More performance, similar prices. AMD is today launching four performance Ryzen chips for the desktop market. Known by the codename Pinnacle Ridge and built on the Zen+ architecture, the Ryzen 7 2700X, Ryzen 7 2700, Ryzen 5 2600X and Ryzen 5 2600 look to set new performance standards. It is instructive to head on over to the original Ryzen 7 1800X review in order to understand and appreciate the underlying architecture because 2nd Generation Ryzen incrementally builds on top of it.

We'll explain what is new in 2nd Generation Ryzen as we move along this review, but first and in keeping with how we do things, let's roll out the Table of Ryzen™.