Neowin News Feed for: Ryzen

AMD and Steam Deck continue to drive Linux gaming adoption on Steam

Paul Hill — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 04:08:01 +0000

AMD CPUs hit a record 71.93% usage among Linux gamers, while the Steam Deck now accounts for over one-fifth of the total Linux GPU market. Read more...

AMD investigating reports of Ryzen CPUs "frying" under intensive workload

Usama Jawad — Sat, 30 Aug 2025 04:16:01 +0000

AMD is looking into reports of multiple units of Ryzen CPUs failing under intensive workload related to arithmetic. Read more...

AMD's record Q2 profits tanked by US export controls fallout

Paul Hill — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 04:12:01 +0000

AMD has released its second quarter earnings for 2025. The company's finances were hit by US export controls against China. Read more...

Ryzen 9 9950X3D delidded and pushed to nearly 6 GHz with direct die cooling

Omer Dursun — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 12:06:01 +0000

A Redditor successfully removed the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D's Integrated Heat Spreader (IHS) using an unusual method involving a clothes iron and fishing line. Read more...

AMD reportedly preparing Zen 5-based Ryzen 9000G APUs for Q4 2025

Omer Dursun — Sat, 29 Mar 2025 19:08:01 +0000

AMD is reportedly preparing to launch its next-generation Ryzen 9000G desktop APUs later this year. These processors will offer significant upgrades over the current Ryzen 8000G lineup. Read more...

AMD Ryzen 7000 processors are down to their lowest prices during Black Friday sales

Taras Buria — Mon, 20 Nov 2023 16:10:02 +0000

AMD has slashed prices on some of its Ryzen 7000 Series processors. The Ryzen 5 7600 is now available for less than $200, allowing you to save when building a modern PC for gaming or work. Read more...

Save up to 34% on AMD's latest Ryzen 7000 CPUs during the Amazon Gaming Week Sale

Taras Buria — Mon, 22 May 2023 13:16:02 +0000

AMD has slashed prices for its current-generation Ryzen 7000 Series CPUs. During the Amazon Gaming Week Sale, you can get AMD's flagship AM5-based processors with discounts of up to 34%. Read more...

AMD will announce its next generation Ryzen processors on August 29

Taras Buria — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 14:04:01 +0000

AMD shared the reveal date of the next generation of Ryzen processors. The company plans to show Zen4-based CPUs for the AM5 platform on August 29 during the “together we advance_PCs” event. Read more...

AMD processors hit by performance issues on Windows 11, patch on the way

Paul Hill — Wed, 06 Oct 2021 17:12:01 +0000

AMD has said that its CPUs are taking a performance hit on Windows 11 systems and that it has teams working on the issues. Patches should be released later this month through Windows. Read more...

Alleged Intel Rocket Lake Core i9-11900K outperforms Ryzen 9 5950X in leaked Ashes benchmark

Sayan Sen — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 07:34:01 +0000

A leaked Ashes of the Singularity benchmark of the upcoming alleged Intel Rocket Lake Core i9-11900K suggests that AMD has stiff competition to look forward to. The report is currently unconfirmed. Read more...

PC Build Guide: Budget gaming for around $1,000

Abhay V — Sat, 28 Nov 2020 10:28:01 +0000

As the holiday season brings a lot of discounts on electronics, it is the best time to build your own custom PC. Here are our recommendations for building a budget gaming PC for around $1,000. Read more...

AMD introduces Ryzen Embedded V2000 processors with Zen 2 cores

João Carrasqueira — Tue, 10 Nov 2020 16:20:01 +0000

AMD has announced new Ryzen Embedded processors, upgrading to the newer Zen 2 CPU cores along with newer graphics. The CPUs also come with up to eight cores, double the previous generation. Read more...

AMD announces record Q3 2020 earnings, revenue up 45% to $2.8 billion

Abhay V — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 17:42:01 +0000

AMD today announced its earnings for Q3 2020, reporting $2.8 billion in revenue, a 45% increase over Q2. Strong Ryzen and EPYC processor sales led to a 148% increase in net income this quarter. Read more...

AMD introduces Ryzen 5000 desktop processors with up to 16 cores and 4.9GHz boost

João Carrasqueira — Thu, 08 Oct 2020 16:36:43 +0000

AMD has revealed the next generation of Ryzen desktop processors, the Ryzen 5000 series. The new processors feature up to 16 cores and 32 threads, and they're coming on November 5. Read more...

