AMD today announced its Ryzen 7000 series of consumer desktop processors. Based on the new AM5 platform and the new Zen 4 architecture, these new CPUs introduce a significant performance improvement over the previous generation Ryzen 5000 series, as well as introducing cutting-edge features such as DDR5 and PCIe Gen 5.
The four CPUs announced today are the 7950X, 7900X, 7700X and 7600X. These have similar core and thread counts to the initial wave of Ryzen 5000 releases, but with some price tweaks.
At the top of the stack is the Ryzen 9 7950X, a 16-core, 32-thread processor capable of boosting up to 5.7 GHz and with a base clock of 4.2 GHz. It features 80 MB of cache capacity. total and has a TDP of 170 W. It is priced at $ 699, which is $ 100 less than the 5950X’s introductory price.
Next up is the 12-core, 24-thread Ryzen 9 7900X, which has a boost clock of 5.6GHz and a base clock of 4.7GHz. It has 76MB of total cache and a TDP of 170W. price of $ 549, which is the same as the 5900X’s introductory price.
The third model in the line-up is the 8-core, 16-thread Ryzen 7 7700X. It has a boost clock of 5.4 GHz and a base clock of 4.5 GHz. It has 40 MB of total cache capacity and a TDP of 105 W. It is priced at $ 399, $ 50 less than the introductory price. of 5800X.
Finally, there is the Ryzen 5 7600X. It features 6 cores, 12 threads and has a boost clock of up to 5.3 GHz and a base clock of 4.7 GHz. It has a total cache capacity of 38 MB and a TDP of 105 W. It is priced at. $ 299, the same as the 5600X’s introductory price.
All four processors also include integrated Radeon graphics with 2 graphics cores, 2200 MHz graphics frequency and 400 MHz base frequency.
The new Ryzen 7000 processors are based on AMD’s new AM5 platform. This new platform starts with a new socket design with a 1718 pin LGA socket capable of delivering up to 230W of power to the CPU. But despite the new socket and IHS design, the AM5 platform is compatible with CPU coolers designed for AM4.
Speaking of heatsinks, none of the aforementioned Ryzen 7000 CPUs will ship with a heatsink in the box.
The AM5 platform brings with it two new motherboard chipsets, the X670 and the B650, each of which also has an Extreme version that offers more connectivity features.
Along with the new platform and chipsets, the Ryzen 7000 processors will support both DDR5 and PCI Express 5.0 memory. Unlike Intel, however, AMD is focusing on DDR5, which means there will be no support for DDR4 memory on the AM5 platform.
The AM5 platform will support the company’s new EXPO technology, which is essentially the AMD version of Intel’s XMP. It’s a one-click overclocking solution for memory and is what AMD processors will use in the future instead of XMP. By default, Ryzen 7000 CPUs support memory speeds up to DDR5 5200 MHz, but faster speeds can be enabled using EXPO.
One of the most impressive aspects of the AM4 platform has been its longevity. AMD promises platform support until 2025+ for AM5, which means you can expect current AM5 motherboards to be supported until at least 2025.
The Ryzen 7000 series processors are based on AMD’s new Zen 4 architecture. Based on TSMC’s latest 5nm process, Zen 4 promises an average 13% CPI improvement over the previous generation Zen 3, with clock speeds of up to 5.7GHz and up to 29% total per-thread gain single. AMD also claims an improvement of up to 1.3 times in FP32 nT inference with AVX-512 and up to 2.5 times in nT inference with AVX-512 VNNI.
In terms of efficiency, the company promises 62% lower power consumption for the same performance and 49% more performance for the same power compared to the Ryzen 5000 series. AMD also claims up to 47% more efficiency. compared to Alder Lake. AMD has provided additional proprietary benchmarks over the competition, but for now we will ignore them and wait for third-party testing with less select data.
Overall, AMD promises a good generational improvement with the Ryzen 7000 series, and the high-end prices seem competitive. However, the cheapest part of the series still starts at $ 300, which may not seem like much at launch until you factor in the cost of the rest of the system, which will include a new AM5 motherboard (which starts at $ 125) and the cost of new DDR5 memory, which is still expensive. The TDP for the 6-core model has also increased and with no heatsink in the box is another expense to consider.
Ryzen 7000 series CPUs will hit shelves on September 27th. The X670 and X670 Extreme motherboards will be available in September and the B650 and B650 Extreme motherboards in October. PCIe 5.0 drives will be available in November from major manufacturers.
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