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An early AMD Ryzen 9 7950X sample has been tested on Cinebench R23. It scored 2,205 and 29,649 in the single and multi-core tests, respectively. The CPU's single and multi-core boost clocks were set at 5.7 GHz and 5.0 GHz, respectively.

Ryzen 7000 CPUs with 3D cache are on their way. Rumors have it the processors will launch early next year with gaming performance that eclipses the Ryzen 7000 non-3D chips. So how much difference will the Ryzen 7000X3D SKUs make? Per RedGamingTech, the Zen 4 X3D SKUs can be up to 30% quicker than their non-3D counterparts.

Geekbench results of the 6C/12T AMD Ryzen 5 7600X have surfaced online indicating a single-core performance equivalent to that of the Core i9-12900KS and better multi-core compared to even the 8C/16T Ryzen 7 5800X. At US$299, the Ryzen 5 7600X could turn out to be a viable option for those looking at gaming and pre-dominantly single-core use cases.

Due to slowdowns with PC component demand, DDR5 prices have been steadily declining in the past few months. Industry insiders believe that the downward trend will continue into 2023, when the gap between DDR4 and DDR5 prices could be significantly reduced.

NVIDIA's monstrous Hopper N100 and A100 AI chips, as well as AMD's MI250 have gotten on the White House's export ban list on national security grounds. The loss of this particular Chinese server market may amount to a US$400 million lower revenue for NVIDIA.

After AMD revealed the Zen 4 processors and their estimated performance against the Intel Alder Lake chips, all eyes are now on Intel Raptor Lake CPUs. If recent Geekbench listings of the Core i9-13900K and now the Core i7-13700KF are accurate, Team Blue looks set to meet the Zen 4 challenge head-on.

At IFA 2022, Lenovo is unveiling a product that has surfaced already a few months ago: The Lenovo ThinkBook 16p G3 is supposed to take the multimedia segment by storm with the combination of AMD Ryzen-H and a Nvidia GeForce RTX GPU.

During its Zen 4 reveal event, AMD announced that the 3D V-Cache variants of the new CPUs are on their way. In line with our previous report about the Zen 4X3D SKUs releasing within six months of the Zen 4 launch, leaker Greymon55 suggests that AMD might take the wraps off the Zen 4 CPUs with 3D cache at CES 2023.

Hobbies? Not in this economy. Money has always been a concern, but with the way things are looking going forward, it's becoming even more of an issue. With luxury purchases being the first to suffer during economic downturns, it's good that there are still powerful and affordable chips that gamers can turn to.

The AMD Ryzen 9 7950X has finally made its Geekbench debut with a single-core score of 2,217 and a multi-core score of 24,396. Its main competitor, the Intel Core i9-13900K scored 2,169 and 24,189 in the same test.

AMD showed off a high-end RDNA 3 GPU at its Ryzen 7000 launch event. The unnamed graphics card was shown running The Lies of P, a newly-announced game at 4K with maximum settings. Unfortunately, AMD didn't specify a launch date for the Radeon RX 7000 series and said it would come later this year.

AMD has finally lifted the covers off its Ryzen 7000 lineup, which includes the Ryzen 9 7950X, Ryzen 9 7900X, Ryzen 7 7700X and Ryzen 5 7600X. They outperform Alder Lake's best, the Core i9-12900K in gaming and offer remarkable upgrades over Zen 3. The processors will be purchasable on September 27 starting at U$299.

On the eve of the announcement of the AMD Ryzen 7000 series processors, Intel’s 13th gen “Raptor Lake” Core i9-13900 has made a stop at Geekbench, resulting in valid single and multi-threaded benchmarks. As expected, the chip comfortably beats the Core i9-12900K in both workloads and tramples the AMD Ryzen 9 5950X and the Ryzen 7 5800X in the multi-core test.

Just hours before launch, a new leak indicates that the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X processor can offer the highest boost on the TSMC N5 node at 5.85 GHz. This would mean stiff competition between the AMD top dog and the Intel Core i9-13900K/KF, which is pegged to offer a 5.8 GHz boost. An OC'd version of the Core i9-13900KF is already shown to hit 6 GHz in gaming and 3DMark.

Cinebench R23 numbers for AMD's upcoming Raphael Zen 4 Ryzen 5 7600X and Ryzen 7 7700X have leaked recently. The single-core numbers seem to be on par with the Core i7-12700K with potential for beating even the Core i9-12900K. Multi-core numbers for these processors show decent gains over their predecessors, but Intel seems to have the upper hand here at the moment.

