The new Ryzen 9000 processors are based on the Zen 5 architecture, which significantly increases the CPI, including by 16%, compared to its predecessors. These chips are manufactured by TSMC based on the 5nm manufacturing process.
Something quite interesting was the presentation of the new X870 and X870E chipsets, even showing the motherboards. These new chipsets offer support for USB4 and Wi-Fi 7, two rather uninteresting developments. So much so that new boards equipped with these chipsets will hit the market well after the launch of the new processors.
Performance of the new AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
There is still some time left before the new range of Ryzen chips hits the market and the data that is emerging is interesting. Its performance is supposed to be excellent, much better than the previous generation, with lower power consumption. This is verified by the benchmark that was shown of the Ryzen 9 9900X under the Cinebench R23 software.
The new Ryzen 9 9900X is a 12-core, 24-thread processor with a maximum frequency of 5.7 GHz. The interesting thing about this processor is the TDP, which is only 120 watts. To give you an idea, its counterpart, the Ryzen 9 7900X, which has the same number of cores and reaches 5.6 GHz, has a TDP of 170 watts.
To test this Zen 5 architecture solution, a high-end motherboard with the X670E chipset and AGESA 1.2.0.0 BIOS was used. We don’t know how optimized the BIOS is, but it seems that it already supports the new processor line without any problems.
The leaked performance data is extremely interesting. The Ryzen 9 9900X with a TDP of 120 watts (default) returns a score of 33,000 points. If the TDP is increased to 170 watts (approximately), this gives a result of 34,500 points.
Without changing the TDP, the new Ryzen 9 9900X outperforms the Ryzen 9 7900X by 14% and if Precision Boost Overdrive (PBO) is enabled, the difference widens to an 18% performance improvement. Furthermore, with the increase in consumption, it remains at 2% of the power of the Core i7-14700K, which has a TDP of around 250 watts.
We need to take this synthetic data for what it is, a way to “catalog” and compare processors. Then we need to see how they perform in real-world environments, like gaming or other tasks. It aims to deliver great gaming performance, but we can’t say that either.
In addition to performance in games and “real” environments, there is another key factor that will determine its success or not. Without a doubt, the price will be the most important factor in all this, which will determine the user to choose these chips. If they manage to offer good performance in games and have a good price, it is normal that they sell very easily.
