AMD recently released its new line-up of Ryzen desktop processors, which compete\u00a0against\u00a0Intel\u2019s 7th-generation Kaby Lake chips.<\/p>\n
Ryzen and Intel 7th-gen processors are priced at similar levels, while\u00a0they have different strengths.<\/p>\n
AMD\u2019s Ryzen processors boast an increased number of cores and superior multi-threaded performance, but fall short of Intel\u2019s quad-core processors in terms of IPC and single-thread performance.<\/p>\n
Due to their similar pricing and specifications<\/a><\/strong>, consumers can confidently\u00a0decide to purchase either a Ryzen or Kaby Lake chip, depending on their individual use cases and choice of chipset.<\/p>\n With Ryzen CPUs\u00a0in the local market for a few weeks now, MyBroadband spoke to South African hardware retailer Wootware <\/a><\/strong>about the popularity of AMD\u2019s new processors in South Africa.<\/p>\n Wootware\u2019s Rory Magee said AMD\u2019s Ryzen 7 1700 octa-core processor is the most popular Ryzen desktop processor among local\u00a0consumers.<\/p>\n \u201cOf the Ryzen 7 CPUs, the Ryzen 7 1700 has been the most popular by a fair margin, and this also seems to be the case internationally,\u201d said Magee.<\/p>\n Magee said the six-core Ryzen 5 1600 could quickly overtake the Ryzen 7 1700 in South Africa, though, due to its attractive value.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Ryzen 5 1600 looks like a strong contender to become AMD\u2019s new most-popular CPU, given that it represents a compelling price-to-performance ratio, features six physical cores, and includes AMD\u2019s Wraith Cooler,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Magee added that the popularity of AMD\u2019s Ryzen processors has been steadily increasing in South Africa, chipping away at the market share of Intel\u2019s 6th and 7th-gen processors.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s been a significant uptake of\u00a0AMD\u2019s Ryzen platform and processors, and that\u2019s just accounting for the Ryzen 7 range without taking the newly-released Ryzen 5 range into account,\u201d said Magee.<\/p>\n \u201cIt seems likely that AMD will be taking a significant double-digit percentage share of new desktop CPU sales.\u201d<\/p>\n This article first appeared on MyBroadband<\/a><\/strong> and is republished with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n AMD recently released its new line-up of Ryzen desktop processors, which compete against Intel\u2019s 7th-generation Kaby Lake chips.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":103509,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1051,1085,1727,24037],"class_list":["post-117155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hardware","tag-amd","tag-hardware-2","tag-intel","tag-ryzen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117155\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Ryzen\u2019s popularity<\/h3>\n
Now read:\u00a0Biostar unveils world\u2019s first mini-ITX Ryzen motherboards<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"