AMD's latest mobile processors are 30 times more efficient than in 2014

João Carrasqueira — Thu, 25 Jun 2020 15:06:01 +0000

AMD has announced that it has exceeded its six-year target for improved energy efficiency in its mobile processors. The Ryzen 7 4800H is over 30 times more efficient than its 2014 measurements. Read more...

AMD makes big announcements: Ryzen 3000XT processors, budget A520 chipset, and more

Sayan Sen — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 16:16:01 +0000

AMD today announced its Ryzen 3000XT mainstream desktop processors with higher max boost clocks, and hence higher performance. Alongside these, Team Red also announced A520 chipset, and StoreMI 2.0. Read more...

AMD announces new mainstream Ryzen chips for desktops

Rich Woods — Tue, 21 Apr 2020 15:30:01 +0000

AMD today announced two new Ryzen 3 chips, which are aimed at mainstream desktop PCs. The Ryzen 3 3300X and Ryzen 3 3100 are both 65W quad-core processors with eight threads, and start at $99. Read more...

Surface Laptop 3 15-inch review: A great laptop, but get the Intel model

Rich Woods — Sat, 18 Jan 2020 17:00:01 +0000

Microsoft's Surface Laptop 3 offers a 15-inch flavor for the first time, but that's not all that's interesting about it. It's also the first Surface to use AMD processors, and there's no Alcantara. Read more...

AMD introduces the 64-core Ryzen Threadripper 3990X for $3,990

João Carrasqueira — Mon, 06 Jan 2020 23:16:02 +0000

Today, in an event ahead of this week's CES, AMD announced a monster CPU in the form of the Ryzen Threadripper 3990X. It's a 64-core, 128-thread CPU that costs $3,990 and is coming on February 7. Read more...

AMD introduces Ryzen 4000 mobile, the world's first 7nm x86 notebook processors

João Carrasqueira — Mon, 06 Jan 2020 22:29:14 +0000

AMD is making a splash at this year's CES with the introduction of third-generation mobile Ryzen processors in the form of Ryzen 4000 series. They're the first x86 7nm processors in the world. Read more...

AMD's Ryzen 9 3950X CPU is coming on November 25

João Carrasqueira — Thu, 07 Nov 2019 15:18:01 +0000

In addition to the new Threadripper lineup for creative professionals, AMD also announced a release date for the 16-core Ryzen 9 3950X consumer CPU, which is coming on November 25. Read more...

AMD's 7nm Zen 2-based Mobile CPUs will reportedly launch at CES 2020

Sayan Sen — Thu, 10 Oct 2019 18:22:02 +0000

AMD's 7nm Zen 2 mobile CPUs are almost ready and will launch at CES 2020, says a report. Like in desktops, it seems like AMD's new mobile offerings are a significant step-up from the previous gen. Read more...

AMD bundles Borderlands 3, Ghost Recon Breakpoint, and more with its products

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Mon, 30 Sep 2019 18:30:01 +0000

Borderlands 3, Ghost Recon Breakpoint, and The Outer Worlds are the choices of games AMD is now offering to those picking up one of its GPUs or CPUs as part of its latest Raise the Game promotion. Read more...

AMD's Ryzen 9 3950X has been delayed due to "unsatisfactory clock speeds", says report [Update]

Sayan Sen — Tue, 24 Sep 2019 20:46:01 +0000

AMD delayed the September launch of the Ryzen 9 3950X by a couple of months to November. The 16-core 32-thread monster CPU is allegedly facing clocking issues, similar to other Ryzen 3000 processors. Read more...

AMD's third-gen Threadripper and Ryzen 9 3950X CPUs are launching in November

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Fri, 20 Sep 2019 18:46:01 +0000

AMD has announced that its next generation of Threadripper processors will be landing in November. The upcoming release of the 16-core Ryzen 9 3950X CPU has also been pushed back to the same month. Read more...

Upcoming AMD Ryzen 5 3500X spotted on a Chinese retailer website

Sayan Sen — Fri, 20 Sep 2019 03:00:01 +0000

AMD's upcoming Ryzen 5 3500X is the first sub-$200 Ryzen 3000 CPU based on the Zen 2 design. This is aimed to directly compete with Intel's Core i5-9400F offering as a budget gaming alternative CPU. Read more...

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X image leaks out on Reddit, possibly launching very soon

Sayan Sen — Tue, 17 Sep 2019 20:02:01 +0000

AMD's much-anticipated 16-core Ryzen 9 3950X is expected to be launched this month. The launch date might be near as an image of the retail version of the chip has made its way to Reddit. Read more...

