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AMD have now officially revealed the exact date and pricing for their exciting upcoming AMD Ryzen 9000 Series processors launch.

Mentioned in a post on X (Twitter) they revealed these:

Available Aug 8:

  • Ryzen 7 9700X - $359
  • Ryzen 5 9600X - $279

Available Aug 15:

  • Ryzen 9 9950X - $649
  • Ryzen 9 9900X - $499

Model Cores /
Threads
Boost / Base Frequency Total Cache PCIe TDP
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X 16 / 32 Up to 5.7 GHz /
4.3 GHz
80MB Gen 5 170W
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X 12 / 24 Up to 5.6 GHz /
4.4 GHz
76MB Gen 5 120W
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 8 / 16 Up to 5.5 GHz /
3.8 GHz
40MB Gen 5 65W
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X 6 / 12 Up to 5.4 GHz /
3.9 GHz
38MB Gen 5 65W

Will you be upgrading? Those seems like some nicely competitive prices. Seems like my Ryzen 5800x is finally starting to see its age, although it still runs everything nicely, those above sure do look tempting.

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Jarmer Aug 7
I should edit my post lol. From the first reports I was seeing, that seemed the case, but now after reading some other sites like the phoronix one, maybe you're right and they're pretty strong.
My CPU hit 10 years old back in July and I'm thinking of switching to AMD for the next one so this sounds interesting. Though I'm in no hurry, so maybe I'll wait for an X3D version to see how it compares.
Ehvis Aug 7
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Quoting: Shmerl
Quoting: Jarmerand these cpus are very underwhelming, so very easy to pass on.

How are they underwhelming? From what I've read, it's a major improvement over Zen 4.

Minimal performance gain over the previous series.

Power use is better, so I'd call that a big plus. Unfortunately idle power use is still too high on AMD CPUs.

Still can't seem to compete with the X3Ds though, so it'll be interesting to see what that could do for this series.
Shmerl Aug 7
Quoting: EhvisMinimal performance gain over the previous series.

Seems to be comparable to improvements from Zen 3 to Zen 4. Not sure that's called minimal. I'm more interested in how well eco mode will perform.

Quoting: EhvisStill can't seem to compete with the X3Ds though, so it'll be interesting to see what that could do for this series.

It would be interesting if high end models will have full core coverage with extra cache in X3D and will avoid the asymmetrical set up.


Last edited by Shmerl on 7 August 2024 at 8:45 pm UTC
F.Ultra Aug 7
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Quoting: croxisI'm still running a 1700 and never bothered upgrading because I never really ran into significant gaming bottlenecks from the CPU. I'm probably going to wait for the fancy 3D cache version. I've read those chips are significant upgrades for gaming.

Yes they are significant indeed, went myself from a 1600x to a 5800x3d one year ago and oboy was that an upgrade.
14 Aug 10
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I'm still on a 2700X and don't feel it holds me back from anything. When the 3700X came out, I really wanted the wattage drop, but not enough to pay for it. I may upgrade my core components in 2025 (working on GPU this year), but the chipset and storage interfaces would be the primary driver there. The CPU upgrade would simply be neat.

Now, this X3D feature everyone is talking about is unknown to me, so time to do some reading and get starry-eyed maybe.

EDIT: After looking at Phoronix and Microcenter, it seems to me the X3D processors were not wonderful for gaming initially, but seem good now...? An older 5800X3D article didn't look attractive, but when it's seen in a later 7900X3D article, it looks fine. But I don't know I'm convinced X3D are worth the $$ yet due to lack of cooler and higher power in contrast to the 65W models. According to PassMark, the 5700X compared to the 7900X3D is half the performance and half the TDP while being 39% of the cost.


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