Monday, October 21st 2024
AMD Announces Ryzen 7 9800X3D, and Price-cuts Across Ryzen 9000 Series
AMD today lifted the covers off its Ryzen 7 9800X3D Socket AM5 processor powered by the "Zen 5" microarchitecture and 3D V-cache technology. The company did not put out any product specs or other details, except announcing November 7, 2024, as the product availability date for this chip. This would put its launch exactly two weeks from that of Intel's Core Ultra Series 2 "Arrow Lake-S" processors, and give reviewers time to include the performance results of the new Intel chips in reviews of the 9800X3D. AMD is looking to extend its gaming performance leadership which it held with the 7800X3D. The switch to the newer "Zen 5" microarchitecture and higher clock speeds could push gaming performance up beyond the 7800X3D by a few percentage points. The 7800X3D is already faster than the Core i9-14900K in gaming workloads, so we're being set up for an exciting clash between the Core Ultra 9 285K and the Ryzen 7 9800X3D for gaming performance.
Next up, AMD announced official price cuts for all four current models in its Ryzen 9000 "Granite Ridge" desktop processor family. Buyers in the retail channel should be able to find the flagship Ryzen 9 9950X 16-core/32-thread processor up to $50 cheaper than its launch price, which should bring it down to $600. The Ryzen 9 9900X (12-core/24-thread), the Ryzen 7 9700X (8-core/16-thread), and the Ryzen 5 9600X (6-core/12-thread), each get a haircut of up to $30. You should be able to find the 9900X for as little as $470. The 9700X should be down to as low as $330. The 9600X, the most affordable "Zen 5" part, should go for as low as $250. The price-cuts should be effective immediately. Although all pre-launch info points to this being an 9800X3D-only launch, our AMD PR contacts used the plural term ("X3D processors") when referring to the November 7 date. Could we see more than one X3D processor model launch, especially given the $50 price cut given to the 9950X? Watch this space.
Next up, AMD announced official price cuts for all four current models in its Ryzen 9000 "Granite Ridge" desktop processor family. Buyers in the retail channel should be able to find the flagship Ryzen 9 9950X 16-core/32-thread processor up to $50 cheaper than its launch price, which should bring it down to $600. The Ryzen 9 9900X (12-core/24-thread), the Ryzen 7 9700X (8-core/16-thread), and the Ryzen 5 9600X (6-core/12-thread), each get a haircut of up to $30. You should be able to find the 9900X for as little as $470. The 9700X should be down to as low as $330. The 9600X, the most affordable "Zen 5" part, should go for as low as $250. The price-cuts should be effective immediately. Although all pre-launch info points to this being an 9800X3D-only launch, our AMD PR contacts used the plural term ("X3D processors") when referring to the November 7 date. Could we see more than one X3D processor model launch, especially given the $50 price cut given to the 9950X? Watch this space.
77 Comments on AMD Announces Ryzen 7 9800X3D, and Price-cuts Across Ryzen 9000 Series
Zen 5 seems to be selling poorly. They had no choice but to get out the X3D early and cut the pricing.
The Zen5 had already started with a lower MSRP, and it is also performing great!
USB 4
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Well it shows easily which generation a product is. Basically the mainboard should be the starting point. With the chipset and uefi verison (maybe call it bios version) you can determine which parts and technology are supported.
I'm happy that AMD makes it such easy for myself. I think AM5 is the mechanical socket(choosen by amd). Zen5 should be the processor architecture. (choosen by amd)
DDR5 is the current DRAM standard.
PCIE 5 is the current slot in card standard. I think PCIE 7 is already specified and tested? I consider the M2 WLAN and NVME slots with different notches just another form factor for slot in cards.
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I just checked the Ryzen 9600X price. Still more expensive as the Ryzen 7500F / 7600 / 7600X.
I'm happy with my Ryzen 7600X. Lots of upgrade paths in the future. I could use the improved AVX512 instruction set which the 9000er Ryzen offer.
I'm very happy to have dumped my Ryzen 5800X / B550 mainboard / 2 x 32 GiB DRAM / Radeon 6600XT early 2023.
1. 3D V-cache on both CCDs of the 9950X3D and 9900X3D.
2. The per-core L2 cache doubled to 2 MB.
3. High clock speeds
The CPU is so badly designed for common home workloads (gaming) that it needs this cache to function properly outside of excel and web browsing.
I mean, I knew that on my case, I purposely bought a 5800X non-3D since it was 100EUR cheaper and I play at 4K where the CPU doesn't play in that big of a part.
AMD is more a mature architecture that cannot be significantly improved in the current incarnation without resorting to quality degrading high clocks.