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Ryzen ( ) is a brand of multi-core x86-64 , designed and marketed by AMD for desktop, mobile, server, and embedded platforms, based on the Zen microarchitecture. It consists of central processing units (CPUs) marketed for mainstream, enthusiast, server, and workstation segments, and accelerated processing units (APUs), marketed for mainstream and entry-level segments, and applications.
A majority of AMD's consumer Ryzen products use the AM4 and AM5 platforms. In August 2017, AMD launched their Ryzen Threadripper line aimed at the enthusiast and workstation markets. Ryzen Threadripper uses different, larger sockets such as TR4, sTRX4, sWRX8, and sTR5, which support additional memory channels and PCI Express lanes. AMD has moved to the new AM5 platform for consumer desktop Ryzen with the release of Zen 4 products in late 2022.
Until Ryzen's initial launch in early 2017, Intel's market dominance over AMD continued to grow with the launch of the now famous "Intel Core" CPU lineup and branding, as well as the successful rollout of their now well-known "tick-tock" CPU release strategy. The strategy was most famous for alternating between a new CPU microarchitecture and a new fabrication node each year. Intel followed that release cadence for almost a decade, starting with Intel's initial Q3 2006 launch of 65 nm Conroe, and continuing until the release of the 14 nm Broadwell desktop CPUs, which were delayed a year from a planned 2014 launch to Q3 2015. The delay necessitated a refresh of their pre-existing 22 nm Haswell CPU lineup in the form of "Devil's Canyon", and thus officially ended "tick-tock" as a practice. The events proved to be incredibly important for AMD, as Intel's inability to further sustain "tick-tock" was critically important in providing both the initial and continually growing market openings for AMD's Ryzen CPUs, and indeed the Zen CPU microarchitecture as a whole to succeed.
Also of note is the release of AMD's Bulldozer microarchitecture in 2011, which, despite being a ground up CPU design like Zen, had been designed and optimized for parallel computing above all else, leading to starkly inferior real-world performance in any workload that was not highly multi-threaded, which was still the case for the vast majority at that time. This caused it to be woefully uncompetitive in essentially every area outside of raw multi-thread performance and its use in low power APUs with integrated Radeon graphics. Despite a die shrink and several revisions of the Bulldozer architecture, performance and power efficiency failed to catch up with Intel's competing products. Consequently, all of this forced AMD to completely abandon the entire high-end CPU market (including Desktop computer, , and server/enterprise) until Ryzen's release in 2017.
Ryzen is the consumer-level implementation of the newer Zen microarchitecture, a complete redesign that marked the return of AMD to the high-end central processing unit (CPU) market, offering a product range capable of competing with Intel. Having more processing cores, Ryzen processors offer greater multi-threaded performance at the same price point relative to Intel's Core processors. The Zen architecture delivers more than +52 percent improvement in instructions per cycle (clock) over the prior-generation Bulldozer AMD core, without raising electrical power use. The changes to the instruction set architecture also adds binary-code compatibility to AMD's CPU.
Since the release of Ryzen, AMD's CPU market share has increased while Intel's appears to have stagnated and/or regressed.
The second generation of Ryzen processors, the Ryzen 2000 series, released in April 2018, featured the Zen+ microarchitecture. The aggregate performance increased +10 percent (of which approximately +3 percent was IPC and +6 percent was clock frequency). Most importantly, Zen+ fixed the cache and memory latencies that had been major weak points.
The third generation of Ryzen processors launched on July 7, 2019, based on AMD's Zen 2 architecture, featuring significant design improvements with a +15 percent average IPC boost, a doubling of floating point capability to a full 256-bit-wide execution data path much like Intel's Haswell released in 2014, a shift to an multi-chip module (MCM) style "chiplet" package design, and a further shrink to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC)'s 7 nm fabrication process.
On June 16, 2020 AMD announced new Ryzen 3000XT series processors with increased boost clocks and other small performance enhancements compared to 3000X processors.
On October 8, 2020 AMD announced the Zen 3 architecture for their Ryzen 5000 series processors, featuring a +19 percent IPC improvement over Zen 2, while being built on the same 7 nm TSMC node with out-of-the-box operating boost frequencies exceeding 5 GHz for the first time since AMD's Piledriver. This was followed by an unusually short stop-gap release of Ryzen 6000 mobile-only series processors on January 4, 2022, using the modestly changed Zen 3+ core on a 6 nm process by TSMC, with claims up to +15 percent performance uplift gains from frequency rather than IPC.
