- Chinese chipmaker Zhaoxin has announced its KX-8000 CPU lineup that aims to compete with AMD Zen 4 chips.
- The new lineup will feature chips with up to 4 GHz frequency and a high-performance integrated display.
- The CPUs will feature PCIe 5.0 and DDR5 support, offering leading efficiency.
Chinese chipmaker Zhaoxin is among the few non-Western companies that have started to bring decent competition to Intel and AMD in recent years amid increasing chip prices. Now, it is already preparing to steal the spotlight this year with its new KX-8000 CPU lineup.
The newly revealed value-focused series will boast a 4 GHz frequency and compelling iGPU performance, which will translate well for many high-end tasks for users.
Why it matters: The Kaixian KX-8000 CPUs will represent a significant leap forward from Zhaoxin’s 2023 lineup, which lagged behind AMD’s Zen 3. Therefore, it could be a leading competitor against other modern chips in the embedded processor market.
As per the official Zhaoxin report, the lineup will support PCIe 5.0 but reportedly only work on DDR5 memory architecture. Zhaoxin officials have also stated that we can expect KX-8000 CPUs to deliver leading performance against AMD’s Zen 4 architecture.
In 2026, Zhaoxin will welcome another fruitful result on the road of independent CPU product innovation, and the new generation of KX-8000 processor will be unveiled soon.
For context, the 2023 KX-7000 lineup was based on x86 Century Avenue architecture chips on 7 nm technology. They had 8 cores, up to 3.7 GHz clock speeds, and 32 MB of integrated cache. It supported both DDR5 and DDR4 memory with PCIe Gen4 lanes up to 24.
The exact cores and other metrics to judge performance have not yet been revealed since the announcement is more of a roadmap for now. We can expect way better hardware features than the 2023 lineup if Zhaoxin aims to compete with AMD’s high-end CPUs this time around.
There’s also no release date or launch window for KX-8000, but we can expect the CPUs to appear in the retail market by next year if Zhaoxin aims for a 2026 release.
Do you think these KX-8000 Chinese CPUs will be more of a hit in the Western market compared to the old 2023 lineup? Are you looking forward to the chips? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below, or join the discussion on the Tech4Gamers forum.
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