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拒绝“挤牙膏”，新一代锐龙有话要说！
2017年，AMD（美国超微半导体公司）发布了基于初代ZEN架构的“锐龙”系列处理器，开启了重返桌面PC处理器市场的宏伟征程。在这之后迭代的ZEN2架构凭借着制程升级（12nm到7nm），15%的IPC（性能衡量指标之一）提升以及翻倍的缓存与浮点性能，进一步开拓了市场，但是ZEN2依然未能击败Intel公司的处理器在游戏领域的性能优势。然而，随着基于ZEN3架构的新一代“锐龙”处理器的发布，局势开始发生变化。
Ryzen, launched initially in 2017 and built on the original Zen architecture, was the beginning of an impressive turnaround and return to form for AMD in the desktop PC category. Zen 2 iterated further on that, going from a 12nm to 7nm process, and bringing a 15% increase in instructions per cycle (IPC) performance, twice the cache size, and twice the floating-point performance of the previous generation. It still lagged Intel at peak gaming performance.
AMD此次发布的新一代处理器“锐龙 5000”系列一共有四款，其中，性能最强悍的旗舰处理器——“锐龙9 5950X”（下文简称5950X）拥有16核心32线程（下文简称16C32T）的设计规格，售价为799美元。一众测评机构对该处理器进行测试后认为，新一代“锐龙”足以撼动Intel在桌面PC处理器领域的性能优势地位。即便是定位在入门级，售价299美元的“锐龙5 5600X”（下文简称5600X）也提供了惊艳的性能。
AMD has beaten Intel’s performance advantage in desktop PCs with its new Ryzen 5000 series CPUs. That’s the verdict from a range of reviewers this week that have been testing AMD’s flagship $799 Ryzen 9 5950X with its 16 cores and 32 threads. Even the entry level Ryzen 5 5600X offers some impressive performance at just $299.
在发布会上，AMD表示，主流板卡厂商先前所生产的100多种基于500系处理器的主板，只需要通过一次简单的BIOS更新就可以兼容新一代处理器，新“锐龙”将会在11月5日全球供货，作为首发福利，所有在年底前购买的消费者可以获赠一份标准版的《孤岛惊魂6》。
AMD says its 500 series of motherboards—of which there are over 100 models, from all leading motherboard manufactures—will require only an easy BIOS update to be ready for the new 5000 series. The new processors should be available for purchase worldwide on Nov. 5th. To sweeten the pot, between Nov. 5th and the end of the year, buyers will be eligible for a free copy of Far Cry 6 Standard Edition, through AMD’s Ryzen Equipped to Win bundle program.
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打游戏，剪视频，性能霸主全都行！
在多项测试中，5950X展现出了强大的实力，夺走了先前Intel在游戏性能领域所拥有的桂冠。在Tom's Hardware(一家专注硬件技术的网站）所进行的八项分别运行在1080p和1440p分辨率下的游戏测试中，5950X都轻易地击败了Intel公司的产品——“ Core i9-10900K”（该款为Intel目前在桌面PC处理器领域的旗舰处理器,下文简称10900K）。尽管在某些游戏中，二者的表现相近，但是这一AMD最新的ZEN3架构处理器却在等效单线程性能上同样击败了对手（这一局面在过去15年中从未出现过）。
AMD’s Ryzen 9 5950X steals the performance crown from Intel in gaming in most tests. Tom’s hardware has the 5950X beating Intel’s Core i9-10900K comfortably in an average of eight games at 1080p and 1440p. Some other games are closer, but AMD’s latest Zen 3 chips beat Intel’s equivalents for single-threaded performance too.
硬件评测网站Anandtech和HotHardware所公布的测试数据也显示出同样的结论，5950X在几乎所有分辨率下的游戏基准测试成绩都胜于10900k。尽管Digital Foundry（评测网站）在测试中发现Intel的处理器在一些游戏中表现更佳，但是综合来看，他们依然认为新一代“锐龙”是目前游戏玩家们的首选。
Anandtech saw similar gaming performance results, with the 5950X beating the i9-10900K in the majority of its gaming tests at a variety of resolutions. HotHardware also put the 5950X up against the i9-10900K in a variety of gaming benchmarks, and it came out on top in almost all of them. Digital Foundry found some games are friendlier to Intel processors in its own testing, but it’s still recommending the Ryzen 5000 series as the default choice for people building gaming rigs.
AMD还同时拉高了单核频率上限，这将进一步提高处理器在内容创作领域的生产力。在Tom’s Hardware与Anandtech开展的性能测试中，5950X在多项渲染及编码任务中都获得了性能冠军。
The single-core speeds that AMD is pushing here also make a big difference to content creation performance. The 5950X easily comes out on top in a variety of rendering and encoding tests over at Anandtech and Tom’s hardware.
