AMD Ryzen 9000 Series processors dates and prices revealed

I might be upgrading to a 9700x from my trusty 3700x, but I'm in no particular hurry.


Last edited by tuubi on 7 August 2024 at 10:04 am UTC

5600X still doing an amazing job. I'm pretty sure it will last me until AMD's next socket change then I'll buy a cheap first or second generation CPU and upgrade to the last generation the socket supports again.


Last edited by Drakker on 7 August 2024 at 11:31 am UTC

Quoting: Drakker5600X still doing an amazing job. I'm pretty sure it will last me until AMD's next socket change then I'll buy a cheap first or second generation CPU and upgrade to the last generation the socket supports again.

Same for me.

My system is almost 6 years old, so it's about time for an upgrade. But not before the next GPU generation.

I am currently running a 5950x so dont need an upgrade but I am considering an upgrade to a 9950x. I will wait for reviews first and I might also wait and see if AMD announce a 9950 X3D SKU.

Already looked at some reviews and Zen5 doesn't look good so far.

People might aswell just buy a Zen4 CPU instead.

I'm still running a 1700 and never bothered upgrading because I never really ran into significant gaming bottlenecks from the CPU. I'm probably going to wait for the fancy 3D cache version. I've read those chips are significant upgrades for gaming.

I might upgrade and then try to sell current CPU. That would recover some of the costs. Though I'd also wait until X3D versions will appear. If they'll have one with extra cache for all cores that would be something new to consider.


Last edited by Shmerl on 7 August 2024 at 3:47 pm UTC

I think we have pretty much the same system Liam, ha! 5800x w/ 6800xt.

Normally I build a new machine every 4 / 5 years, so that time is basically now, but I'm going to wait at LEAST for the next gpu cycle (what is that, mid year next year we think for next radeon generation?) and these cpus are very underwhelming, so very easy to pass on.

Also I wanted to link to the phoronix article on these, a lot of great info there in case you're wondering!

https://www.phoronix.com/review/ryzen-9600x-9700x

For myself (and Liam and I'm sure others), this is a good page:
https://www.phoronix.com/review/ryzen-9600x-9700x/16

which lists our processors scoring a 55, and the new 9700x scoring a 90. I know benchmark scores don't mean a ton in real life settings, but still that's a big jump.


Last edited by Jarmer on 7 August 2024 at 6:01 pm UTC

Quoting: Jarmerand these cpus are very underwhelming, so very easy to pass on.

How are they underwhelming? From what I've read, it's a major improvement over Zen 4.

I should edit my post lol. From the first reports I was seeing, that seemed the case, but now after reading some other sites like the phoronix one, maybe you're right and they're pretty strong.

My CPU hit 10 years old back in July and I'm thinking of switching to AMD for the next one so this sounds interesting. Though I'm in no hurry, so maybe I'll wait for an X3D version to see how it compares.

Quoting: Shmerl

Quoting: Jarmerand these cpus are very underwhelming, so very easy to pass on.

How are they underwhelming? From what I've read, it's a major improvement over Zen 4.

Minimal performance gain over the previous series.

Power use is better, so I'd call that a big plus. Unfortunately idle power use is still too high on AMD CPUs.

Still can't seem to compete with the X3Ds though, so it'll be interesting to see what that could do for this series.

Quoting: EhvisMinimal performance gain over the previous series.

Seems to be comparable to improvements from Zen 3 to Zen 4. Not sure that's called minimal. I'm more interested in how well eco mode will perform.

Quoting: EhvisStill can't seem to compete with the X3Ds though, so it'll be interesting to see what that could do for this series.

It would be interesting if high end models will have full core coverage with extra cache in X3D and will avoid the asymmetrical set up.


Last edited by Shmerl on 7 August 2024 at 8:45 pm UTC

Quoting: croxisI'm still running a 1700 and never bothered upgrading because I never really ran into significant gaming bottlenecks from the CPU. I'm probably going to wait for the fancy 3D cache version. I've read those chips are significant upgrades for gaming.

Yes they are significant indeed, went myself from a 1600x to a 5800x3d one year ago and oboy was that an upgrade.

I'm still on a 2700X and don't feel it holds me back from anything. When the 3700X came out, I really wanted the wattage drop, but not enough to pay for it. I may upgrade my core components in 2025 (working on GPU this year), but the chipset and storage interfaces would be the primary driver there. The CPU upgrade would simply be neat.

Now, this X3D feature everyone is talking about is unknown to me, so time to do some reading and get starry-eyed maybe.

EDIT: After looking at Phoronix and Microcenter, it seems to me the X3D processors were not wonderful for gaming initially, but seem good now...? An older 5800X3D article didn't look attractive, but when it's seen in a later 7900X3D article, it looks fine. But I don't know I'm convinced X3D are worth the $$ yet due to lack of cooler and higher power in contrast to the 65W models. According to PassMark, the 5700X compared to the 7900X3D is half the performance and half the TDP while being 39% of the cost.


Last edited by 14 on 10 August 2024 at 2:33 pm UTC