AMD's Upcoming Ryzen 9000 Series Zen5 CPU with Similar Price and Enhanced Performance

According to TapTechNews on June 1, the leaker @wxnod indicated that the suggested retail price of AMD's upcoming Ryzen 9000 series Zen5 desktop CPU is the same as that of Ryzen 7000.

In addition, he also discovered an AMD R9 9950X running on the ROG Crosshair X670E GENE motherboard with 32GB DDR5-8400 memory, indicating that AMD has upgraded the memory controller on the Zen5 CPU, thereby bringing stronger performance and memory support capabilities.

For reference, TapTechNews found the corresponding prices of the Ryzen 7000 series processors here:

16-core R9 7950X: $699 (about 5,499 yuan).

12-core R9 7900X: $549 (about 4,299 yuan).

8-core R7 7700X: $399 (about 2,999 yuan).

6-core R5 7600X: $299 (about 2,249 yuan).

AMD will release the new generation of Ryzen 9000 series processors at Computex 2024 in Taipei, featuring a new generation of Zen5 cores, and the frequency and cache size are basically similar to the previous generation.

However, the most notable is the TDP of the Zen5 CPU. Except for the Ryzen 9950X, the TDP of all models is lower than that of the Ryzen 7000 series, indicating that AMD has significantly improved the energy efficiency of the Zen5 CPU. TapTechNews summarizes as follows:

Architecture Core/Thread Boost Frequency Cache (L2+L3) TDPR9 9950X (exposed) Zen5 16/32 5.7 GHz 80 MB 170 WR9 9900X (exposed) Zen5 12/24 5.6 GHz 76 MB 120 WR7 9700X (exposed) Zen5 8/16 5.5 GHz 40 MB 65 WR5 9600X (exposed) Zen5 6/12 5.4 GHz 38 MB 65 WR9 7950X Zen4 16/32 5.7 GHz 80 MB 170 WR9 7900X Zen4 12/24 5.6 GHz 76 MB 170 WR7 7700X Zen4 8/16 5.4 GHz 40 MB 105 WR5 7600X Zen4 6/12 5.3 GHz 38. MB 105 W