> 20 % IPC increase, 20 % higher perf/W on the same process, effectively double the cache size, and reduced memory latency. Absolute insanity from AMD.
An increase like this wasn't something unexpected from a generational update back in nineties.
An increase like this wasn't something unexpected from a generational update back in nineties.
TSMC must have optimized the heck out of their transistors to deliver such a large benefit. Or the AMD Zen 3 architecture really found some low-hanging fruit or something to grossly improve performance.
If there’s such a thing anymore I’d be fascinated to hear about it.
https://images.anandtech.com/doci/16148/1%20Slide%206_575px....
+2.7% Cache Prefetching
+3.3% Execution Engine
+1.3% Branch Predictor
+2.7% Micro-op Cache
+4.6% Front End
+4.6% Load/Store