Rumor: AMD 'Centurion' Will Clock at 5 GHz

[juan83]

Every time AMD got something new is a good news. But more Ghz isn't the way to go, they have more than enough, they have to work hard on improve their IPC efficiency. At current speeds, a more efficient architecture would increase much more than what a fews Ghz in speed will do.

 

[sarinaide]

Well AMD have already broken 10ghz so this is nothing like the fail that was netburst. This is also cherry picked silicon with insanely high OC bins on conventional cooling. Since AMD's ARCH has deep pipelines at 5ghz these parts will be plenty fast keeping those pipes full using clock frequency. I do expect RCM aggressive profiles on this so I am guessing 5ghz @ 1.3v or so. Either way this is a novelty item and a very interesting addition.

 

[childofthekorn]

My understanding with Titan is that they increased the die size and then packed it with more parts. Everyones asking "Why would amd release vishera at 5.0 Ghz for $800?" First, its a rumor. Second. It wouldn't be vishera. If the rumor is true then I would expect more than just being able to have this thing at a stock clock. Give amd some sort of credit, and wait for the confirm, denial and/or benchmarks.

 

[engrcat]

AMD: MOAR COARZ, MOAR GIGAHURTZ

 

[royalcrown]

Good for them, I like AMD but they have been embarrassed on the top end like pentium 4 days ! They need something...

 

[royalcrown]

Good for them, I like AMD but they have been embarrassed on the top end like pentium 4 days ! They need something...

 

[mikenygmail]

I haven't heard "Super FX chip" mentioned since Starfox, a classic SNES game. This is huge, it shows AMD's got "Super" fast CPU's, as well as some of the fastest graphics cards. AMD will not only be in all 3 next gen consoles, but it will also compete in all other areas as well!

 

[mikenygmail]

I haven't heard "Super FX chip" mentioned since Starfox, a classic SNES game. This is huge, it shows AMD's got "Super" fast CPU's, as well as some of the fastest graphics cards. AMD will not only be in all 3 next gen consoles, but it will also compete in all other areas as well!

 

[mikenygmail]

I haven't heard "Super FX chip" mentioned since Starfox, a classic SNES game. This is huge, it shows AMD's got "Super" fast CPU's, as well as some of the fastest graphics cards. AMD will not only be in all 3 next gen consoles, but it will also compete in all other areas as well!

 

[royalcrown]

I haven't heard "Super FX chip" mentioned since Starfox, a classic SNES game. This is huge, it shows AMD's got "Super" fast CPU's, as well as some of the fastest graphics cards. AMD will not only be in all 3 next gen consoles, but it will also compete in all other areas as well!

Do you suppose they'll bundle STARFOX with it, or maybe Zelda ?

 

[Memnarchon]

At this price it would be against i7 3930K (6 cores, 12 threads) (and the Ivybridge/Haswell (LGA2011) that will come after) which cost $250 less... I am curious to see if it can compete against this CPU. But to be honest I don't have high expectations against the i7 3930K. If they would price it around $300 to be against the normal i7 (like i7 3770K), they might have a worthy competitor against Intel...

 

[inzone]

What seperates Intel from AMD is not speed but instructions per cycle and that has always been the case. I think that both can shoot for higher clocks but if AMD wants to compete they should work on the IPC. What would be the point of a 5ghz processor being beat by a 2.8ghz processor.

 

[TheBigTroll]

meanwhile, power TDP is rated at 150w and some guy comes along, buys one to slot into thier 700 series board and complains. i can gurantee you some one will do it

 

[tajisi]

It's getting into "Extreme Edition" price categories, but will be beat out by the Core chips clocked 1.4 GHZ slower. I'd rather have the EE with six real cores than the "Centurion" with a fake eight.

 

[Vervs]

Priced like intel E series!

 

[aggroboy]

Still waiting for Steamroller for the improved IPC.

 

[groundrat]

And unless we see significant architecture and memory controller upgrades / changes, it will still be out performed by similarly priced Intel chips.

 

[Sahand-Tabriz]

Maybe it's some 16 core or something?? 795$ is toooo much for a overclocked 8350. Isn't it?

 

[VIKRAMDEEP SINGH SIDHU]

please help me i can't use my facebook account because of certificate

 

[christop]

5 GHZ Nice!!

 

[spentshells]

please help me i can't use my facebook account because of certificate

This isn't the place to ask this but you want the correct date on your computer.

 

[spentshells]

Yes I want a centurion

 

[InvalidError]

Maybe it's some 16 core or something?? 795$ is toooo much for a overclocked 8350. Isn't it?

Intel used to charge ~$1000 for their Extreme Edition P4s and AMD used to charge over $600 for their top CPUs back then too... so this wouldn't be the first time AMD has charged a small fortune for a relatively minor performance bump.

 

[inzone]

Agreed ^ with the pricing of AMDs CPUs and them coming out with an $800 processor there had better be some drastic performance increases or they will get hammered like they did with the release of Bulldozer.
Also what happened to AMD saying they were no longer competing in the high end Pc market? If this chip performs as expected this is most deffinetly a high end CPU.

 

[Fulgurant]

AMD is just taking a lead from Intel who has charged 5x time the price for their "X" series for years, that are normally only clocked slightly higher than something that costs 1/4 the price.

True, but most commenters on this site aren't exactly thrilled with Intel's top offerings either. The value proposition at the extreme high end has always been pretty terrible, but that doesn't mean that knowledgeable consumers should approve of more bad value propositions.

What makes this AMD news even sillier is that its top-tier CPU is way behind Intel's mid-tier offerings (with some few niche-use-case-scenario exceptions). It's as if Intel decided to launch a special edition, high-clocked Core i3 for $600 or $700.