07-03-2018, 06:54 AM
https://www.techpowerup.com/245676/first...0x-surface
Quote:The overall value proposition of this 2300X CPU is somewhat marred, though, by the existence of the 2200G APU - a quad-core solution as well, which also packs in integrated Vega 8 graphics - for $99. And it's unlikely the Ryzen 3 2300X will be priced much lower than the $125 AMD was asking for its 1300X processor, which already looked bad compared to the 2200G. It seems AMD has a missed opportunity in its hands to further differentiate these two product lines by enabling SMT on one of them. If anything, I'd suggest doing so on the APU side of the equation - thus strengthening AMD's performance compared to Intel's i3 CPUs, which all pack integrated graphics, but lack any sort of SMT support.