They downclocked a 6900K to 3GHz, even though it comes out of the box at 3.2GHz base/3.7GHz turbo 2.0.
Looks like AMD delivered a nice perf/clock improvement, but performance is a function of clock speed and perf/clock. 3GHz is a significant reduction from the 'Dozer family.
Chips built on Zen cores were originally anticipated to ship in low volume during 2H 2016 but are now expected in early 2017
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Advanced Micro Devices eyes 2017 Zen release, claims to challenge Intel's Broadwell-E Aug 18 2016, 10:58 ET
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD +2.2%) CEO Lisa Su revealed operational versions of the technology at the St. Regis Hotel in San Francisco, down the road form the Intel Developer Forum. She noted the company's "focus is on high-performance CPUs and GPUs," and that, "this is one of those once-in-a-lifetime projects."
The first products to include a Zen core will be the Summit Ridge (8-core, 16-thread) and Naples (32-core, 64-thread) processors and will be produced using a 14nm FinFET process.
The company intends to supply the processors for thin laptops, high-powered gaming computers and data center servers.
Intel (INTC -0.3%) yesterday introduced an advanced silicon photonics module designed for data-center use that is already being adopted by Microsoft's Azure platform.
AMD had to downclock its competitor from 3.2GHz to make the fight fair, but the benchmark as still a notable win
ROFL, if AMD arbitrarily lowers the clock rate of an Intel chip it can even make Bulldozer seem like a winner in comparison. :-D
Given the huge discrepancy between pre-release hype and post release harsh look in the sunlight of independent scrutiny for AMD's last couple of processor architectures I don't think these Zen marketing stunts are worth a cup of warm spit.
The only reality disclosed is a delay to Zen's release. That is never a good sign - respin for either a late bug or to desperately tune up critical paths to squeeze out another frequency bin or drop voltage and power another 50 mV and 5W to be slightly less uncompetitive.
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