AMD confirms one Ryzen 9000X3D CPU arrives on November 7

What conscionable happened? AMD has conscionable "announced" that astatine slightest 1 Ryzen 9000X3D processor will beryllium disposable successful a fewer weeks connected November 7. However, this is much a teaser, apt aimed astatine stealing immoderate of nan thunder from Intel's Arrow Lake motorboat this week arsenic AMD hasn't provided specifications, pricing, capacity claims, aliases moreover confirmed nan CPU's sanction aliases model.

If you were hoping to study much astir Zen 5 X3D parts, I'm sorry to disappoint. But we'll locomotion you done nan fewer specifications we person and nan imaginable reasons for this benignant of soft announcement.

AMD shared a azygous descent astir this motorboat arsenic shown above. That's it – everything we cognize is connected this 1 slide, which AMD described arsenic a teaser. Aside from nan November merchandise date, nan descent provides nary further details.

The CPU successful mobility is astir apt nan Ryzen 7 9800X3D, though we can't beryllium certain. It could beryllium nan 9700X3D aliases thing other entirely. However, based connected various sources complete nan past fewer months, nan 9800X3D was expected to motorboat successful early November, pinch higher-core models perchance arriving a mates of months later, perchance successful early 2025. This announcement aligns pinch our expectations for nan 9800X3D's merchandise timing.

There's nary constituent speculating connected nan specifications because we simply don't know. AMD besides hasn't provided immoderate pricing information, which I fishy will beryllium revealed person to nan merchandise date to coincide pinch reviews.

One inclination we've noticed complete nan past fewer months is that nan Ryzen 7 7800X3D has go much costly and harder to find. Pricing and readiness were unchangeable astir $360 to $370 until precocious August, but since then, nan value has gradually increased, and it's now unavailable astatine galore retailers. In my opinion, this is simply a calculated move by AMD to discontinue nan 7800X3D and clear nan marketplace for nan 9800X3D. The past point AMD wants is for nan 7800X3D to compete pinch nan caller model, perchance offering amended worth and starring to antagonistic comparisons for nan Zen 5 version. If nan aged exemplary is unavailable, nan prime becomes simpler for consumers.

This leads america to judge that AMD whitethorn value nan 9800X3D likewise to nan 7800X3D, alternatively than pursuing a worth strategy. Again, this is not confirmed, but if it retains nan title of nan fastest gaming processor, launching astatine a little value constituent seems unlikely.

So why has AMD chosen this announcement strategy? The first logic is obvious: to bargain Intel's thunder, and second, to debar nan pitfalls they encountered pinch nan first activity of Zen 5 CPUs.

With Intel's Arrow Lake desktop launch and reviews coming later this week, AMD wants to punctual you that a successor to their apical gaming CPU is connected nan measurement soon. They want to works immoderate uncertainty erstwhile you see Arrow Lake's capacity – whether it makes consciousness to bargain an Intel CPU now aliases hold conscionable a fewer weeks for AMD's offering.

By holding backmost specifics, AMD is building up anticipation for nan X3D, encouraging gamers to clasp disconnected connected jumping onto nan Arrow Lake bandwagon. It makes consciousness to hold conscionable 2 weeks to spot what nan 9800X3D brings if you're focused connected gaming performance.

Additionally, AMD apt wants to debar nan mistakes made during nan Zen 5 launch, wherever early accusation exaggerated nan capacity gains, peculiarly for gamers. If AMD can't present a notable improvement, they for illustration to debar making immoderate misleading claims, arsenic that would only create mendacious expectations. Letting reviews do nan talking mightiness beryllium nan champion attack successful this case.

However, if nan Zen 5 X3D were importantly much powerful, I would expect AMD to hype it earlier Intel's next-gen CPU launch. Based connected what we've seen truthful far, I would beryllium amazed if nan capacity uplift differs overmuch from what we saw pinch Zen 5 versus Zen 4 CPUs, wherever gaming capacity only improved by a fewer percent points. I'm hoping for a bigger leap, but location hasn't been immoderate beardown denotation of that truthful far.

AMD besides announced caller limited-time "early vacation promotional pricing" for existing Ryzen 9000 CPUs. This includes up to a $50 discount connected nan Ryzen 9 9950X, bringing it down to $600, and up to a $30 discount connected different models. For example, nan 9900X will beryllium priced astatine $470, nan 9700X astatine $330, and nan 9600X astatine $250. However, this is not a imperishable value trim but a impermanent promotion aimed astatine countering Intel's Arrow Lake launch.

That said, these discounts aren't a drastic alteration from existent pricing successful nan US unit market. The Ryzen 7 9700X had already dropped to $330 by precocious September, and nan 9900X has been trading beneath MSRP for immoderate time, moreover hitting $430, which is little than nan caller "discounted" price. The 9600X and 9950X are apt to spot nan astir use from these promotions.

That's each nan accusation we person for now, but you tin look guardant to our Intel Lake-S CPU reappraisal later this week.