According to a fresh leak, AMD's upcoming Zen SR7 8 core flagship CPU will allegedly sell for $499 and outperform Intel's 8 core i7 5960X. Engineering samples of AMD's latest Zen revision have been spotted and they feature a3.2Ghz core clock and a 3.5Ghz turbo frequency. A considerable improvement over the previous revision which ranat more modest 2.8Ghz core & 3.2Ghz turbo clocks.

The new chip carries the ID tag"AMD Eng Sample: 1D3201A2M88F3_35/32_N" and is an eight core, 16 thread variant. It's the highest clocked Zen engineering sample spotted to date. The improvement in clock speeds over the previous revision puts it ahead of Intel's eight core Haswell-E i7 5960X processor in terms of performance.

AMD's Zen 8 Core Summit Ridge SR7 FlagshipAllegedly Priced At $499

We've learned over the past week that AMD is planning to introduce three different Summit Ridge product tiers featuring its latest Zen micro-architecture. The new familywill include high-end SR7 parts, midrange SR5 and entry level SR3 products.The most powerful of the bunch will launch first in January with SR5 and SR3 CPU SKUs following later in March.

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