Pricing and Availability of AMD Ryzen 9000 “Zen 5” Desktop Processor Verified
AMD verified the cost and accessibility of its new Ryzen 9000 “Granite Ridge” desktop CPU versions in a post on X. These are now scheduled for a staggered rollout after experiencing a delay in their July 31 launch. Starting tomorrow, August 8, 2024, the 6-core Ryzen 5 9600X and the...
Pricing for the Ryzen 9000 series Leaked Before Launch
Just before the introduction, official Ryzen 9000 series price leaked, thanks to Newegg and BestBuy in the US. X/Twitter user @momomo_us, a serial leaker, was able to take screenshots of the prices before the merchants took them down. This could have been the result of an error, as the Ryzen...
The Sweetspot Speed of Ryzen 9000 “Zen 5” Desktop Processors is Verified at DDR5-6400
The memory overclocking capabilities of AMD’s future Ryzen 9000 series “Granite Ridge” desktop CPUs, which are built on the “Zen 5” microarchitecture, will be slightly enhanced. Similar to the Ryzen 7000 “Raphael,” “Granite Ridge” is a chiplet-based processor that combines a client I/O die (cIOD) produced on the 6 nm...
Performance of AMD Ryzen 9000 Zen 5 Single Thread @ 5.80 GHz Is 19% Better Than Zen 4
With a maximum peak frequency of 5.80 GHz, an AMD Ryzen 9000 “Granite Ridge” desktop processor engineering sample was found to give an astounding 19% higher single-threaded performance increase over an AMD Ryzen 9 7950X. The Socket AM5 desktop processor series, which uses the new “Zen 5” CPU microarchitecture, is...
AMD to Release “Granite Ridge” Ryzen 9000 Zen 5 Desktop Processors in Late July
Many sources in the ChipHell tech forums are speculating that AMD’s next-generation Ryzen 9000 series “Granite Ridge” desktop CPUs, which are based on the “Zen 5” microarchitecture, would go on sale in late July 2024. Similar to the company’s Ryzen 7000 series launch, the initial four SKUs in the CPU...
AMD’s Computex Keynote Promises Next-Generation Product Announcements
AMD said on Monday that a number of next-generation product announcements will be made during its June 3 2024 Computex Keynote address. “Join us as Dr. Lisa Su delivers the Computex 2024 opening keynote and shares the latest on how AMD and our partners are pushing the envelope with our...
AMD Will Stop Supporting Windows 10 on Its Ryzen 9000 “Strix Point” Mobile CPUs
With respect to their next-generation mobile processors, AMD is said to be pulling driver support for Windows 10 starting with the next Ryzen 9000 “Strix Point” (and potentially “Strix Halo” and other chips from the generation). As a result, the SoC parts, the iGPU, and the XDNA 2 NPU would...
AMD Will Stop Supporting Windows 10 on Its Ryzen 9000 “Strix Point” Mobile CPUs
With respect to their next-generation mobile processors, AMD is said to be pulling driver support for Windows 10 starting with the next Ryzen 9000 “Strix Point” (and potentially “Strix Halo” and other chips from the generation). As a result, the SoC parts, the iGPU, and the XDNA 2 NPU would...
Pictured is the AMD Ryzen 9000 “Granite Ridge” Zen 5 Processor.
There has been a purported image of a desktop AMD Ryzen 9000 series “Granite Ridge” processor leaked online. With “Zen 5” as its microarchitecture, “Granite Ridge” is the codename for the desktop version of the processor, which replaces the existing Ryzen 7000 “Raphael” with “Zen 4.” According to what we’ve...