AMD is reportedly launching Zen 4 X3D early next year if the latest report from Moore’s Law is Dead is accurate. The chips which might include the Ryzen 9 7950X3D and the Ryzen 7 7800X3D are reportedly Zen 4 desktop parts with 3D stacked cache. Aside from desktop SKUs, the leaker has also shared some details regarding AMD’s Dragon Range APUs.

Samsung partnered with AMD to revolutionize mobile graphics with the launch of the Exynos 2200 and its Xclipse 920 GPU based on AMD’s RDNA 2 architecture. However, things didn’t go as planned with the Xclipse 920 failing to compete favorably with Qualcomm and Apple’s solutions. But, even with this setback, Samsung is not done with RDNA-based GPUs as the company is continuing its collaboration with AMD.

Asus has announced the expansion of its X670E motherboard offerings at Gamescom 2022, with new ROG Crosshair, ROG Strix, Prime and ProArt variants. They are all rated to upgrade to DDR5 and PCIe 5.0 support as well as that for the latest AMD Ryzen chipsets - plus USB4 in some flagship cases. Meanwhile, the OEM's popular Thor series of power supplies has just been joined by a first-gen Loki variant with an 80 PLUS Platinum certification.

One of the first images of the GPD Win 4 handheld gaming console have emerged online. They showcase a largely identical design to the GPD Win 3. The console will reportedly feature a larger screen and run a current-generation processor from AMD.

A leaked Cinebench R20 score of the AMD Ryzen 7 7700X Zen 4 processor has shown up online. It nets single and multi-threaded scores of 773 and 7,701, which are 25% faster than its Zen 3 counterpart, but slower than the Core i7-13700K, which scored 814 and 11,243.

AMD's Zen 4 X3D lineup could be launched sometime in H1, 2022. The Ryzen 7 7800X3D and Ryzen 9 7950X3D will use a second-generation V-cache and perform up to 30% faster than the corresponding Zen 4 processors.

An early AMD Ryzen 5 7600X prototype is being sold on a Chinese marketplace for RMB 9,999 (~US$1,400). The engineering sample has a base clock of 4,400 MHz and was manufactured sometime in May 2022.

A base configuration with Core i3-1220P CPU, 240 GB storage and 8 GB RAM is priced at US$855. Opting for the Ryzen 7 5800U APU costs US$255 more, and the Core i7-1260P option bumps the price by US$338, but final price is also influenced by the amount of RAM with a maximum of 64 GB and the storage space of up to 1.92 TB.

ASUS has finally started selling the Zenbook Pro 17 in Europe, over three months after the company introduced the laptop. Equipped with a powerful AMD Ryzen 6000 APU, the Zenbook Pro 17 also features a 2.5K and 165 Hz display that measures 17.3-inches across, plus an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 discrete GPU.

Intel Core i9-13900K is shaping up to be a multi-core beast thanks to a total of 24 cores (8 P-cores and 16 E-cores). The chip has now paid another visit to Geekbench, resulting in valid single-core and multi-core runs. The results are in line with our previous reports with the Core i9-13900K absolutely destroying the current-gen AMD front runners.

A MyDrivers report indicates that some AIBs are having a tough time selling AMD RX 6000 series, between the mining crash and the impending arrival of next-gen parts. The RX 6700 XT is now selling for US$395 on Newegg, US$85 below its MSRP. This comes after price cuts saw RX 6900 XT pricing dip 30 percent below MSRP.

LG has announced it will start selling its Ultra PC laptop series in the Eurozone. To be available as the LG Ultra PC 14U70Q and LG Ultra PC 16U70Q, the pair rely on AMD Ryzen processors, which power 16:10 displays with matte finishes. Like the LG Gram series, the LG Ultra PC series also has lightweight chassis, among other features.

AMD’s upcoming Zen 4-based Ryzen 7000 chips are almost upon us. All SKUs including the Ryzen 5 7600X, the Ryzen 7 7700X, and the Ryzen 9 7900X are rumored to offer respectable performance improvements over their predecessors. Now, thanks to a user on AnandTech forums, we have our first real image of the Ryzen 7 7700X.

Hardware leaker SkyJuice has summarized the specs of AMD’s RDNA 3 GPUs. Per the leaker, AMD’s key focus with the RX 7000 series cards is to get maximum performance from the smallest die size possible, making the boards highly competitive in terms of performance while being cheaper to make than the competition.

