AMD said there will be more than 80 systems equipped with 4700S kits on the market
AMD’s 4700S kit has actually been sold for three months. AMD only put it on the official website last month and put it on quietly. It gives the impression that AMD doesn’t want everyone to know its existence.
But now AMD has confirmed to Tom’s Hardware that more than 80 new systems using AMD 4700S kits will be introduced to the market through different system integrators and OEMs. The first batch of systems equipped with this kit has been launched in the Asian market. The prices of these devices range from $320 to $700.
According to the previous test on the Korean website, the AMD 4700S processor is actually the one on the PS5. It uses a 7nm process, Zen2 architecture, 8 cores, and 16 threads, each core has 32KB of L1 data cache and L1 instruction cache, 512KB of L2 cache, and each group of CCX is equipped with 4MB of L3 cache. The base of the processor seems to be 3.2GHz, the full-core acceleration frequency is 3.6GHz, and the single-core acceleration frequency is 4.0GHz.
The video memory is soldered on the back of the PCB. It is SK Hynix’s GDDR6 2GB. There are 8 pieces in total, which means that the bit width is 256bit, the equivalent data frequency is 14000MHz, and the memory bit width is quite considerable, compared to the current dual-channel DDR4- 3200 is much faster, but memory latency is also quite high.
Of course, Tom’s Hardware also asked AMD to verify whether AMD 4700S is the SOC of PS5, but AMD gave an ambiguous answer. “AMD 4700S Desktop Kit is its own unique solution, designed to address the desire for robust, high-core count performance in the mainstream market – ideal for multi-tasking, productivity, and light 3D workflows.“
Obviously, AMD does not want everyone to know the source of this AMD 4700S kit. But if you take it apart, you can tell that this is the PS5 processor. Moreover, the core display in the CPU is shielded, and a discrete graphics card must be used, but the PCI-E x16 slot actually only has the bandwidth of PCI-E 2.0 x4, so the graphics card that can be used is also limited.
