The zen 4 chips have a higher single-threaded bump than what AMD told at Computex.
Despite the fact that Lisa Su first presented Zen 4 at CES 2022, it was predicted that the new AM5 platform will support a variety of chipsets. Much like AM4 has a lifespan of more than 500 motherboards thanks to the X370, X470, X570, and all chipsets in between.
AMD has launched the new Ryzen 7000-series CPUs, which are claiming to be higher performance than expected for its new Zen 4 processors.
The Ryzen 7000 series, which use the new 5nm Zen 4 architecture, will have four SKUs at launch – the Ryzen 9 7950X, Ryzen 9 7900X, Ryzen 7 7700X and Ryzen 5 7600X.
| Architecture | Cores/Threads | Base freq | Boost freq | L2 cache | L3 cache | TDP | Price | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X | Zen 4 | 16/32 | 4.5 GHz | 5.7 GHz | 16MB | 64MB | 170W | $699 |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X | Zen 4 | 12/24 | 4.7 GHz | 5.6 GHz | 12MB | 64MB | 170W | $549 |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7700X | Zen 4 | 8/16 | 4.5 GHz | 5.4 GHz | 8MB | 32MB | 105W | $399 |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X | Zen 4 | 6/12 | 4.7 GHz | 5.3 GHz | 6MB | 32MB | 105W | $299 |
The prices above are lower than recently leaked amounts, which is good news for consumers and enthusiasts. However, they are much higher than their predecessors. The Ryzen 5 5600X, for example, currently retails for $199 and Intel’s Core i5-12600K retails for $240, so for the $299 Ryzen 5 7600X at least, performance needs to be significantly better than those CPU
At the end of September, a whole new motherboard chipset and socket will be released alongside the new processors. The new X670 and X670 Extreme motherboards will be released simultaneously, with prices beginning at $125. However, many, many significantly more costly choices will be provided by manufacturers like Asus, Gigabyte, and MSI.
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