Days before its originally scheduled July 31 launch, AMD delayed releasing its upcoming Ryzen 9000 series of processors due to some errors in manufacturing that were shared on social media. AMD said that the delay will not be long, as the new target dates for the Ryzen 9000 lineup will be split between August 8 and 15.
The AMD Ryzen 9000 processors are part of the "Zen 5" generation. Billed as the successor to the current Zen 4 lineup, which includes CPUs like the Ryzen 7 7800X3D, the AMD Ryzen 9000 series will continue to use the AM5 socket that its predecessors do. In initial Blender benchmarks posted on social media, the high-end Ryzen 9 9950X ran at a maximum clock speed of 5.85 GHz, which matched the Ryzen 9 7950X. The same benchmark revealed that the enterprise-level Ryzen 9 9950X could match the Intel Core i9-12900K processor for a fraction of the power draw when set to just 60W, making it a compelling choice for some buyers.
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