks and speculations are now surfacing online.
Perhaps one of the highly talked about rumor would be the latest leaked benchmark test for Zen based Naples SOC appearing on SiSoftware's database. It can be remembered that in the previous months, expecting consumers were teased by a performance test of the said server platform that would utilize the latest Zen based processors.
According to Wccf tech, the Naples platform was given specific codename- 2S1451A4VIHE4_29/14_N, comprising a CPU complex featuring four cores that are connected to 8 MB of L3 cache. Details of the previous leak likewise came along with 64 threads available for hyper-threaded workloads making it an ideal and more competitive server platform.
With the previous leaked AMD Naples benchmark test, another test is being discussed in a Reddit thread claimed to be coming from SiSoftware's, which reveals 1.4ghz speed and 111 local ranking. The benchmark test also revealed devices/threads of 4/64. It also has a speed efficiency of 46.35kOPTS/GHz.
Now aside from the AMD Naples platform, another leak has spotted online by a Redditor. In retrospect, with the introduction of AMD Zen CPUs, it has frequently been asked whether Zen/AM4 will come out in mITX.
And based on the report, it presented a photo the so-called first "motherboard Mini-ITX next generation socket AM4 AMD" and is said to be ready to host the new processors Bristol Ridge (APU) and Summit Ridge (FX). TweakTown has also identified the motherboard on the image as most likely the ASUS ROG Crosshair Impact VI.
Though the reports and leaks being presented may be exciting, still it lacks the merit authenticity and confirmation coming from AMD. Guess we would just have to wait for further updates to fully conclude this rumors and speculations surrounding the highly anticipated AMD Zen architecture.
