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How did AMD Ryzen get 50% faster in two years?

487 points · 206 comments · ibobev

  1. mcv · · focus · HN ↗
    I'm not sure focusing on just 3 processors is enough to claim that Ryzen got 50% faster. There were already other, faster Ryzen processors available without the additional cache. The extra cache was a very new thing (and very temperature sensitive), so it makes sense that they start carefully and then get a lot of improvement quickly). And the 5800x3d was for an older chipset, with all the limitations that come with that.
    1. monster_truck · · focus · HN ↗
      It's not that temperature sensitive, 90C is plenty. If you can't keep the non-x3d processors underneath that you're just throwing away performance anyways
      1. mcv · · focus · HN ↗
        Are you? I'm pretty sure when I bought my 7800x3d, everybody was saying you had to be very careful about heat, because these damage more easily from high temperatures than regular CPUs. I just checked, and they do throttle at a lower temperature than others: 89 vs 95 degrees C.
        1. monster_truck · · focus · HN ↗
          Yes, you are. They will turn off long before you can hurt them.
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