WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.720 It feels like it wasn't that long ago that AMD released Zen 4 and transitioned to LGA sockets. 00:00:05.720 --> 00:00:10.320 But now, the release of Zen 5 is imminent with Team Red announcing it'll be out in July. 00:00:10.320 --> 00:00:15.720 So, is Zen 5 worth your excitement? And more importantly, is it worth your hard earned money? 00:00:15.720 --> 00:00:18.840 Let's first take a look at cold hard performance numbers. 00:00:18.840 --> 00:00:21.840 At least the ones given to us by AMD. 00:00:21.840 --> 00:00:26.000 The company has claimed that we're looking at a 16% performance increase over Zen 4 00:00:26.000 --> 00:00:30.280 in terms of instructions per clock cycle. And seeing as how the speeds in megahertz 00:00:30.280 --> 00:00:34.520 are similar to what we got with Ryzen 7000, that should hopefully translate 00:00:34.520 --> 00:00:37.680 to a somewhat comparable average performance increase, 00:00:37.680 --> 00:00:41.840 though this will depend heavily on the application, with Blender being one of the programs 00:00:41.840 --> 00:00:45.400 that benefited most dramatically in AMD's internal testing. 00:00:45.400 --> 00:00:50.100 Team Red says that the IPC improvements are partly due to better branch prediction, 00:00:50.100 --> 00:00:54.640 which is pretty typical for a new generation of CPU. But there are also improvements away 00:00:54.640 --> 00:00:58.820 from the CPU dies themselves. For starters, Zen 5 has official support 00:00:58.820 --> 00:01:02.360 for higher memory speeds. Now, you'll be able to set your RAM 00:01:02.360 --> 00:01:07.360 up to JDEC DDR5 5600 speeds while remaining within warranty. 00:01:07.520 --> 00:01:11.280 This is up from the 5200 speeds supported by Zen 4. 00:01:11.280 --> 00:01:14.440 And a new chip architecture also means faster chip sets. 00:01:14.440 --> 00:01:19.440 So far, AMD has announced the X870 and the X870e, 00:01:19.480 --> 00:01:24.280 with the main difference being that the latter has a few more usual PCI Express lanes. 00:01:24.320 --> 00:01:29.160 Perhaps a bit more excitingly, USB 4.0 support is standard on both chip sets 00:01:29.160 --> 00:01:33.520 as well as support for Wi-Fi 7. The launch lineup will be fairly similar 00:01:33.520 --> 00:01:38.880 to what we've seen in the past. Two nine series modules, a seven series and a five series, 00:01:38.880 --> 00:01:45.880 with the core counts also being the same, but with lowered TDPs outside of the very top end 9950X, 00:01:45.880 --> 00:01:50.140 which makes sense considering Zen 5 is on a smaller process node than Zen 4. 00:01:50.140 --> 00:01:53.440 But there's something on the laptop side that's significantly different 00:01:53.560 --> 00:01:58.080 from what we've seen from AMD before. The first couple Zen 5 mobile CPUs 00:01:58.080 --> 00:02:03.280 will have different branding than in the past, as they're going to be called Ryzen AI. 00:02:03.280 --> 00:02:08.560 And you guessed it, these CPUs are going to have integrated neural processing units or NPUs 00:02:08.560 --> 00:02:13.880 in order to compete with both Qualcomm's new Snapdragon X chips as well as upcoming Intel chips 00:02:13.880 --> 00:02:20.320 that will also have more of a focus on AI. These Ryzen AI NPUs will support up to 50 trillion 00:02:20.320 --> 00:02:24.560 operations per seconds or tops, making them over three times as powerful 00:02:24.560 --> 00:02:27.560 as the NPUs we got with the Ryzen 8000 series, 00:02:27.560 --> 00:02:32.080 and more than strong enough to officially support Windows co-pilot plus features, 00:02:32.080 --> 00:02:35.160 including that controversial Windows recall function. 00:02:35.160 --> 00:02:38.240 Assuming of course Microsoft actually releases it at some point. 00:02:38.240 --> 00:02:43.600 Two high-end mobile chips will be available at launch, one with 12 cores and another with 10. 00:02:43.600 --> 00:02:48.160 So would we recommend buying a Zen 5 chip or a laptop with one included this summer 00:02:48.160 --> 00:02:51.640 when they hit the market? Well, you do get a nice little performance bump, 00:02:51.680 --> 00:02:55.080 but seeing as the last Zen 4 already had optional support 00:02:55.080 --> 00:02:58.960 for newer standards like PCI Express 5.0 and USB 4, 00:02:58.960 --> 00:03:03.600 we don't think they're an absolute must buy if you've already upgraded recently. 00:03:03.600 --> 00:03:08.600 And the general attitude toward AI these days seems to be rather negative, especially considering 00:03:08.600 --> 00:03:14.000 there isn't yet a super compelling use case for local NPUs on desktops or laptops. 00:03:14.000 --> 00:03:19.680 But if you do want Microsoft's AI features on a traditional x86 system, then have at it. 00:03:19.680 --> 00:03:24.200 Microsoft has announced that co-pilot plus will be getting GPU support in the future 00:03:24.200 --> 00:03:28.000 and other AI tasks tend to run quite well on GPUs. 00:03:28.000 --> 00:03:33.700 But laptops save power running them on NPUs, hence the current focus on getting them into notebooks. 00:03:33.700 --> 00:03:37.760 What do you think about Zen 5? Are you gonna be checking it out for your next upgrade? 00:03:37.760 --> 00:03:42.240 Let us know down in the comments. And if you want to know more about one of Zen 5's biggest competitors, 00:03:42.240 --> 00:03:43.720 go watch this video next.