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AMD has revealed its price, performance, and the release date for the upcoming RNDA 3 graphics cards and the Ryzen 7000 series processors during its “together we advance_PCs” livestream.
Releasing in the 7000 series will be four CPUs that use the new Zen 4 desktop processing architecture. These CPUs will release on September 27, 2022. The flagship of the series, the Ryzen 9 7950X chip will cost $699 at launch. It is set to feature 16 cores, 32 threads, and a boost clock of up to 57GHz.
The Ryzen 9 7900X will run for $549 and features 6 cores, 12 threads, and a 5.3GHz boost clock. The Ryzen 7 7700X has 8 cores, 16 threads, and a 5.3GHz boost clock and will cost $399. The Ryzen 5 7600X will cost $299 and will have 6 cores, 12 threads, and a boost clock of 5.3GHz.
AMD claimed during its presentation that the Zen 4 processors will have a 13 percent uplift over the previous Zen 3 (Ryzen 5000 series).
In the presentation, AMD showcased how their processors compare to that of their competitor, Intel. Comparing themselves against the Intel i9-12900K in the V-Ray benchmark, it appeared that the Zen 4 displayed up to 47 percent better performance per watt and a potential improvement of 57 percent in raytracing. However, do note that this is a marketing event for AMD.
On AMD’s website, it was confirmed that the Ryzen 7000 SKUs will have integrated Radeon RDNA 2 graphics. Each CPU has 2 graphics cores that each have 64 stream processors and a boost clock of up to 2.2 GHz. However, it’s not really built for gaming, more for basic content creation.
This generation of processors will also require a motherboard upgrade, as it uses the AM5 socket. AM5 motherboards start from $125 and should be supported until 2025. You’ll also need to be sure to upgrade your RAM from DDR4 to DDR5.
The AMD Radeon RX 7000 series was also announced during the event. The next generation of Radeon graphics cards will be based on a 5nm process node. The flagship model is supposed to feature the Navi 31 GPU with 12288 stream processors and up to 24 GB of GDDR6 memory. However, this is still speculative, since AMD didn’t really give out much information.
The new GPU architecture will offer a 50 percent performance per watt increase over RDNA 2. The look has not really changed much at all though, with the new GPUs still retaining the all-black color scheme. Although the CPUs are set to release soon, the GPUs should be coming before the year ends.
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Zainah Yousef
Zainah Yousef is the author of The Fallen Age Saga and specializes in gaming, social media advice, and reviews. She's been writing all her life and she probably won't stop anytime soon.