将目光投向定位稍低一点的5900X，在某些测试中这颗处理器也同样令人印象深刻，在主流1080p分辨率的游戏测试中，5900X以7%的平均优势领先于它的同级对手，相较于其前代处理器，提升达到了26% 。同期发布的其他两款处理器，8C16T的“锐龙7 5800X”和6C12T的“锐龙5 5600X”也在各自的同级区间中取得了相似的成绩。
Go one step down to the Ryzen 9 5900X, and it’s still impressive—on select titles, the 12 core, 24 thread processor is reportedly on average 7% faster in 1080p gaming than its competition, and an average of 26% faster in 1080p gaming than the analogous processor in the previous generation Ryzen series. The two other newly announced 5000 series processors, the Ryzen 7 5800X and Ryzen 5 5600X, feature 8 and 6 cores and 16 and 12 threads, respectively.
当你打量299美元的5600X时，你会更加意识到这一次性能提升的幅度之大。在Anandtech的测试中，5600X的表现在很多场景下都逼近甚至超越了10900k。如果你正在想方设法地降低个人装机的成本，5600X以非常经济的价格提供了极其强悍的性能。
These performance bumps are even more impressive when you look at the $299 Ryzen 9 5600X. This CPU comes close to or even outperforms Intel’s flagship Core i9-10900K in a variety of games that Anandtech tested. If you’re looking at more of the budget side of PC builds, then this $299 chip looks like it will deliver impressive performance at incredible value.
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如虎添翼，新一代架构助力性能飞跃！
所有的评测机构都对AMD处理器在近几年大幅度的性能飞跃感到惊奇。Anandtech评论说："很难相信AMD在五年内能做到如此大幅度的性能提升。"AMD先前声称ZEN3架构的IPC水平相较于ZEN2提升了19%，如今，该网站的测试结果证明了AMD的确做到了这一惊人的成就。
All reviewers are surprised at AMD’s impressive performance gains in recent years. Anandtech concluded that “it’s hard to believe the extent to which some of AMD’s performance numbers have grown in the last five years.” The site was also able to verify AMD’s claims of a 19 percent raw IPC gain, an incredible jump from Zen 2 chips.
ZEN3架构的内部设计为新一代处理器惊人的性能提升打下了基础，ZEN3取消了ZEN2中两个CCX(compute complex计算单元）组成一个CCD（Core Chiplet Die）的设计，不同于ZEN2架构中每四个核心组成一个CCX单独使用16MB的L3缓存，在ZEN3架构中，CCD的八个核心均直接与32MB的L3缓存直连，这使得每一个核心所能使用的L3缓存相较于ZEN2实现了翻倍。根据AMD的研究结果，这一设计有效加快了每个核心与L3缓存之间的通信速度从而降低了通信延迟（IPC在很大程度上与这种通信延迟有关），这对处理器在游戏中的性能表现至关重要。除此之外，AMD还表示ZEN3架构的“性能瓦数比”是其竞争对手的2.8倍。
All of these improvements are due in no small part to Zen 3, such as a unified 8-core complex with direct access to a 32MB L3 cache (double Zen 2’s L3 cache). According to AMD, this accelerated core and cache communication reduces latency—extremely important for gaming. Additionally, AMD says Zen 3 can deliver as much as 2.8 times more performance-per-watt than its competition.
近年来，“锐龙”的热度一直居高不下，ZEN3架构以及新一代处理器的发布，毫无疑问为“锐龙”火热的市场表现又添了一把火。如今，很多年轻一代的装机爱好者可能已经不记得AMD在世纪初凭借“速龙”处理器所缔造的市场神话，以及之后在Intel凭借“酷睿”系列霸占整个市场后AMD持续的低谷期。我们期待着两家公司接下来的表现，不管怎样，激烈的市场竞争最终总会使所有消费者获益。总之，PC玩家们，全体起立！
AMD has been riding its Zen/Ryzen hot hand for years now, and if the claims of Zen 3 and the 5000 series prove out, the stakes just got even higher. At this point, many younger DIY Players may not remember AMD’s original desktop PC processor heyday with the original Athlon line at the turn of the century, nor its subsequent slump when Intel Core became king. Now Intel appears to be the one playing desktop defense, as AMD raises the bar with every subsequent release—I look forward to its response to the 5000 series. Rivalry ultimately benefits everyone. It’s an exciting time to be a desktop PC gamer.
编译 | 王兆隆 高语阳 储志阳
排版 | 王兆隆
原文链接：
https://www.forbes.com/sites/patrickmoorhead/2020/10/16/amds-zen-3-bursts-onto-the-scene-with-new-ryzen-5000-series/?sh=5a77dd204467
https://www.theverge.com/21552336/amd-zen-3-ryzen-review-roundup-5950x-intel-comparison