At CES 2023, AMD expanded its Zen 4 desktop processor lineup with the Ryzen 7000X3D series for gaming PCs and Ryzen 7000 non-X CPUs for affordable computers. The company also unveiled the Ryzen 7000 mobile APUs and Radeon RX 7000 laptop GPUs, with the intention to offer a complete range of products for users on the go. The Ryzen 7000 desktop series first surfaced in Aug. 2022, comprising four chips — the 16-core, 32-thread Ryzen 9 7950X, the 12-core, 24-thread Ryzen 9 7900X, the 8-core, 16-thread Ryzen 7 7700X, and the 6-core, 12-thread Ryzen 5 7600X.
AMD has announced three new Ryzen 7000 3D V-Cache processors as an upgrade over its Ryzen 5000 3D V-Cache lineup. AMD says the new processors offer a 14 percent improvement in performance over the last-gen 3D V-Cache chips. The new chips —the Ryzen 7 7800X3D, Ryzen 9 7900X3D, and Ryzen 9 7950X3D — come with the specs that were rumored last year. AMD claims that they are “the fastest gaming processors in the world.”
New Ryzen 7000 Desktop CPUs
The leader of the pack is the Ryzen 9 7950X3D, which comes with 16 cores and 32 threads. It has a 5.7GHz boost clock and 144MB of total cache. The 12-core, 24-thread Ryzen 9 7900X3D is one level below and comes with a 5.6GHz boost clock and 140MB cache. Finally, there’s the Ryzen 7 7800X3D, which has 8 cores and 16 threads, a boost clock of up to 5Ghz, and 104MB of total cache. All the chips have the same 120W TDP. AMD hasn’t revealed any pricing information for the Ryzen 7000X3D processors, but they’re likely to be more expensive than their X-series counterparts. They will be available for purchase from February.
AMD also announced the new Ryzen 9 7900, Ryzen 7 7700, and Ryzen 5 7600 processors. They are variants of the 7900X, 7700X, and 7600X processors launched last year, but are clocked slightly lower. Like their X-series counterparts, the new chips are built on the Zen 4 architecture and come with a 65W TDP. The new processors are compatible with existing AM5 motherboards after a BIOS update. They will be available for purchase starting Jan. 10. AMD is also bundling the Wraith Prism cooler with the 7900 and 7700, and the Wraith Stealth with the 7600.
The upgraded chips start at $229 for the Ryzen 5 7600, while the Ryzen 7 7700 costs $329. The Ryzen 9 7900 is the most expensive of the lot, with a $429 price-tag. It will be interesting to see how they will fare against Intel’s 13-gen Core non-K CPUs, especially since the latter will have a lower entry barrier, thanks to lower-priced motherboards and DDR4 support. While they will offer a viable alternative, AMD may have to adjust the pricing of its Ryzen 7000 non-X processors to make them more competitive against Intel.
