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The most disruptive computer processors in a decade are finally here, and AMD’s Ryzen CPUs are multithreading monsters.
The initial salvo of high-end chips—the $500 Ryzen 7 1800X, $400 Ryzen 7 1700X, and $330 Ryzen 7 1700—absolutely chew through productivity and content creation tasks. AMD’s Ryzen 7 processors bring the power of 8-core, 16-thread chips to more mainstream price points. Intel’s cheapest 8-core consumer chip costs a whopping $1,050, and Ryzen matches it blow-for-blow in multithreaded applications. Hot damn. (PCWorld’s Ryzen overview takes a high-level look at everything you need to know about AMD’s chips, including gaming performance.)
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