This is tantalizing news given we've already heard several rumors of AMD doubling its core counts on the desktop, but this is the first retailer leak showing in-depth details for the new Ryzen 3, Ryzen 5, Ryzen 7 and Ryzen 9 ranges of CPUs.
There are plenty of interesting details too, such as frequencies hitting 5GHz on the Ryzen 7 3700X, which has 12 cores and 24 threads. The two Ryzen 3 models - traditionally four-core CPUs, have been bumped up to six cores each and are the Ryzen 3 3300X and Ryzen 3 3300, with maximum boost frequencies of 4.3GHz and 4GHz respectively.
Similarly, the Ryzen 5 series now seems to start at eight cores with the Ryzen 5 3600X also sporting a massive 4.8GHz boost frequency, which will likely mean it could offer competition to Intel's mighty Core i9-9900K.
The Ryzen 7 series now starts at 12 cores, with the Ryzen 7 3700X also sporting that massive 5GHz boost frequency which should mean it can out-do Intel's Core i9-9900K in most benchmarks, although there's no word on price yet for any of the CPUs. Even if these specifications vary a little between now an launch, this is huge news for AMD as it points to at least two of Zen 2's expectations being fulfilled - higher frequencies and increased core counts. With a decent bump in IPC too, it looks like AMD could have a very good 2019.