Shortly before shipping the Air Lite consoles by late August, AYA Neo decided to upgrade the specs with a fingerprint sensor, improved cooling solution and configurable APU TDP that can save some battery time. Initial pricing is not changing, regardless.

Researchers have independently discovered new security vulnerabilities affecting Intel and AMD processors. A non-side channel vulnerability named ÆPIC affects Intel 10th gen to 12th gen processors while a side-channel security issue called SQUIP affects all AMD Zen 1 to Zen 3 processors that rely on SMT. These vulnerabilities have not been exploited in the wild so far, but both CPU makers have suggested appropriate mitigation measures.

AMD has confirmed that its upcoming "together we advance_PCs" live stream is scheduled for 7 PM ET on August 29. The company will officially announce its next-generation of Ryzen 7000 processors based on the Zen 4 architecture.

Sources inside the graphics card supply chain have suggested that AMD and Nvidia plan to further cut the price of their current-generation offerings. Both companies want to get rid of excess inventory before their next-generation offerings launch later this year.

AMD Ryzen 7000 placeholder prices have been spotted online, with the figures making some fans a little nervous about their potential accuracy. A previous leak gave the impression that CPUs in the Zen 4 Raphael series, such as the Ryzen 5 7600X and Ryzen 9 7950X, would be priced at a similar level to Zen 3 parts.

Dell's 14-inch laptop scores points with a powerful Ryzen 5 APU (Zen 3), 16 GB of RAM and very good battery life. Good: USB-C Power Delivery is supported. The 16:10 display (1,920x1,200 pixels) only provides poor color-space coverage.

Nvidia may be directly helping out AIB partners to move excess Ampere stock if the newest report from Moore’s Law is Dead is accurate. GPU prices have been going down since the start of the crypto mining crash. Due to falling prices and ample availability, AIBs have been left with a lot of boards to sell.

Thanks to a flood of leaks, we know almost everything there is to know about the Ryzen 7000 “Raphael” CPUs. This time, we get to look at the alleged retail box for the Ryzen 9 7000 SKUs. Furthermore, we also get some pricing details about AMD’s upcoming Zen 4 processors.

AMD Ryzen 5000 Embedded processors have made an appearance online in a specifications sheet published by IT solutions provider Advantech. The Ryzen 5000 Embedded CPUs feature AMD’s Zen 3 architecture and offer up to 12 cores and 24 threads. The key differences between the Ryzen 5000 Embedded and desktop parts are spec reductions like lower clock speeds, fewer cores, etc, for the embedded chips.

Lenovo is expanding its lineup of mobile workstation laptops with a new AMD option: The Lenovo ThinkPad P15v Gen 3 takes aim at entry level segment of this market and it is the first ThinkPad that combines AMD Ryzen 6000 with upgradeable DDR5 memory.

In a notable deal for the Asus ROG Strix G15, a high-end all-AMD configuration featuring a quick octa-core processor and the quite capable Radeon RX 6800M is currently on sale for just US$1,399 at Best Buy.

The AMD Ryzen 5 7600X engineering sample that recently appeared on the beleaguered website UserBenchmark has now been placed in the top position in the site’s CPU average bench chart. To acknowledge this somewhat surprising turn of events, the Ryzen 5 7600X and AMD have earned the most backhanded of compliments.

Mini-LED makes its debut in the form of 1,100 nits that ensure a true HDR gaming experience: Asus' ROG Flow X16 is a compact 16-inch and 2-in-1 convertible that keeps 125 watts of RTX 3070 Ti permanently cool, outperforming other multimedia notebooks while remaining quieter than gaming laptops.

A convenient roundup chart of the many leaks and rumors about the upcoming Nvidia GeForce RTX 40 series and AMD Radeon RX 7000 series has been put together along with some positive price speculation. A couple of specs highlights include a possible 800 W TDP for the RTX 4090 Ti and an astonishing 384 MB cache for a so-called RX 7970 XT3D graphics card.

Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 may not be the only RTX 40 GPU launching this year if the latest leaks from Moore’s Law is Dead are true. The leaker also suspects that Nvidia has managed to clear some of the GeForce RTX 30 series’ oversupply problems affecting AIB partners.

The supposed full specifications for four SKUs of the upcoming AMD Ryzen 7000 series have been leaked. Astonishingly, it seems that the Ryzen 9 7950X will have a base clock that is a huge 1.1 GHz higher than that of the Ryzen 9 5950X. The Zen 4 “Raphael” chips can thank higher TDPs for the impressive clock-speed increases.