AMD announced 4 new Ryzen Zen+ chips to complete it’s Ryzen 2000 series. The new CPUs are aimed at compact systems that require high energy efficiency, and also for the low-cost PC market.
The most powerful CPU from this new lineup will be the Ryzen 7 2700E, which is an 8 core CPU running at 2.8 GHZ base, 16MB L3 cache, and a TDP of just 45W. The Ryzen 2700E can boost up to 4GHZ, with proper cooling of course, making it more than sufficient to run your games and your day by day productivity applications.
The same 45W TDP is mentioned for the 2600E but this CPU is a 6 core and 12 threads part with a base frequency of 3.1GHZ, same 16MB L3 cache as it’s bigger brother, and the same 4GHZ max precision boost.
The X series from this lineup, the 2500X and 2300X, are unlocked for overclocking. The 2500X is a quad core/eight threads part and the 2300X is a quad core/four threads part. They both have a TDP of 65W running at 3.6GHZ and 3.5GHZ respectively making them ideal and a better choice for moderate gaming. Unfortunately they all have the same 4GHZ max precision boost, making me wondering what’s with this 4GHZ? Is looks like a magic number for AMD for this lineup.
There is no information on prices for these new processors, however AMD said that these parts are already available for the consumers, at least in systems built by Acer. AMD also mentions that the two X CPUs will be OEM only parts for the moment and will not have a specific pricing listing.
Here’s the specs AMD released on this new Ryzen CPUs launch:
With this launch AMD has completed its second generation of Ryzen CPUs. Here’s AMD’s complete Ryzen 2 Zen+ CPU lineup:
Want to know what Intel is doing about it? We have some information about Inte’s new lineup as well. Check out the Core I9-9900K launch.
