AMD will soon be celebrating its 50 years since its formal incorporation, and to celebrate this fact it appears there will be a 50th Anniversary Edition of the Ryzen 7 2700X processor. It’s not known if the special edition of the CPU will differ from the Pinnacle Ridge chip that was originally released in April of last year. 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of AMD which was founded back in 1969 and has been a pioneer of the computing world, delivering some of the most ground-breaking technologies to users around the globe.
AMD is soon going to launch their next-generation Ryzen 3000 series processors which are based on the latest 7nm Zen 2 architecture. They will without a doubt be much faster and power efficient than the existing 12nm+ Zen+ based Ryzen 2000 processors but that isn’t stopping the red team to release an anniversary edition model early on to celebrate their Golden Jubilee.
AMD 2nd Generation Ryzen Specs :
| CPU Name | AMD Ryzen 3 2300X | AMD Ryzen 5 2500X | AMD Ryzen 5 2600 | AMD Ryzen 5 2600X | AMD Ryzen 7 2700 | AMD Ryzen 7 2700X |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU Family | Ryzen 2 | Ryzen 2 | Ryzen 2 | Ryzen 2 | Ryzen 2 | Ryzen 2 |
| CPU uArch | 12nm Zen+ | 12nm Zen+ | 12nm Zen+ | 12nm Zen+ | 12nm Zen+ | 12nm Zen+ |
| CPU Cores | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 |
| CPU Threads | 4 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 16 |
| Base Clock | 3.5 GHz | 3.6 GHz | 3.4 GHz | 3,6 GHz | 3.2 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| Boost Clock | 4.0 GHz | 4.0 GHz | 3.9 GHz | 4.25 GHz | 4.1 GHz | 4.35 GHz |
| Total Cache | 10 MB (L2+L3) | 18 MB (L2+L3) | 19 MB (L2+L3) | 19 MB (L2+L3) | 20 MB (L2 + L3) | 20 MB (L2 + L3) |
| Memory Support | DDR4-2933 | DDR4-2933 | DDR4-2933 | DDR4-2933 | DDR4-2933 | DDR4-2933 |
| TDP | 65W | 65W | 65W | 95W | 65W | 105W |
| Cooler Bundle | Wraith Stealth | Wraith Stealth | Wraith Stealth | Wraith Spire | Wraith Spire LED | Wraith Prism |
| Price | $130-$140 US | $150-$160 US | $199 US | $229 US | $299 US | $329 US |
| Release Date | TBC | TBC | 19th April 2018 | 19th April 2018 | 19th April 2018 | 19th April 2018 |
AMD’s rival, Intel, released their own Core i7-8086K Anniversary Edition last year which marked 40 years since the release of the iconic 8086 CPU. The chip which was technically a higher clocked i7-8700K was pushed to 5 GHz and is still the fastest 6 core processor that Intel has made.
It did cost a lot however and was a limited edition model. Since it’s AMD’s 50th Anniversary, the can raise the TDP and fine tune the chip to clock in at 5.0 GHz which would be pretty dope but I guess we have to wait and see. The processor would be bundled with a Wraith Prism cooler which is also bundled with their normal Ryzen 7 2700X CPU. In addition to the CPU, motherboard makers would also be offering 50th-anniversary edition motherboards for the said processor such as the X470 AORUS Gaming 7 WIFI “50th Anniversary Edition” from Gigabyte.