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This time in the c't uplink we are talking about AMD's Zen 5 CPU architecture in the form of the Ryzen 9000 CPU series. Where are the improvements compared to the Ryzen 7000 series particularly noticeable? What is the efficiency like, and what about the general performance? And how can Intel currently compete? Christian Hirsch and Christof Windeck answer these and other questions in the current episode of the c't Uplink. Guests in the studio: Christian Hirsch, Christof Windeck Host: Jan Schüßler Production: Ralf Taschke ► c't Magazin: https://ct.de ► c't on Mastodon: https://social.heise.de/@ct_Magazin ► c't on Instagram: / ct_magazin ► c't on Facebook: / ctmagazin ► c't on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/heisec.bsky.... ► c't on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@ct_magazin ► c't on X/Twitter: / ctmagazin ► c't on paper: everywhere where magazines are sold! #amd #ryzen #ryzen9000 0:00 Intro 0:45 AMD's weird PR: What are they doing? 4:33 Zen 5: New architecture 7:22 The CPU version remains the same 11:45 Faster RAM 13:13 Manufacturing processes and efficiency 16:58 Improvements to the heat spreader 22:13 What was that about Globalfoundries? 26:03 Structure of the CPUs: Chiplets 29:25 Epyc variants, what is Zen 5c? 32:10 Ryzen 9000 - better with the next Windows version 37:58 How Microsoft is pissing Intel and AMD off 43:41 Still a bit expensive at the moment 47:53 Fun fact: These 9000 Ryzens don't have AI accelerators 49:49 Outro