Leaked Slides Highlight Features Coming To AMD’s Upcoming Ryzen 2000 Series Processors

It’s beginning to feel like AMD’s preparing a launch for some new CPUs, and I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t because of the barrage of rumors that have been floating around. Some of those rumors include believable slides, encompassing both Ryzen 2000 series chips, as well as the second-gen Ryzen Threadripper, all of which is allegedly based on Pinnacle Ridge dies.

Upcoming Ryzens sporting the 2000 series moniker wouldn’t be a surprise to anyone who paid attention to the recent launch of AMD’s first on-die Radeon RX Vega chips. Currently, the first available models include the Ryzen 3 2200G, and Ryzen 5 2400G. I’m still planning to pen a post about these chips soon.

According to the leak, AMD will launch four more SKUs, all of which will directly replace a chunk of the 1000 series models. Out would be the 1800X, 1700X, 1700X, 1600X, and 1500X, and in would be the 2700X, 2700, 2600X, and 2600. Given the lack of a 2800X, it seems likely that AMD will have even more high-end solutions in store after the initial launch.

These slides “confirm” that these second-gen Ryzens will be built on a 12nm process, down from 14nm. That’s likely played a role in allowing AMD to eke higher clocks out of these new chips, with the Ryzen 7 2700X peaking at 4.35GHz. That said, the TDP has also changed, from 95W to 105W for the top-end part.

One chip that looks particularly interesting is the Ryzen 7 2700, clocked at 3.2GHz and able to peak at 4.1GHz. That seems pretty admirable given the chip’s 65W TDP.

These next Ryzens are going to support some new chipsets, X470 and B450, both of which include support for XFR2 Enhanced, and Precision Boost Overdrive. What are those things, you ask? That’s a great question, and one that AMD’s likely to answer in the future.