The Ryzen 7000 series was released September 27, 2022 for desktops, featuring the new Zen 4 core with a +13 percent uplift in IPC and +15 percent increase in frequency for a claimed nearly +30 percent in single thread performance. The Ryzen 7000 series also features a brand new AM5 socket and uses DDR5 memory.
In mid 2024, AMD confirms to announce a new grounds-up redesign of Ryzen named "Zen 5" stemming from a leaked slide by Zen father and legendary chip architect Jim Keller who worked with AMD to release the first Ryzen chips in 2017. Jim Keller, leading the new RISC-V team at Tenstorrent, claims absolute dominance in integer performance in a specific INTSPEC benchmark slide which was taken down.
Software support for Microsoft Windows was made widely available in December 2023, while software support for Linux was introduced in January 2024.
| +Overview of desktop Ryzen 1000 series models ! Model line ! Codename ! Architecture ! Core count ! Integrated graphics | ||||
| Ryzen Threadripper 1000 | Whitehaven | Zen (1st gen) | 8–16 | rowspan=3 |
| Ryzen 1000 / 1000X | Summit Ridge | 4–8 | ||
| Ryzen 1000 (AF) | Pinnacle Ridge | Zen+ | 4–6 |
In January 2018, AMD announced the first two Ryzen desktop APUs with integrated Radeon Vega graphics under the Raven Ridge codename. These are based on first generation Zen architecture. The Ryzen 3 2200G and the Ryzen 5 2400G were released in February.
| +Overview of desktop Ryzen 2000 series models ! Model line ! Codename ! Architecture ! Core count ! Integrated graphics | ||||
| Ryzen Threadripper 2000 | Colfax | Zen+ | 12–32 | rowspan=2 |
| Ryzen 2000 / 2000X | Pinnacle Ridge | 4–8 | ||
| Ryzen 2000G | Raven Ridge | Zen (1st gen) | 4 | Radeon Vega (GCN 5), up to 11 |
| +Overview of laptop Ryzen 2000 series models ! Model line ! Codename ! Architecture ! Core count ! Integrated graphics | ||||
| Ryzen 2000 | Raven Ridge | Zen (1st gen) | 2–4 | Radeon Vega (GCN 5), up to 11 |
The competing Intel Core i9-10980XE processor has only 18 cores and 36 threads. Another competitor, the workstation-oriented Intel Xeon W-3275 and W-3275M, has 28 cores, 56 threads, and cost more when launched.
The 4, 6 and 8 core processors have one core chiplet. The 12 and 16 core processors have two core chiplets. In all cases the I/O die is the same.
The Threadripper 24 and 32 core processors have four core chiplets. The 64 core processor has eight core chiplets. All Threadripper processors use the same I/O die.
Desktop and mobile APUs are based on the Picasso microarchitecture, a 12 nm refresh of Raven Ridge, offering a modest (6 percent) increase in clock speeds (up to an additional 300 MHz maximum boost), Precision Boost 2, an up-to-3-percent increase in IPC from the move to the Zen+ core with its reduced cache and memory latencies, and newly added solder thermal interface material for the desktop parts. Fabricated at GlobalFoundries, this gives Picasso an aggregate 10 percent performance uplift from the "original" 14 nm Zen-based Raven Ridge series initially released in 2017.
| +Overview of desktop Ryzen 3000 series models ! Model line ! Codename ! Architecture ! Core count ! Integrated graphics | ||||
| Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3000 | Castle Peak | Zen 2 | 12–64 | rowspan=3 |
| Ryzen Threadripper 3000 | 24–64 | |||
| Ryzen 3000 / 3000X | Matisse | 4–16 | ||
| Ryzen 3000G | Picasso | Zen+ | 4 | Radeon Vega (GCN 5), up to 11 |
| +Overview of laptop Ryzen 3000 series models ! Model line ! Codename ! Architecture ! Core count ! Integrated graphics | ||||
| Ryzen 3000 | Picasso | Zen+ | 2–4 | Radeon Vega (GCN 5), up to 11 |
| Ryzen 3 3250U, Ryzen 3 3200U | Dali | Zen (1st gen) | 2 | Radeon Vega (GCN 5), 3 |
Ryzen PRO 4x50G APUs are the same as 4x00G APUs, except they are bundled a Wraith Stealth cooler and are not OEM-only. It is possible this is a listing mistake, since 4x50G CPUs are unavailable on retail (as of Oct 2020) and PRO SKUs are usually the OEM only parts.
