AMD Ryzen 7000 Raphael is a 16-core processor with a TDP of 170W. Can you forget about air cooling?The energy efficiency of computer components is a very important factor influencing the design of a family of computers. After all, the more energy a component consumes, the more heat it produces, and therefore a more efficient cooling system. Unfortunately, despite the more modern lithographs and the constant improvement of technology, metal top plates still need powerful power sources. What’s worse, as evidenced by the example of the upcoming GeForce RTX 3090 Ti with a TDP of 450 W, as well as the next generation NVIDIA Ada, which is supposed to reach a TDP of 600 W, the situation will not improve on the high end. Piece. The latest leaks suggest that even in the case of flagship processors, you will have to prepare for another crossover of common sense.

Airborne solutions likely won’t handle the 16-core Zen 4 chip at full load. However, there is a spark of hope that the value of 170 watts was overstated.

AMD Ryzen 7000 Raphael is a 16-core processor with a TDP of 170W. Can you forget about air cooling? [1]

AMD Ryzen 7000 – The premiere of Zen 4 desktop processors is set to take place much earlier than expected

As reported by AMD insider @greymon55 leaker, the upcoming Red Ryzen 7000 series processors (Raphael, Zen 4) will have a TDP of 65W, 105W or up to 170W 120W, which was talked about last year. As mentioned, the 105W series will include a 12-core/24-thread model to replace the Ryzen 9 5900X (also with a 105W TDP), and the unusually high TDP of up to 170W will stand out for the 16-core/32-thread successor. For the model Ryzen 9 5950X (TDP also 105 W).

AMD Ryzen 7000 Raphael is a 16-core processor with a TDP of 170W. Can you forget about air cooling? [2]

AMD Ryzen 7000 – Two engineering samples of the Zen 4 series processors of the Raphael series appeared in the MilkyWay project

This could mean that the upcoming AMD Ryzen 9 7950X (possible mapping) may require water cooling, and airborne solutions won’t be able to handle this unit at full load. However, there is a spark of hope that the value of 170 watts is exaggerated, for example due to a similar structure to a chip with more cores. It is not yet clear if AMD is planning a 24-core or 32-core Zen 4 chip, but the facts are that the first 16-core consumer chip (the Ryzen 9 3950X) debuted two generations ago and the manufacturer may want to raise the bar even higher especially since Intel You will definitely increase the number of cores in the case of the 13th generation Core processors.

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