Will AMD make last-minute changes to 'save' the Ryzen 9000 CPU line?

. However, a new report shows that 'Team Red' still seems not really confident with the above statement. Wccftech website claims that AMD is considering changing the TDP of Ryzen 7 9700X from 65w - the announced power consumption - to 120W.

The problem is not just energy consumption. AMD is considering this change due to how the Ryzen 7 9700X and Ryzen 7 7800X3D compare. The Ryzen 7 7800X3D is easily the best gaming CPU that users can find on the market, and this is mainly due to the presence of 3D V-Cache technology on the chip. Without 3D V-Cache, AMD is concerned that the Ryzen 7 9700X will lose its necessary competitive advantage.

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Ultimately, the increase in TDP and performance will certainly help close the gap between the Ryzen 7 9700X and Ryzen 7 7800X3D, but it's important to carefully evaluate this report with a bit of skepticism. AMD may be making some small last-minute changes to its hardware, but a report from Wccftech claims that AMD will nearly double the capacity of the Ryzen 7 9700X. That's obviously a big number considering the market direction of this CPU model, which, along with the rest of the AMD 9000 series, will be released in July.

At 3.8 GHz, the Ryzen 7 9700X has the lowest base clock among models in the Ryzen 9000 product line. It is likely that AMD can narrow the gap between base clock speed and speed. boost clock. It's also not ruled out that AMD could introduce some automatic overclocking mode to free up up to 120W of power - assuming the chip can handle it.

A more reasonable hypothesis is that AMD is working on a variant of the Ryzen 7 9700X. Similar to Intel, AMD always likes to stimulate market demand by launching new product variants with small changes in power, clock speed and core configuration. So the higher TDP could come in the form of something like the Ryzen 7 9800X or Ryzen 7 9700 XT.

Jessica Tanner

Update 01 July 2024