AMD, a leading technology company, made headlines at Computex 2024 with the unveiling of its next-generation Ryzen 9000 CPUs. The event marked the official debut of Zen 5 microarchitecture and brought forth several advancements for desktop PCs. AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su announced four new chip SKUs: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X, Ryzen 7 9700X, Ryzen 5 960x, and two unnamed chips with [6, 8] core parts.
The flagship AMD Ryzen 9 9950X is a powerful processor with sixteen CPU cores and thirty-two threads. It boasts a maximum boost frequency of up to 5.7 GHz and an impressive TDP (Thermal Design Power) of 170 watts. The other SKUs offer varied core and thread counts, catering to different user needs.
AMD is touting an average IPC (Instructions Per Clock) increase in desktop workloads for Zen 5 of around sixteen percent. This improvement translates to significant gains in productivity and gaming performance.
The Ryzen 9000 series will launch on the AM5 socket, which AMD debuted with the Ryzen 7000 series and has committed to supporting from at least 2027 or beyond. This commitment signifies AMD's dedication to platform longevity.
Two new high-performance chipsets, X870E (Extreme) and regular X870, will be released alongside the Ryzen 900x series. These chipsets include USB 4.0 as standard and PCIe 5 Gen 5 for both PCIe graphics and NVMe storage.
The Ryzen 9 series promises substantial performance gains over its predecessors, with up to twice the instruction bandwidth, data bandwidth, and AI performance of the last generation. The Ryzen 9 9950X is reportedly faster than Intel's Core i9-14900K in gaming and productivity tests.
Stay tuned for more updates on AMD's Zen 5 CPUs as they become available.