WEBVTT 00:00:00.040 --> 00:00:07.640 AMD's announcement today is flipping incredible the ryzen 9 950x 3D looks 00:00:05.640 --> 00:00:13.280 like the fastest consumer CPU on the planet Bar None they teased their new 00:00:10.120 --> 00:00:15.599 rdna 4 desktop gpus and their mobile 00:00:13.280 --> 00:00:20.720 lineup looks poised to absolutely dominate with chips boasting 24 hours of 00:00:18.720 --> 00:00:26.760 battery life all the way up to this monster that sucks back up to a whopping 00:00:23.480 --> 00:00:30.359 120 watts to power its desktop class 00:00:26.760 --> 00:00:33.559 onboard Graphics all of which sounds 00:00:30.359 --> 00:00:36.120 great so why am I so confused and pissed 00:00:33.559 --> 00:00:40.920 off right now because as good as the technology is it really does look good 00:00:38.920 --> 00:00:45.280 AMD's attempt at streamlining their product naming and branding is an 00:00:42.719 --> 00:00:48.840 absolute dogs breakfast here's a little chart that we made with the speeds and 00:00:46.800 --> 00:00:54.960 feeds that they shared for all the new Chips completely lost yeah that's what I 00:00:52.920 --> 00:00:58.160 thought but hey maybe I should be thanking AMD for all the free views that 00:00:56.840 --> 00:01:03.120 I'm going to get from all the confused people who just want to know what the heck they're actually 00:01:00.480 --> 00:01:07.560 buying let's get into it then after this word from our sponsor Wicked cushions 00:01:05.720 --> 00:01:11.520 give your headset a new lease on life with Wicked cushions replacement ear 00:01:09.240 --> 00:01:15.960 pads they offer impeccable comfort and more than a dozen awesome looks get your 00:01:13.840 --> 00:01:18.960 own Wicked cushions using our Link in the video description 00:01:25.520 --> 00:01:34.360 today starting with the new desktop CPUs we've got the ryzen 99900 x3d and 9950 00:01:31.520 --> 00:01:38.920 x3d like last generation they've got 12 and 16 cores but unlike last 00:01:36.520 --> 00:01:44.399 generation's x3d chips they are not downclocked and they boast maximum boost 00:01:41.560 --> 00:01:47.360 speeds of up to 5.5 and 5.7 GHz respectively on paper this should 00:01:45.719 --> 00:01:51.520 resulting anywhere from the same performance to a nice little boost for 00:01:49.119 --> 00:01:55.560 productivity and as for gaming well there the uplift is going to be anywhere 00:01:52.920 --> 00:01:59.880 from the same performance to a nice OMG WTF Source depending on what you're 00:01:57.640 --> 00:02:04.880 playing I mean check out that alleged CS two performance uplift like I'm getting 00:02:02.560 --> 00:02:09.479 hot here boys these are all launching soon TM and while we don't have pricing 00:02:07.399 --> 00:02:13.879 you can expect them to be very expensive right alongside those we're 00:02:11.640 --> 00:02:17.319 expecting new gpus finally we're going to complain about the naming later 00:02:15.440 --> 00:02:21.560 though because hey as long as the price is right it's not going to matter and 00:02:19.360 --> 00:02:25.800 while details about their upcoming rdna 4 architecture were sparse in our 00:02:23.519 --> 00:02:30.599 briefing what we do know is that it's manufactured on a 4 nanm process with 00:02:28.280 --> 00:02:34.239 second generation AI acceleration and third generation Ray tracing 00:02:32.120 --> 00:02:39.040 accelerators now AMD also claims that rdna 4 will have better media encoding 00:02:37.200 --> 00:02:44.280 quality with their second gen AMD Radiance display engine but how much 00:02:41.319 --> 00:02:48.720 better it is I don't know I'm hoping for not fundamentally broken but that 00:02:46.840 --> 00:02:52.400 remains to be seen what doesn't remain to be seen is the naming scheme