AMD: Ryzen 7000 CPUs released and first tests available – News

AMD today launched the Ryzen 7000 CPU series. AMD is bringing four CPUs to the release: Ryzen 9 7950X, Ryzen 9 7900X, Ryzen 7 7700X and the Ryzen 5 7600X. The CPUs cost between 359 and 849 euros and are only compatible with AMD’s new socket AM5. You need DDR5 memory with up to 6400 MHz and support PCI Express 5.0.

New mainboards are required for the AM5 socket. Mainboards with the X670(E) chipset are already available. Prices start at around 350 euros. The luxury mainboards with X670E chipset and E-ATX size are significantly more expensive and demand high three-digit amounts up to a price of 1,764 euros.

Relevant hardware websites have already published their test results. All tests have in common the statement that the new Ryzen 7000 CPUs can calculate very quickly and very efficiently, but in the default settings the power consumption limit (power package tracking, PPT) is set so high that the last few points are still in the benchmarks can be achieved. Computerbase.de says, for example, about the Ryzen 9 7950X:

The Ryzen 9 7950X is even faster in multi-core applications with a maximum of 88 watts than the Ryzen 9 5950X with 142 watts and with 65 watts even faster than the Core i9-12900K with 241 watts.

Due to the standard high PPT, the power consumption of the processors also increases and the cooling requirement increases due to the relatively high temperatures. Hardwareluxx.de sums it up with:

Another point is the temperatures. Whether with a Dark Rock Pro 4 or a Noctua NH-U12A – air coolers with the Ryzen 7000 series will have a hard time keeping them below 90 °C. AiO cooling should almost be mandatory if you operate the cores under continuous load. In games, the load isn’t so high that we’re at the temperature limit.

In terms of gaming performance, AMD is also the biggest competitor with its own top model (Ryzen 7 5800X3D) with socket AM4, although the CPUs have increased gaming performance by around 15% compared to the Ryzen 5000 series. Intel’s top models of the Alder Lake series (Core i9-12900K(S)) are on average the same and so it depends on which CPU has the edge. So concludes Golem.de:

AMD’s Raphael processors are roughly on par with Intel’s 12th Gen aka Alder Lake, but require a few watts less at similar frame rates. However, the Ryzen 7000 have a hard time against the Ryzen 7 5800X3D from their own company, it is and remains the best gaming CPU for the time being.

Due to the expensive price of the mainboards, the need for DDR5 memory and the fairly high entry-level prices, switching to Ryzen 7000 is still quite expensive fun at the moment. With a current CPU on Socket AM4 or Socket 1700, it is often not worth it. Things are different for new systems, considering AMD’s announcement that the AM5 platform will be supported until at least 2025.