Here's what you need to know about AMD Ryzen 7000 processors, September 27 release date starting at $299
AMD has unveiled a series of new processors, the Ryzen 7000, starting at $299. But there's more to cover regarding specs, prices, and features. Here's what you need to know about AMD's next Gen CPUs.
The specification features and prices
The Ryzen 7000 series desktop CPUs will come in fours ( codename "Raphael). The top-end flagship CPU out of the four will be the Ryzen 9 7950V, priced at $699 at launch, featuring 16 cores and 32 threads, with a boost clock up to 5.7GHz. The other three processors include the Ryzen 9 7900X features 12 cores and 24 threads, with a 5.6GHz boost clock, priced at $549, Ryzen 7 7700X, with eight cores, 16 threads with a 5.3GHz, priced at $399; and finally, we have the budget option CPU, the Ryzen 5 7600X, six cores priced at $299.
The bold expectations from AMD
Compared to Intel's 12th Gen processor (Alder Lake), AMD boldly claims that the Ryzen 7000 series CPUs will include lower power options consisting of mainstream Ryzen 7 700X and Ryzen 5 7600X processors. In addition, better single-thread performance over Intel's top-end Core i9-12900K. AMD didn't just talk about their claim; at the event reveal, they displayed an F1 2022 side-by-side comparison to 12900k. The new Ryzen processors have an 11% higher framer rate.
Ironically, both processors are equally capable of reaching up to 350 FPS during the test. AMD also claims a 5% improvement in gaming performance with Ryzen 7000 series in comparison to Intel when using the 7600X CPU.
New AMD 600-series chipset and AM5 socket
Many people like myself thought AMD would stick to the AM4 socket, which has been around since 2016. Instead, the Ryzen 7000 series processors will be paired with an all-new AM5 socket and 600-series chipsets. The AM5 socket will contain a new 1,718-pin Land Grid Array (LGA). In addition, the new design will still accommodate AM4 heatsinks and CPU coolers. AM5 motherboards, such as the X670 Extreme featuring the new chipset, have already made their way to the market
Other features include PCIe 5.0 support for multiple hardware, graphics card, and storage drives. In addition, every single Ryzen series processor will feature up to 24 PCIe Gen 5 lanes, 14 SuperSpeed (20Gpbs) USB ports, WiFi 6e and Bluetooth LE 5.2 support, and HDMI and Display Port 2.
The architecture
The Ryzen 7000 CPUs are based on an all-new Zen 4 architecture. In addition, having a newly evolved chip design constructed on TSMC enhanced 5nm process node. The 5nm node is better known as N5 at chipmaker TSMC; it will offer a 15% boost clock speed and a 30% reduction in power consumption within the same frequency. The Zen 4 architecture significantly increased its cache size from 512KB to 1MB. However, the size of the L3 cache within the CPU remains the same. But AMD has confirmed that V-Cache will be offered in the Ryzen 7000 series, with only one CPU having a total of 80MB cache ( both L2 and L3 combined), which will be the Ryzen 9 7950X and Ryzen 7 7700X3D with a total of 104MB V-Cache.
The Ryzen 7000 series processors' official release date will be September 27th.