which 00:02:50.440 --> 00:02:58.840 appears to be a straight ripoff of NVIDIA's sorry which explicitly is a 00:02:56.200 --> 00:03:04.480 straight ripoff of NVIDIA I don't like it but I mean hey if your classmate is 00:03:01.280 --> 00:03:06.599 worth 3.5 trillion I don't really blame 00:03:04.480 --> 00:03:10.040 you for copying their homework and at least it gives us a rough idea of what 00:03:08.159 --> 00:03:16.560 to expect for performance from the RX 970 and 970 XT probably close to the 00:03:13.360 --> 00:03:18.680 upcoming RTX 5070 now it's time to talk 00:03:16.560 --> 00:03:25.959 about some of the most monstrous mobile CPUs that we've ever seen the ryzen 9 00:03:21.680 --> 00:03:29.239 9950 HX line and the ryzen AI Max 300 00:03:25.959 --> 00:03:31.400 line all of them use AMD's latest Zen 5 00:03:29.239 --> 00:03:36.760 architecture but they're targeting two distinct classes of notebook the former 00:03:34.080 --> 00:03:41.040 seems to be basically desktop chips that are repackaged for mobile workstations 00:03:39.080 --> 00:03:47.720 and gaming battle stations I'm talking up to 16 cores clock speeds up to 5.4 00:03:43.560 --> 00:03:53.079 GHz massive 54 Watt tdps and on the top 00:03:47.720 --> 00:03:55.400 end a whopping 144 megab of 3D vcash now 00:03:53.079 --> 00:04:00.040 they're onboard Graphics that's trashed tier basically it's just to save power 00:03:57.560 --> 00:04:02.760 when 3D acceleration isn't needed but on a chip like this I don't really think 00:04:01.760 --> 00:04:08.519 that matters because when you're spending this kind of money you're going to have a top speec GPU in your system 00:04:06.200 --> 00:04:13.879 anyway to be clear AMD didn't provide pricing but I stand by what I just said 00:04:10.959 --> 00:04:17.799 moving on to ryzen AI Max 300 it seems like here AMD doesn't just want to 00:04:15.560 --> 00:04:22.040 compete with Intel they want to dominate them again we're looking at Cutting Edge 00:04:19.880 --> 00:04:26.639 Zen 5 CPU cores top to bottom in this lineup and power envelopes that range 00:04:24.120 --> 00:04:32.360 from reasonable in a performance laptop to obscene 120 00:04:30.000 --> 00:04:36.440 Watts I mean we got to imagine that won't really happen in you know mobile 00:04:34.360 --> 00:04:40.600 battery powered devices that much but hey at least it gives AMD's Partners a 00:04:38.680 --> 00:04:46.160 ton of flexibility in both performance laptops and even in small form factor 00:04:43.360 --> 00:04:53.720 desktops the only question is if the cut down desktop chips are 55 Watts where is 00:04:49.639 --> 00:04:55.560 120 watts going ah I'm glad you asked it 00:04:53.720 --> 00:05:04.680 looks like a big part of it is going to the massive number of rdna 3.5 GPU cores 00:05:00.080 --> 00:05:07.680 see AMD's last gen tops out at 16 cus or 00:05:04.680 --> 00:05:10.759 GPU cores the new Max chips they start 00:05:07.680 --> 00:05:12.440 at 16 and go all the way up to 40 00:05:10.759 --> 00:05:17.240 they've also got a new memory interface with up to 256 GB per second of 00:05:15.240 --> 00:05:21.919 bandwidth and if AMD slides are to be believed even Apple's M4 Max chip one 00:05:20.280 --> 00:05:26.880 that basically everyone has been super impressed with is going to get a run for 00:05:23.880 --> 00:05:29.759 its money here now curiously ryzen 3 00:05:26.880 --> 00:05:37.560 ryzen 5 ryzen 7 and ryzen 9 designations are all absent from this line they're 00:05:31.880 --> 00:05:39.199 all just Max or Max Plus or Max Plus Pro 00:05:37.560 --> 00:05:42.199 so figuring out what you're buying here it's going to be a nightmare wait oh 00:05:40.639 --> 00:05:46.600 sorry no bad Lin we'll talk about the branding mess later for now