The Ryzen processors were only recently introduced to the market, but AMD is not taking a break and will be releasing new PRO edition of selected Ryzen processors. These PRO variants will be focused mainly on compute-intensive workplace and will bring reliability security and performance to enterprise desktops.
Ryzen PRO Lineup
The Zen cores in every Ryzen PRO will provide up to 52% improvement in computing capabilities over previous generations and the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700 offers up to 62 percent more multi-threaded performance than other competitors. A spec sheet of the new PRO processors are as follows:
| Product Line | Model | Cores | Threads | Boost Clock (GHz) | Base Clock (GHz) | TDP (Watts) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryzen™ 7 PRO | 1700X | 8 | 16 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 95 |
| Ryzen™ 7 PRO | 1700 | 8 | 16 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 65 |
| Ryzen™ 5 PRO | 1600 | 6 | 12 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 65 |
| Ryzen™ 5 PRO | 1500 | 4 | 8 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 65 |
| Ryzen™ 3 PRO | 1300 | 4 | 4 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 65 |
| Ryzen™ 3 PRO | 1200 | 4 | 4 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 65 |
Security wise, it will provide hardware-based cryptographic and security technologies to help protect against threats, armed with security standards like secure boot, fTPM (firmware Trust Platform Module), AES and Windows 10 Enterprise security features that are supported across the Ryzen Pro family.
These PRO processors will be available in the second half of 2017 and the Ryzen PRO mobile versions will release in the first half of 2018. For more information on these processors visit the Ryzen PRO official web page here.
