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Title: The AMD Ryzen 7 9700X and Ryzen 5 9600X Review: Zen 5 is Alive

Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2024 09:00:00 EDT
Link: https://www.anandtech.com/show/21493/the-amd-...

Last month, AMD launched their first processors using the Zen 5
microarchitecture for the mobile market via their Ryzen AI 300 series.
Typically, with AMD Ryzen launches, we usually see the desktop parts come
first, with the flagship model and then the mobile coming after. This time
around, AMD has changed the dynamic of their release schedule with Zen 5 by
launching the mobile chips first, which includes the Ryen AI 9 HX 370, which
we reviewed last month. Today, Zen 5 on desktop has its turn, as AMD has
launched two mid-range desktop processors, the Ryzen 7 9700X and the Ryzen 5
9600X.

AMD has launched two of the four announced Ryzen 9000 series processors
today. The entry-level model is the Ryzen 5 9600X, a 6C/12T part with full-
sized Zen 5 cores that can boost up to 5.4 GHz out of the box. The other
model launched today is the Ryzen 7 9700X, which also features 8C/16T of Zen
5 and a boost clock speed of up to 5.5 GHz.

As part of AMD's push on platform longevity, the Ryzen 9000 series shares the
same AM5 socket as its predecessor, meaning users can use X670E/X670 and
B650E/B650 motherboards with a firmware update. We expected to see the newer
X870X motherboards come with the Ryzen 9000 release, but unfortunately, these
have been delayed.

So now we have Zen 5 in the form of the Ryzen 9000 series finally hitting the
desktop, sans the top two SKUs, the Ryzen 9 9950X and Ryzen 9 9900X, which
are coming later, it's time to see how much of an improvement Zen 5 is over
Zen 4, not just in single-threaded but also multi-threaded workloads as AMD
has promised up to an uplift of16% IPC on average. Both the Ryzen 7 9700X and
Ryzen 5 9600X have a TDP of 65 W, which we see as more aligned with the non-X
SKUs, so it will be interesting to see how Zen 5 performs in terms of both
performance and efficiency.

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