Gigabyte 400-series Motherboards for Intel Comet Lake-S spotted at EEC

Sayan Sen — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 21:24:01 +0000

Looks like the EEC database has spilled the beans of Intel's upcoming 400-series motherboards as listings of multiple Gigabyte's 400-series chipset motherboard models have been spotted. Read more...

AMD announces new Ryzen CPUs and Radeon GPUs for gaming

Rich Woods — Tue, 11 Jun 2019 04:16:02 +0000

For E3 this year, AMD announced new hardware, such as the Radeon RX 5700 and RX 5700 XT, its new dedicated GPUs that are meant to deliver a superior 1440p gaming experience on the RDNA architecture. Read more...

PCI-SIG announces final PCI Express 5.0 specification

Stergios Georgopoulos — Thu, 30 May 2019 18:42:02 +0000

The new version will enable increased performance in areas such as machine learning, networking and gaming. The first products to take advantage of the new standard are expected in 2021. Read more...

AMD announces its 7nm Ryzen 3000 CPU and Radeon 5000 GPU lineups

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Mon, 27 May 2019 10:54:01 +0000

AMD today announced and detailed the next generation of its 7nm CPU and GPU products, including five new processors leveraging its Zen 2 architecture and the new Radeon 5000 Navi GPU series. Read more...

AMD unveils new Ryzen Pro and Athlon Pro mobile processors

Jay Bonggolto — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 15:56:02 +0000

AMD today announced its new lineup of Ryzen Pro and Athlon Pro mobile processors, which the company claims offer up to 16% better multi-threading processor performance than Intel's chips. Read more...

Atari VCS' upgrade to a Ryzen APU pushes back launch to late 2019

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 19 Mar 2019 11:04:01 +0000

Atari has announced that its upcoming retro-inspired console, Atari VCS, will be launching later than previously announced due to it getting an upgrade to a newer APU from the AMD Ryzen family. Read more...

A 12-core, 24-thread third-generation Ryzen CPU has been spotted in UserBenchmark

Faheemmuddeen Patel — Thu, 24 Jan 2019 19:44:01 +0000

A 12-core/24-thread third-generation Ryzen CPU has been spotted by Twitter user TUM_APISAK. The sample chip had a base clock of 3.4 GHz and boost clock of 3.6GHz with a possible TDP of 95W. Read more...

TechBargains: Dell's Ryzen 5 Quad-Core 1080p Laptop is under $400 and more deals

Steven Parker — Thu, 10 Jan 2019 19:44:02 +0000

With today's TechBargains, Dell's Ryzen 5 Quad-Core 1080p Laptop is under $400, there's Kindle Unlimited 3-Months for only $0.99 (ends tomorrow) and $30 off an i9-9900K CPU plus much more! Read more...

ASUS announces new TUF Gaming laptops based on AMD's new Ryzen chipsets

João Carrasqueira — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 01:08:01 +0000

ASUS has announced a couple of new TUF gaming laptops, which aim to be more affordable than its ROG brand. The new duo is based on AMD's latest Ryzen chipsets, which were also announced at CES. Read more...

AMD announces its new Ryzen processors, including the 15W U-series and 35W H-series

Rich Woods — Sun, 06 Jan 2019 17:00:11 +0000

Ahead of CES today, AMD announced its second-generation mobile Ryzen processors, this time adding a 35W H-series for gaming PCs. The higher-end models are built on 12nm nodes, while Ryzen 3 is 14nm. Read more...

Huawei MateBook D review: AMD Ryzen performance for $629

Rich Woods — Sat, 10 Nov 2018 19:00:01 +0000

Over the summer, Huawei released a flavor of its MateBook D with an AMD Ryzen 5 2500U processor, a 14-inch 1080p display, and more. Sold at Walmart for just $629, it packs a punch. Read more...

Huawei MateBook D with AMD Ryzen unboxing and first impressions

Rich Woods — Mon, 08 Oct 2018 23:44:01 +0000

Huawei's latest iteration of the MateBook D can be had for $629 from Walmart, and it comes with an AMD Ryzen 5 2500U processor, a 14-inch 1080p touchscreen, 8GB RAM, and 256GB storage. Read more...

AMD partners with TSMC for 7nm chips as GlobalFoundries stops working on the tech

João Carrasqueira — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 16:12:01 +0000

AMD has announced it will work with TSMC to produce its 7nm chips, while GlobalFoundries says it will stop working on 7nm technology due to high cost and inability to keep up with competitors. Read more...