CPUs

AMD Ryzen 9950X3D and 9900X3D

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We all knew these models were coming so it’s nice to have them finally announced:

Model Cores/Threads Max boost TDP L3 Cache
Ryzen 9 9950X3D 16/32 5.7GHz 170W 144MB
Ryzen 9 9900X3D 12/24 5.5GHz 120W 140MB

 

Price has not yet been announced but they won’t be cheap. The AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 4.2 GHz 16-Core AM5 Processor is presently listed at $700 at B&H Photo.  Unfortunately, we’re not expecting these to be that much faster than the 7000 series equivalents.  Perhaps 10% at best.  But we would be happy to be wrong on this front.

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Ryzen 9 9950X, R9 9900X, R7 9700X, and R5 9600X Delayed

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We are sad to hear that AMD is delaying the launch of its 9000 series processors due to quality expectation issues.  Maybe they’re paranoid after the defect recently found in Intel processors? Either way, not the news we were hoping for.  It’s not clear how much of a delay this will bring.

AMD Zen 6 Ryzen Medusa CPUs

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It looks like we’re finally going to see a significant architecture change (new 2.5D interconnect tech) with AMD’s Zen 6 generation that will lead to better bandwidth, latency, better scaling, and power efficiency.  This will increase cost, however.  AMD is on a roll and have been able to consistently produce meaningful generation over generation performance increases.  Zen 5 itself is already claimed to have a nice performance increase.  We’re still waiting for more leaks and benchmarks for Zen 5 which should be coming out any day now.

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AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D Reviews Begin to Roll In

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If you already have an AMD AM4 platform system or you’re trying to build a good budget gaming system then the $250 AMD Ryzen 5700X3D is a strong contender.  It beats out an Intel i5-13600KF on gaming benchmarks.

The 5800X3D costs 20% plus more and has a 15% performance advantage or so over the 5700X3D in gaming.  For most people’s use cases the 5700X3D should be more than fine and they won’t notice that 15% less.

It is a strange release this far into the AM4’s life cycle but we are not complaining!

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