while it's 00:05:43.960 --> 00:05:49.800 still hard to say how much Ai and npus are going to actually improve your 00:05:47.639 --> 00:05:54.639 day-to-day life the entire MAX Line can do 50 tops or trillions of operations 00:05:52.360 --> 00:06:01.160 per second and for comparison Intel's 285k launched late last year maxes out 00:05:57.280 --> 00:06:03.240 at 36 so maybe Intel can out aai the 00:06:01.160 --> 00:06:11.240 non-max ryzen AI 300s not likely on top of having the 00:06:06.960 --> 00:06:14.240 same 50 top npu these non Max chips are 00:06:11.240 --> 00:06:16.599 all using Zen 5 cores and rdna 3.5 00:06:14.240 --> 00:06:21.440 Graphics just with lower core counts cash and power consumption okay it's not 00:06:19.360 --> 00:06:26.919 actually quite that simple some of the cores in the non-max chips are actually 00:06:23.800 --> 00:06:29.639 Zen 5C which is short for compact which 00:06:26.919 --> 00:06:34.479 can result in lower clock speeds but can also result in better efficiency so in 00:06:32.120 --> 00:06:39.000 mobile devices which are often thermally constrained anyway it might be an okay 00:06:36.639 --> 00:06:43.759 compromise only time will tell moving on to the product I'm most interested in 00:06:41.360 --> 00:06:48.319 it's time to talk about ryzen Z2 handheld gaming chips and these ones 00:06:46.039 --> 00:06:54.680 are well they're a little disappointing actually the Z2 extreme does get a CPU 00:06:51.120 --> 00:06:57.560 upgrade it's Zen 5 now and rdna 3.5 00:06:54.680 --> 00:07:03.160 Graphics but it only gets three fullsize cores and five compact ones 00:07:00.039 --> 00:07:06.199 we do get four more GPU 00:07:03.160 --> 00:07:09.319 cores also the regular Z2 the 00:07:06.199 --> 00:07:13.639 non-extreme that's still Zen 4 and rdna 00:07:09.319 --> 00:07:16.280 3 so it's basically just a Z1 Extreme as 00:07:13.639 --> 00:07:19.840 for the Z2 go I was really excited about this one when I first saw it I was 00:07:17.520 --> 00:07:24.160 thinking man four cores that's still plenty for older and lighter games this 00:07:21.960 --> 00:07:30.599 thing is going to rock for like super compact gaming handhelds then my hopes 00:07:26.680 --> 00:07:32.680 were dashed Zen 3 plus on the the CPU 00:07:30.599 --> 00:07:36.240 guys that's a chip that is already feeling a little long in the tooth and 00:07:34.560 --> 00:07:42.120 is not very efficient by current standards what an absolute missed 00:07:38.720 --> 00:07:44.120 opportunity finally last and least they 00:07:42.120 --> 00:07:49.960 showed off the remainder of their ryzen 200 series mobile chips wait ryzen 200 I 00:07:47.240 --> 00:07:56.199 thought this is ryzen 300 announcement that's right coming as early as Q2 2025 00:07:53.319 --> 00:08:00.400 you can buy old school Zen 4 processors two amds credit I mean I 00:07:58.720 --> 00:08:05.080 guess at least they f the issue they had before where the first number and the 00:08:02.479 --> 00:08:11.080 product number did not indicate the architecture but this is still super 00:08:07.919 --> 00:08:13.720 messy anyway with these 200 series chips 00:08:11.080 --> 00:08:18.360 we either get removed or chopped down npus in in any case they're not powerful 00:08:16.319 --> 00:08:24.919 enough for co-pilot plus and then we get a mix of either full sizee or compact 00:08:21.080 --> 00:08:27.159 Zen 4 cores with rdna 3 gpus these are 00:08:24.919 --> 00:08:30.440 last gen through and through so all I can really hope for is that they'll be 00:08:28.639 --> 00:08:34.240 affordable I mean to be clear there's nothing wrong with having a last gen 00:08:32.320 --> 00:08:37.839 product as long as it comes at a discount and it's clear what the 00:08:35.479 --> 00:08:41.800 customer