At its Tech Day conference, AMD gave us a taste of what the public can expect from the new Ryzen 9000 built around the all-new Zen 5 architecture. And the least we can say is that the first benchmarks look great.
The orange stable is already extremely well positioned, especially since the arrival of the Ryzen Zen 4 which have completely blown up this highly competitive market. We can mention the exceptional Ryzen 7 7800X3D, which remains absolutely unbeatable in terms of performance/price ratio and energy consumption, especially when compared to Intel chips. And apparently, the gap is about to widen even further with the arrival of Zen 5 CPUs.
AMD flexes its muscles…
The new Ryzen 9 9900X, in particular, seems perfectly positioned to beat its direct competitors, starting with the Intel Core i9-14900K which was already shunned by gamers because of its really disappointing performance/price/power ratio. According to AMD, this new Zen 5 CPU outperforms its blue-flag competitor on all tasks, with +41% performance in productivity and +22% in gaming.
And this gap even seems to widen as we go down the range. Between the Ryzen 9 9700X and the Core i7-14700K, AMD wins hands down according to the brand; it is announced 4 to 42% faster in productivity and 4 to 31% faster in gaming. The Ryzen 5 9600X, positioned in the mid-range, does even better: it simply pulverizes the Core i5-14600K, with a maximum of +94% performance in productivity and +29% in gaming.
…and the first benchmarks confirm
The exact numbers should be taken with a grain of salt, since they have obviously been carefully selected by the foundry in order to fuel the hype around this new generation. But overall, the independent benchmarks that have started to leak all seem to point in the same direction: the added value in terms of performance seems massive. Most recently, the wizards of the excellent chain Gamers Nexusrenowned for the rigor of their analyses, have even managed to break a world record by pushing the 16 cores of the flagship of this new range to 6.6 GHz… with greater stability than a Core i9-149000k non overclocké. Ouch.
Top-notch energy efficiency… and falling prices?
To top it all off, AMD also seems to have strengthened itself in an area where it already dominated Intel head and shoulders: energy efficiency. The orange stable has reduced the thermal resistance of its chips by 15% compared to the previous generation, which should be reflected in a temperature lower by… 7 °C at equal TDP.
And the cherry on top is that rumors suggest that the new Ryzen 9000s could be even cheaper than the previous generation. According to the leaker Moore’s Law is Deadthe Ryzen 9 9950X, the flagship of this new series, will be marketed at $699, or about 7% less than the Ryzen 9 7590X. And according to the same source, this price drop will be valid across the entire range.
Intel has reason to worry
All of this data will obviously need to be confirmed when these new processors are released, which are expected at the end of the month. But if they are correct, Intel will be forced to work really hard to get back in the race; if the balance continues to tip this far in AMD’s direction, gamers may no longer have any reason to invest in Intel Cores that draw more current and cost more each generation without any significant performance compensation. See you on July 31st for an initial assessment.
Source: www.journaldugeek.com