In April 2022, AMD released the Ryzen 5 4600G to retail, and launched the Ryzen 4000 series of CPUs without integrated graphics, for budget-oriented users. Unlike the Ryzen 3000 series CPUs which are based on "Matisse" cores, these new Ryzen 4000 series desktop CPUs are based on "Renoir" cores and are essentially AMD APU with the integrated graphics disabled.
| +Overview of desktop Ryzen 4000 series models ! Model line ! Codename ! Architecture ! Core count ! Integrated graphics | ||||
| Ryzen 4000 | Renoir | Zen 2 | 4–6 | |
| Ryzen 4000G | 4–8 | Radeon Vega (GCN 5), up to 8 |
| +Overview of laptop Ryzen 4000 series models ! Model line ! Codename ! Architecture ! Core count ! Integrated graphics | ||||
| Ryzen 4000 | Renoir | Zen 2 | 4–8 | Radeon Vega (GCN 5), up to 8 |
In contrast to their CPU counterparts, the APUs consist of single dies with integrated graphics and smaller caches. The APUs, codenamed Cezanne, forgo PCIe 4.0 support to keep power consumption low.
| +Overview of desktop Ryzen 5000 series models ! Model line ! Codename ! Architecture ! Core count ! Integrated graphics | ||||
| Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5000 | Chagall | Zen 3 | 12–64 | rowspan=2 |
| Ryzen 5000 / 5000X / 5000X3D | Vermeer | 6–16 | ||
| Ryzen 7 5700G | Cezanne | 8 | Radeon Vega (GCN 5), up to 8 | |
| Ryzen 7 5700 | ||||
| Ryzen 5 5600G | 6 | Radeon Vega (GCN 5), up to 8 | ||
| Ryzen 5 5500 | rowspan=2 | |||
| Ryzen 3 5100 | 4 | |||
| +Overview of laptop Ryzen 5000 series models ! Model line ! Codename ! Architecture ! Core count ! Integrated graphics | ||||
| Ryzen 7 5700U, Ryzen 5 5500U, Ryzen 3 5300U | Lucienne | Zen 2 | 4–8 | Radeon Vega (GCN 5), up to 8 |
| Ryzen 5000 | Cezanne | Zen 3 | 4–8 | |
| Barcelo | 2–8 |
| +Overview of laptop Ryzen 6000 series models ! Model line ! Codename ! Architecture ! Core count ! Integrated graphics | ||||
| Ryzen 6000 | Rembrandt | Zen 3+ | 6–8 | Radeon 6x0M (RDNA 2), up to 12 |
The L2 cache per core is doubled to 1 MB from Zen 3. The I/O die has moved from a 12 nm process to 6 nm and incorporates an integrated RDNA 2 GPU with two CUs on all Ryzen 7000 models (except the Ryzen 5 7500F), as well as DDR5 and PCIe 5.0 support. DDR4 memory is not supported on Ryzen 7000. According to Gamers Nexus, AMD said that the RDNA GPU was intended for diagnostic and office purposes without using a discrete GPU and not for gaming. The operating power of AM5 is increased to 170 W from AM4's 105 W, with the absolute maximum power draw or "Power Package Tracking" (PPT) being 230 W.
The Ryzen Threadripper and Threadripper PRO 7000 series were released on November 21, 2023. Threadripper features up to 64 cores, while Threadripper PRO 7000 features up to 96 cores. These new HEDT and workstation processor lineups both utilize a new socket, sTR5, as well as DDR5 and PCIe 5.0. Two new chipsets have been introduced for the sTR5 socket: TRX50 and WRX90.
