AMD is reportedly preparing to respond to the launch of Intel’s Core Ultra 200K Plus, the refreshed chips based on the Arrow Lake architecture. To that end, the company is reportedly preparing the Ryzen 7 9750X and Ryzen 5 9650X, which will feature higher clock speeds. Otherwise, there would be no major changes to the CPUs’ specifications. They would retain the same number of cores and the same amount of cache!
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Simply put, with these two processors, AMD would essentially be reusing the same specifications as its original CPUs. As a result, the 9750X would feature 8 cores and 16threads, compared to 6 cores and 12threads for the 9650X. In the first case, we’d see a total of 32 MB of L3 cache paired with 8 MB of L2 cache. The second CPU would have 32 MB of L3 paired with 8 MB of L2. Here, there’s no change in RAM support since we’re still talking aboutDDR5 at 5600 MT/s.
What does change, however, are the base frequencies, which see a boost of 400 MHz. The boost frequency has also been improved by 100 MHz. Specifically, we would have a 9750X running at a base frequency of 4.2 GHz compared to 3.8 GHz for the original 9700X, while the turbo frequency would reach 5.6 GHz versus 5.5 GHz. As for the 9650X, it’s the same story: the frequencies would be 4.3 GHz and 5.5 GHz (base and boost) compared to 3.9 GHz and 5.4 GHz, respectively.
Naturally, these frequency increases will impact the TDP, which would rise to 120W. Remember that the 9600X is at 65W, just like the 9700X, for that matter… Before AMD released updates to increase its thermal envelope to 105W.
In any case, we can expect performance gains due to the higher clock speeds, but that’s about it. Just like with the Ryzen 7 9850X3D, we’re curious to see what impact these higher clock speeds will have on the CPU’s energy efficiency.
As for pricing, we expect these new models to replace the current versions at their MSRP prices. The 9700X and 9600X are therefore expected to see price drops. We’ll have to wait and see how this plays out in practice.