Let's talk about AMD Zen 3 5000 series launch
AMD announced it's Zen 3 lineup on 8th October, 2020. The launch was exciting as it was the first time AMD has got so close to Intel and in some cases outperformed it in terms of gaming performance. Let's look at the main highlights of the launch: 8-core CCX (core complex) AMD has changed its layout to fit 8 cores in a single CCX module when compared to 4 cores in Zen 2. This avoids the need to split 32MB L3 cache into 2x 16MB making the entire 32MB accessible directly to all cores. This not only reduces memory latency but also provides great improvements in gaming and single core performance. This is one of the major reasons for such increase in performance when compared to the previous generation. 19% higher instructions per clock Before the launch, it was expected that Zen 3 would bring in 15% higher IPC but it has brought in 4% more than what was expected which is tremendous. IPC is nothing but the number of instructions that the CPU can execute in a single clock cycle. Thi...