In conversations with Gamers Nexus regarding the later Ryzen 7 9800X3D, AMD engineers revealed that in 7000X3D series processors, the 1st-generation V-Cache and accompanying structural silicon above the cores effectively act as a thermal insulator, thus inhibiting cooling of the cores. The cores running hotter thus limited the clock frequencies of 7000X3D series processors, compared to their non-X3D counterparts. The engineers refuted earlier speculation that the temperature of the V-Cache had instead been the limiting factor.
| +Overview of desktop Ryzen 7000 series models ! Model line ! Codename ! Architecture ! Core count ! Integrated graphics | ||||
| Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7000 | Storm Peak | Zen 4 | 12–96 | rowspan=2 |
| Ryzen Threadripper 7000 | 24–64 | |||
| Ryzen 7000 / 7000X / 7000X3D | Raphael | 6–16 | Radeon (RDNA 2), 2 |
In early 2023, the rest of the Ryzen 7000 mobile lineup was released, starting with Ryzen 7030, Ryzen 7035, and later Ryzen 7045 and Ryzen 7040 series processors.
The Ryzen 7020 series targets the "everyday computing" segment. It is a new Zen 2 design based on 6 nm process and RDNA 2 integrated graphics.
The Ryzen 7030 series is a refresh of Ryzen 5000 series processors codenamed "Barcelo-R", targeting the "mainstream thin-and-light" segment.
The Ryzen 7035 series is a refresh of Ryzen 6000 series processors codenamed "Rembrandt-R", targeting "premium thin-and-light" laptops.
The Ryzen 7040 series is a new design based on Zen 4, targeting "elite ultrathin" segment. It integrates a built-in AI accelerator (branded as "Ryzen AI") for the first time in an x86 processor, and features RDNA 3 integrated graphics with up to 12 compute units.
The Ryzen 7045 series is the top of the range, based on Zen 4. It targets "extreme gaming and creator" laptops, i.e. desktop replacement class laptops, with models providing up to 16 cores. It uses a chiplet package built using a separate CCD (Core Complex Die, containing processor cores) and I/OD (Input/Output Die), the same as those used in Raphael desktop processors.
Altogether, there are four different CPU architectures, and three different GPU architectures used across the various models in the 7000 series lineup.
With the launch of the mobile Ryzen 7000 series, a new CPU model naming system was also introduced, which is used with Ryzen and Athlon mobile processors launching from this point onwards, as follows:
Ryzen/Athlon xabc:
The new naming system has drawn criticism for being overly complex and confusing to consumers. Desktop processors continue to use the old naming system.
| +Overview of laptop Ryzen 7000 series models ! Model line ! Codename ! Architecture ! Core count ! Integrated graphics | ||||
| Ryzen 7045 | Dragon Range | Zen 4 | 6–16 | Radeon 610M (RDNA 2), 2 |
| Ryzen 7040 | Phoenix | 4–8 | Radeon 7x0M (RDNA 3), up to 12 | |
| Ryzen 7035 | Rembrandt-R | Zen 3+ | Radeon 6x0M (RDNA 2), up to 12 | |
| Ryzen 7030 | Barcelo-R | Zen 3 | Radeon Vega (GCN 5), up to 8 | |
| Ryzen 7020 | Mendocino | Zen 2 | 2–4 | Radeon 610M (RDNA 2), 2 |
| +Overview of handheld Ryzen Z1 series models ! Model line ! Architecture ! Core count ! Integrated graphics | |||
| Ryzen Z1 | Zen 4 | 6-8 | RDNA 3, 4–12 |
On April 1, 2024, AMD quietly released Ryzen 8000 series processors without integrated graphics, which also use the Zen 4 architecture. These processors are essentially based on the Ryzen 8000G series but with the integrated graphics and NPU disabled. The Ryzen 7 8700F however can provide AI acceleration when paired with a Radeon discrete GPU that supports it.
| +Overview of desktop Ryzen 8000 series models ! Model line ! Codename ! Architecture ! Core count ! Integrated graphics | ||||
| Ryzen 8000 | Phoenix | Zen 4 | 6–8 | |
| Ryzen 8000G | 4–8 | Radeon 7x0M (RDNA 3), up to 12 |
| +Overview of mobile Ryzen 8000 series models ! Model line ! Codename ! Architecture ! Core count ! Integrated graphics | ||||
| Ryzen 8045HS Ryzen 8040HS | Hawk Point | Zen 4 | 4–8 | Radeon 7x0M (RDNA 3), up to 12 |
| Ryzen 8045HX | Dragon Range Refresh | Zen 4 | 8–16 | Radeon 610M (RDNA 2), 2 |
On October 21, AMD teased that it would launch X3D model(s) (featuring 3D V-Cache) in the series on November 7. On October 31, AMD announced it would release a Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor. The 9800X3D will feature 2nd-generation 3D V-Cache, wherein the V-Cache has been moved from above the CCD to below the CCD. This change is claimed to lower the CCD temperature, thus allowing for higher clock frequencies. Originally, 9000 series X3D models had been expected to arrive in January 2025.
