AMD’s next batch of Zen 4 microprocessor have been spotted and it looks like they will include the new Ryzen 7900, 7700 and 7600 models, with specs and pricing provided in this leak.
These are, of course, non-X versions of the existing 7900X, 7700X and 7600X models, which means they’ll run a bit slower but be more power efficient and cost a bit less than those CPUs currently available. .
VideoCardz (opens in a new tab) was the source of this rumor, with AMD’s presentation slide offering website detailing those Zen 4 products, which are supposed to launch at CES 2023 next month (they’ll likely go on sale shortly after). there, possibly as quickly as January 9).
Diving into the leaked specs, the Ryzen 9 7900 is said to be clocked up to 5.4GHz, which is 200MHz slower than the 7900X and has a base clock of 3.7GHz, a further drop. 1 GHz vs 7900X – but it has a much lower TDP of 65W (in fact, all these CPUs have the same TDP). The MSRP featured on the slide is $429 in the US.
With the Ryzen 7 7700, we’re looking at a boost up to 5.3 GHz (100 MHz lower than the 7700X) and a base clock of 3.8 GHz (700 MHz lower), with a price tag obviously 329 USD.
For the Ryzen 5 7600, the spec sheet shows that boost is up to 5.1 GHz (200 MHz slower than the 7600X), with a base clock of 3.8 GHz (900 MHz slower). The price aired here is $229, but of course add your own spice to all of this and don’t be shy with the amount applied.
Analysis: Make the right price and go against Intel Raptor Lake
Another interesting point here is that AMD’s slides also offer Intel CPUs these models will compete with and they have not been released yet. carnivorous lake microprocessor. The Ryzen 7900 is set to compete with the Core i9-13900 (non-K version, meaning not unlocked for overclocking) and the 12900, while the Ryzen 7700 is AMD’s answer to the Core i7-13700/12700 and Ryzen 7600 against Core i5-13600/12600.
Both these AMD Ryzen non-X chips and the new Raptor Lake non-K processors are expected at CES, so an imminent showdown is expected, even though we already know quite a bit about performance. their performance (Intel chips will also be much more powerful). -friendly, like new AMD products, with clock frequencies reduced accordingly).
The end result is that by January 2023, there will be more choice of current generation processors – Intel is expected to release a whole bunch in fact, about the new 13th generation CPUs – this is clearly good news for consumers.
As for AMD’s pricing, as VideoCardz pointed out, the problem is that there are some pretty deep discounts on current Zen 4 models. So for example instead of being at or near its MSRP of $299 in the US, the mid-range segment Ryzen 7600X sold for $250 (actually $240 at Newegg (opens in a new tab) with a promo code, at the time of writing). And looking at the MSRP of the vanilla Ryzen 7600 in this leak, which is $229, you barely save anything to get the old clock speed drop we noted above.
Please note, this may not be the full picture, as the Ryzen 7000 CPU discounts, introduced during the week of Black Friday, still seem to apply only to the holiday sales. So next year, the price should theoretically be back to where it was at launch for the original Zen 4 chip – or at least up from now – and the prices of these upcoming models when that might be more reasonable.
The reason those discounts were made with the Ryzen 7000 is due to the cost of a new motherboard – as required by the new platform – and the additional cost of DDR5 system RAM (DDR4 is not an option). selector, like with Raptor Lake), all of this adds up to make the move to Zen 4 a more expensive proposition. As a result, sales of Zen 4 chips seem to suffer, hence AMD cuts prices, but in the new year cheaper motherboards for the AM5 (Zen 4) platform are expected to come out ( exactly how long, we don’t know.)
Either way, AMD definitely has to make pricing work one way or another – or certainly makes sense in their own right – and another thing to remember with the new models coming out. This eye is that they are supposed to come with coolers (Wraith Prism or Wraith Stealth for the lower end Ryzen 7600).
Competing for value with some of the newer Raptor Lake products, such as the 13600, can be more complicated, as performance leak around some mid-range CPUs look quite attractive; but of course that also depends on where Intel sets its own prices.
