AMD RYZEN 9 CPUS OUT JULY 31^st 2024

By Greg Cunningham

Specifications:

AMD is confirming that a new series of CPU are hitting July 31, 2024.  Ryzen 9000 series CPU will be a new line of desktop processors announced just weeks after the AI 300 CPUs.

The new lineup will consist of four CPUs to start: the Ryzen 9 in both 9950X and 9900X, the Ryzen 7 9700X and the Ryzen 5 9600X.  Let’s look at the specs some more below:

Pricing and availability:

AMD has yet to release a list price, but reported leaked prices from a Best Buy insider are as follows for the four CPUs:

All four models have 2 Core 2200 MHz Radeon Graphics, and no listed thermal solution included (PIB).  AMD recommends a liquid cooler solution for optimal performance.

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If this pricing is true, this is very aggressive pricing for AMD and will likely have Intel racing to respond in turn with a price reduction on their competing offerings.  Higher heat (and cooling requirements) and possible instability issues due to heat and or elevated voltages of Intel 13^th and 14^th generations CPUs may give AMD a very good competitive opening.  (See our coverage of Intel’s statement on Instability issues here). 

AMDs could face some possible issues with taking market share quickly.  This will center around if there is sufficient supply of the higher end Ryzen 9 9000 series CPUs available on the market, and how well the Ryzen 7 and 5 9000 CPUs perform in comparison to Intel offerings.  Shortages could cause some retailers to increase prices, or available stock could potentially be purchased to be resold at increased resale prices, as we have seen with many high-end graphics cards in low supply as of late.  AMD is also seeing steep discounts on their current CPUs on market, with the Ryzen 9 5950X 16 Core CPU selling at $363 on Amazon for the AM4 based CPU.  Just recently the same CPU was selling closer to the top end new Ryzen 9 9950X price of $450.

Zen Architecture:

Code named Granite Ridge, now called “Zen 5” architecture, the CPU for Ryzen 9 is AM5 socket based and Supported Chipsets listed by AMD include: A620 , X670E , X670 , B650E , B650 , X870E , X870

AMD is touting its “Zen” architecture is superior, so what is AMD Zen Architecture?  Simplified, “Zen” is a hybrid multichip architecture.  For “Zen” AMD went with a new take on x86 architecture of using processor building blocks called “chiplets” as opposed to larger monolithic die CPUs.  AMD’s new Ryzen 9000 CPUs are built on the latest generation Zen 5, built on a 4nm TSMC process and claims to have a IPC (improvement over prior generations) of ~16%

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