is buying especially on mobile where efficiency is so important and 00:08:40.200 --> 00:08:46.959 where it's changed so much over the last couple of years and to AMD's credit they 00:08:45.240 --> 00:08:52.519 kind of accomplished this by at least calling all the Zen 4 stuff ryzen 200 00:08:50.440 --> 00:08:59.200 but I am still finding AMD's branding extremely messy if ryzen 9 is top of the 00:08:56.040 --> 00:09:02.040 line well then why does a ryzen 900 00:08:59.200 --> 00:09:07.240 series series exist at all and what the heck is Max speaking of which while 00:09:03.959 --> 00:09:10.040 we're at it what is Max Plus Max is 00:09:07.240 --> 00:09:15.600 short for maximum by definition you can't have maximum plus like I feel like 00:09:13.160 --> 00:09:22.880 I'm on the playground again well I hate you infinity plus one take a math lesson 00:09:20.279 --> 00:09:26.320 and I haven't even gotten to Pro yet I do understand the appeal of charging 00:09:24.560 --> 00:09:31.600 your business customers a bit extra for your Fleet and Remote Management and 00:09:28.560 --> 00:09:33.000 security features but in practice isn't 00:09:31.600 --> 00:09:38.120 this the kind of thing that could just be a software unlock I mean they are 00:09:35.600 --> 00:09:43.600 almost certainly the same physical chip do you really need to add a pro version 00:09:40.440 --> 00:09:48.320 of nearly every CPU in the lineup it's 00:09:43.600 --> 00:09:51.279 just confusing finally AMD stop changing 00:09:48.320 --> 00:09:56.440 your GPU names the big change going from hundreds to thousands with the 5,000 00:09:53.560 --> 00:10:00.560 series that was mostly okay but then recently you reintroduced XTX and then 00:09:58.360 --> 00:10:05.079 you added this weird GRE variant and then now you're moving the numbers 00:10:01.920 --> 00:10:07.680 around again it's only been three 00:10:05.079 --> 00:10:11.959 generations AMD I'm getting Whiplash here I mean I get it you want to 00:10:10.040 --> 00:10:17.279 simplify things and make it easier to compare with NVIDIA but guys we being 00:10:15.160 --> 00:10:20.320 honest you only want that comparison when it's convenient and as soon as you 00:10:18.920 --> 00:10:25.640 fall behind again you're going to want to obfuscate it again and then we're left with a whole new mess do you know 00:10:23.200 --> 00:10:31.200 how easy it is for NVIDIA's customers to upgrade hmm I want a new GPU I just buy 00:10:29.640 --> 00:10:35.600 that thing but with a higher number at the beginning there's a reason that 00:10:33.160 --> 00:10:40.519 Apple just calls it iPhone every year AMD you got to solve this that was a lot 00:10:38.800 --> 00:10:45.160 of information so much that I almost forgot to plug LTT 00:10:42.680 --> 00:10:48.519 store.com pick up a blank t-shirt today because that was the expression on my 00:10:47.120 --> 00:10:53.639 face when this announcement hit man seriously that deck anyway most of the 00:10:51.760 --> 00:10:57.639 products do look awesome and like I said before I'm excited to get my hands on 00:10:55.440 --> 00:11:00.839 them and review them but man knowing all this stuff it's like my job and even I'm 00:10:59.760 --> 00:11:04.639 having a hard time keeping it all straight we literally made a video just 00:11:03.040 --> 00:11:07.440 last year about AMD's trash naming scheme and how to decipher it and now 00:11:06.360 --> 00:11:16.360 it's completely out of date and we're going to have to do it again super cool super cool like this 00:11:13.160 --> 00:11:18.360 cool segue to our sponsor Wicked 00:11:16.360 --> 00:11:22.720 cushions they're not just for old headphones Wicked cushions has teamed up 00:11:20.480 --> 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