On January 6, 2025, AMD announced that it would release 9900X3D and 9950X3D desktop processors in Q1 2025. The models will have 2 CCDs, only one of which will feature 2nd-generation 3D V-Cache.
In January 2025, AMD stated that there were no technical barriers to adding 2nd-generation 3D V-Cache to both CCDs of a CPU. However, internal testing led them to conclude that games wouldn't benefit enough from such configurations, making them economically infeasible; and thus AMD declined to launch dual 3D V-Cache variants of their CPUs.
| +Overview of desktop Ryzen 9000 series models ! Model line ! Codename ! Architecture ! Core count ! Integrated graphics | ||||
| Ryzen 9000 / 9000X / 9000X3D | Granite Ridge | Zen 5 | 6–16 | Radeon (RDNA 2), 2 |
| +Overview of mobile Ryzen 9000 series models ! Model line ! Codename ! Architecture ! Core count ! Integrated graphics | ||||
| Ryzen 9000HX / 9000HX3D | Fire Range | Zen 5 | 12–16 | Radeon (RDNA 2), 2 |
The codename "Krackan Point" and high-end codename "Strix Halo" additions to the 300 series were announced on January 6, 2025 at CES 2025.
| +Overview of mobile Ryzen AI 300 series models ! Model line ! Codename ! Architecture ! Core count ! Integrated graphics | ||||
| Ryzen AI 300 | Strix Point | Zen 5 Zen 5c | 10–12 | Radeon 8x0M (RDNA 3.5), up to 16 |
| Ryzen AI 7 350, Ryzen AI 5 340 | Krackan Point | 6–8 | Radeon 8x0M (RDNA 3.5), up to 8 | |
| Ryzen AI MAX+ 395, Ryzen AI MAX 390, Ryzen AI MAX 385, Ryzen AI MAX 380 | Strix Halo | Zen 5 | 6–16 | Radeon 80x0S (RDNA 3.5), up to 40 |
| +Overview of mobile Ryzen 200 series models ! Model line ! Codename ! Architecture | ||
| Ryzen 200 | Hawk Point Refresh | Zen 4 Zen 4c |
| +Overview of handheld Ryzen Z2 series models ! Model line ! Architecture ! Core count ! Integrated graphics | |||
| Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme | Zen 5 | 8–16 | RDNA 3.5, 16 |
| Ryzen Z2 Extreme | Zen 5 | 8–16 | RDNA 3.5, 16 |
| Ryzen Z2 | Zen 4 | 8–16 | RDNA 3, 12 |
| Ryzen Z2 Go | Zen 3+ | 4–8 | RDNA 2, 12 |
| Ryzen Z2 A | Zen 2 | 4–8 | RDNA 2, 8 |
Ryzen 7 1800X's multi-threaded performance, in some cases while using Blender or other open-source software, was around four times the performance of the FX-8370, or nearly double that of the Core i7-7700K. One reviewer found that Ryzen chips would usually outperform competing Intel's Core i7 processors for a fraction of the price when all eight cores are used.
However, one complaint among a subset of reviewers was that Ryzen processors lagged behind their Intel counterparts when running older games, or some newer games at mainstream resolutions such as 720p or 1080p. AMD acknowledged the gaming performance deficit at low resolutions during a Reddit "Ask Me Anything" thread, where it explained that updates and patches were being developed. Subsequent updates to and Rise of the Tomb Raider increased frame rates by 17-31 percent on Ryzen systems. In April 2017, developer id Software announced that, in the future, its games would exploit the greater parallelism available on Ryzen CPUs.
It has been suggested that low threaded applications often result in Ryzen processors being underused, yielding lower than expected benchmark scores, because Zen relies on its core count to make up for its lower IPC rating than that of Kaby Lake. However, AMD and others have argued thread scheduling is not the fundamental issue to Windows 10 performance. Early AM4 motherboards were also hindered by BIOS bugs and poor DDR4 memory support.
Although AMD initially announced that Ryzen chipset drivers would not be provided for Windows 7, its chipset driver packages do in fact list and include them.
Launched in 2019, Zen 2 includes hardware mitigations against the Spectre V4 speculative store bypass vulnerability.
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