AMD Ryzen 7000 presented: Up to 16 cores with 5.7 GHz and 57% more performance

With the AMD Ryzen 7000 series, the manufacturer has just introduced the new desktop processors based on the Zen 4 architecture. They are manufactured in the 5 nm process and deliver significantly more performance with improved efficiency than the predecessors.

AMD Ryzen 7000 officially unveiled

In a livestream that you can find further down in the article, AMD has just officially unveiled its new generation of desktop processors. The AMD Ryzen 7000 comes up with some exciting new features.

There will initially be a total of four models of the CPUs with the new Zen 4 architecture:

• AMD Ryzen 5 7600X with 6 cores, 12 threads and clock speeds up to 5.3 GHz
• AMD Ryzen 7 7700X with 8 cores, 16 threads, and clock speeds up to 5.4 GHz
• AMD Ryzen 9 7900X with 12 cores, 24 threads and clock speeds up to 5.6 GHz
• AMD Ryzen 9 7950X with 16 cores, 32 threads and clock speeds up to 5.7 GHz

For the two weaker CPUs, the TDP of 105 watts remains the same, while the two Ryzen 9s now allow themselves up to 170 watts TDP. Manufactured the CPUs in 5 nm process, which not only increases the performance per watt by up to 25 percent, but also the energy efficiency of the cores.

As expected, the new Socket AM5 or LGA 1718 is used for motherboards, which will be supported for at least three more years. It supports DDR5 and PCIe 5.0 for graphics cards and is compatible with AM4 socket coolers for an easy transition.

Gigabyte had, after all, recently introduced corresponding PCIe 5.0 SSDs with the AORUS Gen 5 1000 and Corsair with the MP700 with regard to the new AMD platform.

In total, they offer four chipsets: X670 Extreme, X670, B650 Extreme and B650. The AMD Ryzen 7000 supports DDR5 RAM with up to 5200 MHz clock rates, but even faster RAM is supported thanks to Extended Overclocking Profile. DDR5-6000 RAM was used in the benchmarks shown.

AMD Ryzen 7000 with significantly more performance

Especially in the gaming sector, the AMD Ryzen 7000 series is supposed to offer significantly more performance. The manufacturer showed a comparison to the Ryzen 9 5950X here, where up to 35 percent more gaming performance could be achieved.

In the Creator workflow, even up to 48 percent more performance is possible. Intel’s top model in the form of the Core i9-12900K is even said to be beaten by 62 percent in terms of performance and 47 percent in terms of efficiency.

It also gets interesting in the gaming midrange with the AMD Ryzen 5 7600X, which is already said to be able to top the Intel Core i9-12900K by an average of 5 percent, and in some cases even by up to 15 percent in terms of performance.

Prices and availability

The AMD Ryzen 7000 is scheduled to launch on September 27, 2022, while the first X760 and X760 Extreme motherboards will launch on September 15, while the B650 and B650 Extreme boards will wait until October 10.

Pricing starts at an MSRP of $299 for the Ryzen 5 7600X. The Ryzen 7 7700X is priced at $399, the Ryzen 9 7900X at $549, and the Ryzen 9 7950X has an MSRP of $699.