It seems June’s Computex event in Taiwan will reveal a bit more we thought regarding AMD’s next generation Zen 5 Ryzen 9000 desktop processors with both launch date and core counts being mentioned by regularly online leaker wjm47196 over at Chiphell (via Videocardz).
The month of July, which is a few weeks after the end of the Computex trade show, is apparently the target for AMD’s launch of Ryzen 9000, which is perhaps a few months earlier than we’d expected both it and Intel to launch new generations of desktop processors. All eyes will be on AMD’s keynote hosted by the company’s CEO, Dr Lisa Su, where the company is expected to reveal more information on Ryzen 9000 processors.
Core counts
Even more importantly, the forum user claims there will be no core count increases or variations with Ryzen 9000. We’ll still see the same six, eight, 12 and 16 core parts straddling the usual Ryzen 5, 7 and 9 model numbers and despite rumors to the contrary, these will all feature standard Zen 5 cores with no move to big and little cores as Intel has done since it’s 12th Gen CPUs with its P and E-cores.
AMD will be relying on its new Zen 5 architecture for a performance uplift, while Intel supposedly has the added task of dealing with its decision to remove Hyper-Threading from its Arrow Lake-S based Core Ultra 200 CPUs that will replace current 14th Gen models later this year (note the naming scheme change here if you’re not aware of this yet).
AMD and Intel chipsets are 800-series
Interestingly, AMD is also rumoured to be skipping the 700-series naming scheme for its new motherboard chipsets (with the current models being the 600-series such as X670) and instead going for the 800-series. This is likely due to Intel’s 800-series chipset motherboards supposedly being revealed at Computex next month, so AMD releasing a lower number would likely raise eyebrows with sales executives.
No mention of X3D models yet
As usual there’s no mention of any X3D models with 3D V-Cache. These gaming-focussed models such as the Ryzen 7 7800X3D usually arrive later. However, with Intel not expected to launch it’s Core Ultra 200 desktop processors till much later in 2024, unless we hear differently at Computex, it’s likely and X3D models could launch within a similar timeframe to Intel in a bid to offer competition to gamers.
There’s still no more information or leaks about Intel’s launch, but in other news 800-series Intel motherboards, which feature the new LGA-1851 socket have already leaked online and AMD’s 800-series motherboards are expected to be shown at June’s Computex trade show too, so it’s likely there may be some Intel models revealed in the flesh too.
AMD’s Ryzen 9000 will be a drop-in upgrade for existing owners of Socket AM5 motherboards, with the likelihood of needing a BIOS update to support the new CPUs. Intel, on the other hand, is launching a new CPU socket and will, like AMD, only support DDR5 on it’s future motherboards so would-be upgraders face a pricier path opting for Intel if they’re upgrading from older Intel platforms.
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