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> I've always tended to root for the underdog. Time to start rooting for Intel now, lol. ------ I've been rooting for Intel's AVX512 instruction set for some
by dragontamer 4y ago
> I've always tended to root for the underdog.
Time to start rooting for Intel now, lol.
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I've been rooting for Intel's AVX512 instruction set for some time, because I really think its a great technology. But with Zen3/4 on the way with rumored AVX512, and with Intel's most recent decisions to cut AVX512 from 12th gen Core-i7 processors, its hard to find an advantage for Intel right now.
Intel supports DDR5 a few months earlier than AMD, and Intel is doing some smart things with CXL and I/O space rather than CPU space. The new big.LITTLE design is interesting, but the loss of AVX512 is pretty big (and Intel really should fix that IMO).
- neogodless 4y agoJust to clarify, Zen 3 has been out since November 2020. (Zen 3+ earlier this year.) Zen 4 is not yet formally announced (at least not the full technical details), so presumably that's what you mean. Intel's biggest remaining advantage is if you want a laptop with Thunderbolt. It should theoretically be available on AMD laptops, but I don't know if any have become available yet. EDIT: See below, Zen 4 is announced but not yet available, so performance and final details are pending (including models, performance, etc.)
- willis936 4y agoZen 4 has been formally announced. Do you mean it has not launched? https://www.anandtech.com/show/17399/amd-ryzen-7000-announced-zen4-pcie5-ddr5-am5-coming-fall https://www.anandtech.com/show/17399/amd-ryzen-7000-announce...
- neogodless 4y agoYes, thanks for clarifying.