AMD Will Now Clarify The Type Of Cores Powering Various Ryzen Processors
AMD Will Now Clarify The Type Of Cores Powering Various Ryzen Processors
With AMD officially introducing their equivalent to efficiency cores (E-core) from Intel, the company hasn’t made it clear if certain processors consist of varying counts of processing cores sitting within the silicon. However, the company has told Tom’s Hardware that it will soon clarify the specs of its chips, starting with updating the online database.
Earlier this year, AMD introduced its first small core in the form of Zen 4c cores. It found its way into chips such as Ryzen 5 7545U and Ryzen Z1, paired with full-size Zen 4 cores. Unlike Intel’s E-cores, however, it supports simultaneous multithreading (SMT, or Hyper-threading in Intel speak), and is virtually identical to the full-size counterpart except for reduced on-die cache to save die space. Clock speeds are also reduced to save on power.
Responding to the publication, the company representative has clarified that they will soon disclose both the composition of the silicon as well as the clock speeds of Zen 4c cores. “We’re not trying to create a trend (of not disclosing certain specifications). But we need to check what we disclose and take the feedback going forward, look at both our own approach, and competitively, how we want to present that. The one thing I’ll say in our architecture is that the dense (Zen 4c) versus the E-core is very different in its capability, so we’re not trying to describe those as apples-to-apples.”
Currently, users will be able to see the detailed specs by clicking on “See Full Specifications” at the bottom of the page – which will present how many Zen 4 and Zen 4c cores are used to form the silicon in question. However, the clock speeds published so far take into account of “core spectrum”, meaning the boost clock is taken from Zen 4’s figures, whereas the base clock is based on Zen 4c’s base clocks. That will soon change, as the process of updating the database, and finally marketing materials, will take several weeks.
Source: Tom’s Hardware
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