> It has the highest base clock of any modern AMD chip (4.3 GHz), plus 16-cores, which is already more than most workloads need.
Does the base clock even mean anything beyond something that may or may not vaguely indicate the performance? Its lower than what these chips can sustain with sufficient cooling from my experience. It's higher than what the chips will clock down to when not sufficiently cooled.
Base clocks from AMD are nothing more than the guarantee for any workload when the system exactly meets the listed power/temperature requirements.
They aren't the maximum or minimum but I think they are the only clocks with the specific guarantee "if you match X, you must be able to get Y". The max boost clocks usually aren't too hard to reach if you're trying though, there is just no guarantee you will in all workloads or how much it takes to get there.
tiffanyh · · focus · HN ↗
It has the highest base clock of any modern AMD chip (4.3 GHz), plus 16-cores, which is already more than most workloads need.
Can’t wait to see what Zen 6 brings early next year. Rumors say 24-cores and another big jump in single-core performance.
account42 · · focus · HN ↗
Does the base clock even mean anything beyond something that may or may not vaguely indicate the performance? Its lower than what these chips can sustain with sufficient cooling from my experience. It's higher than what the chips will clock down to when not sufficiently cooled.
zamadatix · · focus · HN ↗
They aren't the maximum or minimum but I think they are the only clocks with the specific guarantee "if you match X, you must be able to get Y". The max boost clocks usually aren't too hard to reach if you're trying though, there is just no guarantee you will in all workloads or how much it takes to get there.