AMD新銳龍處理器:一次巨大的飛躍和一個真正的競爭者

AMD just officially unveiled its Ryzen desktop processor family, a chip that it says can compete with Intel's chips at long last. AMD's last generation of desktop chips was disappointing, and has been largely relegated to low-end computers. But Ryzen manages a 52 percent boost in instructions per cycle (IPC) over last time, which puts it on a level playing field with the best Intel has to offer.

AMD官方剛剛發佈了其新一代銳龍系列桌面處理器，其性能據稱能與英特爾的芯片抗衡。AMD的上一代桌面級處理器是令人失望的，其產品大都是低端機的選擇。但是銳龍的IPC性能提升達到了52%，這也使得它能與最好的英特爾芯片同臺競技。

The Ryzen family will come in multiple flavors, but the high-end Ryzen 7 is shipping first. The chip has eight cores and 16 threads, and starts at $329. At the top end is the 3.6GHz (4.0GHz turbo), $499 Ryzen 7 1800X, which compares well with Intel's $1,050 i7-6900K. According to AMD's benchmarks, the 1800X ties the 6900K on singlethreaded benchmarks, and beats Intel on multithreaded performance.

銳龍系列也會分爲幾個檔次，由高端的R7系列領銜，其擁有這八核十六線程，起售價爲329美元。其中售價499美元的R7 1800X 3.6GHz(睿頻4.0GHz)，將會和英特爾售價1050美元的 i7-6900K競爭。根據AMD官方跑分來看，1800X的單線程成績與6900K相當而多線程表現更優。

AMD uses a few hundred more megahertz to get there, which means AMD isn't doing quite as much as Intel Broadwell per hertz. But it's the end result that matters, and AMD is claiming to match or beat Intel across the spectrum with better prices — the dream scenario, basically.

AMD這次用了一個略高於Intel的頻率，因此它的同頻性能可能不如Intel的Broadwell，但是AMD仍舊可以利用定價區間的優勢與之競爭甚至取勝——當然，這一切是建立在AMD按照預定的計劃做的基礎上。

The new processors are available for preorder now, and will ship on March 2nd. AMD is promising to have plenty of inventory and a ton of motherboard options at launch. It's a lot of promises, AMD! Hopefully Ryzen can deliver, and we can get a real fight in the desktop market, which will be wonderful for anybody not named "Intel."

新的處理器現在已經開始預訂了，將會在三月二號正式發售。AMD保證說將會有充足的庫存和大量的主板發售。這真是一個了不起的承諾。希望銳龍能夠儘快投入桌面級市場，這對我們所有A飯來說都是個好消息。