"Trillion Core" Chinese CPU vs. AMD & Intel: ZhaoXin X86 CPU Review ZX-C+ 4701
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Published 2020-04-01
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We bought a $1000 computer in China by using a contact. It's not a good set of parts for the price, but that's because it's targeted for business and government office use. The THTF (TsingHua Tong Fang) ChaoXiang TZ561-V3 uses a ZhaoXin KaiXian CPU, the ZX-C+ 4701, which is a quad-core X86 CPU that is capable of running Windows without being Intel or AMD. That's done through a tangled web of companies involving Via, Cyrix, TSMC, and a couple others, and it's one of the only non-Intel, non-AMD x86 CPUs that is currently being made. We're benchmarking the ZhaoXin CPU in this content piece. Although it might not look like much today, this is China's attempt to start supplying its own silicon, and many years down the road, we're likely to see a lot more of this type of solution on the Chinese market. ZhaoXin hopes to achieve parity with AMD's Zen 2 by 2021 with its ZX-7000 CPU. We have our doubts about that, but it's a lofty goal. AMD Ryzen 3000 alternatives from someone who isn't Intel would certainly be a game changer, assuming they arrive in a timeline where it's still relevant.
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Testing, Editorial: Steve Burke
Editorial, Testing: Patrick Lathan
Video: Keegan Gallick, Andrew Coleman
All Comments (21)
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Your test is invalid, you only used 4 of the 1,000,000,000,000 cores.
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You should really include a raspberry Pi included to the comparisons...
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This guys neutral, no drama tech vid's keep me glued from start to finish. I understand <50% of what he says but I still get something from every single one of them.
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Finally a cpu that is slightly worse than mine
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Finally, a processor that can slightly edge out an Atom processor or the average school computer.
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I love that you are non bias, reviewing everything I could possibly be looking at as a buyer and keeping it true and applicable. Plus that phone toss had me laughing. Real forces not just random falls. Overkill maybe, but I can relate and absorb the rich information you provide on everything. Thanks. Subscribed!
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Investagive journalism isn´t dead it´s alive and well here, thanks
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"so the older among you may be shocked to hear names such as VIA, Cyrix and Centaur" i'm offended
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The desktop chassis is awfully reminiscent of the Lenovo Thinkstation.
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Seriously among the best tech channels on YouTube right now. You guys rock!
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Appreciate the technical look into the Chinese CPUs and their backstory. I remember a lot of those names from seemingly long ago -- in fact my first discreet graphics card was a PCI card by S3. Curious way to reappear, but sensible enough in-context.
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Intel is confident their upcoming 14nm refresh will compete with this chip.
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This Processor needs to have a death match with the Celeron D.
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This is the perfect processor to pair with America Online. Let me see if I can find one of those CD things it used to come on.
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I had to check whether Steve was making up a gag with the “fried oven” line. He wasn’t.
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I was shocked when I heard him speak proper chinese with the tones, that was crazy
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I'm not convinced this isn't a convoluted April Fool's prank that has gone way over my head.
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well.....it's energy efficient i guess. You could buy a calculator with more processing power.
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This was super interesting. Despite what a pain in the ass it might be to make, I hope you make more along these lines.
