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MagyarComputex 2024 | AMD Ryzen 9000 Granite Ridge desktop processors unveiled with new Zen 5 CPU cores
AMD has shown off its new Ryzen 9000 series of desktop processors alongside its new Ryzen AI laptop chips. They directly succeed the Ryzen 7000 chips launched two years ago and include four new SKUs: Ryzen 9 9950X, Ryzen 9 9900X, Ryzen 7 9700X and Ryzen 5 9600X. Their X3D and non-X versions will likely be unveiled at a later date.
Starting with the Ryzen 9 9950X, you get a 16-core, 32-thread CPU, 170 Watts TDP, 80 MB cache and a boost clock of up to 5.7 GHz. The Ryzen 9 9900X cuts the core/thread count to 12/24, TDP to 120 Watts, cache to 76 MB and boost clock to 5.6 GHz. On the other hand, both the Ryzen 7 9700X (8c, 16t, 5.5 GHz boost, 40 MB cache) and Ryzen 5 9600X (6c, 8t, 5.4 GHz, 38 MB cache) have a TDP of just 65 Watts.
The above processors are accompanied with new X870 and X870E motherboards, which support USB 4.0 and PCIe Gen 5 across all models. AMD claims Zen 5 is up to 2x faster than Zen 4 thanks to improved branch prediction, wider pipelines, and a redesign that allows for better parallelism. This results in an IPC uplift ranging between 10-35% compared to Zen 4.
When it comes to performance, AMD claims the Ryzen 9 9950X is up to 56% faster than the Core i9-14900K in productivity applications. The gap is a lot less apparent in gaming, with the performance uplift ranging between 4-23%. The tests were performed on a high-end X/Z series board, DDR5 6,000 RAM and an AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX with default power profiles on both processors. AMD will unveil the price and sale date of each SKU at a later point.
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