AMD
is
officially
announcing
its
first
next-generation
X3D
desktop
processors
today,
based
on
its
latest
Zen
5
architecture.
I’d
love
to
tell
you
which
Ryzen
9000-series
X3D
chips
are
arriving
next
month,
but
AMD
is
strangely
only
teasing
a
release
date
of
November
7th
and
providing
no
pricing
or
further
details.
AMD
has
only
provided
a
single
slide
about
this
X3D
announcement,
ahead
of
Intel’s
Core
Ultra
200-series
launch
on
October
24th.
Rumors
had
suggested
AMD
would
announce
its
highly
anticipated
Zen
5
X3D
chips
a
day
after
Intel’s
performance
embargo
for
the
Ultra
9
285K,
but
AMD
has
decided
to
tease
the
existence
of
next-gen
X3D
processors
a
little
earlier
than
expected.
Thanks
to
other
leaks,
we’re
expecting
to
hear
more
about
the
9800X3D
soon,
which
will
likely
be
the
first
next-gen
X3D
processor
to
launch
on
November
7th,
with
eight
cores.
Rumors
suggest
it
will
include
a
4.7GHz
base
clock,
with
a
boost
clock
of
5.2GHz
or
higher.
Some
recently
leaked
MSI
slides
also
suggest
the
9000X3D
series
will
be
much
better
at
productivity
and
creator
workloads
than
the
7000X3D
series.
If
MSI’s
slides
are
accurate,
it
should
mean
the
9000X3D
chips
will
provide
similar
performance
in
benchmarks
like
Cinebench
R23
to
the
non-X3D
Ryzen
9000-series
chips.
These
upcoming
X3D
chips
might
not
give
much
of
a
boost
in
gaming
over
the
7000-series
X3D
parts,
though.
They
should
still
easily
beat
Intel’s
Core
Ultra
200S
chips
in
gaming,
particularly
because
Intel
has
already
admitted
that
its
latest
desktop
CPUs
will
be
around
5
percent
behind
AMD’s
existing
7800X3D
chip.
Alongside
this
X3D
announcement,
AMD
is
also
launching
an
early
holiday
promotion
for
its
latest
Ryzen
9000-series
processors.
The
Ryzen
9
9950X
is
now
discounted
by
up
to
$50,
while
the
Ryzen
9
9900X,
Ryzen
7
9700X,
and
Ryzen
5
9600X
will
all
see
up
to
$30
off.
(Originally posted by Tom Warren)
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