A Geekbench 5 listing suggests an announcement is coming soon, but the vast majority of Ryzen 7000 Series chips are already official
AMD’s remarkable rise in recent years means it’s now one of the leading component manufacturers worldwide. Much of the growth has been led by its Ryzen CPUs, which have proven to be more than a match for Intel.
There’s been plenty of excitement surrounding the new Ryzen 7000 Series, which AMD debuted in August 2022. The bulk of its CPUs were then announced at CES, but more could still be on the way in 2023. Here’s everything you need to know.AMD Ryzen 7000 Series release date
AMD revealed the first Ryzen 7000 Series processors on 29 August 2022. That’s earlier than we’d usually expect, but makes sense given there were no desktop CPUs in the Ryzen 6000 Series.
Those first four desktop chips went on sale from 27 September 2022, but that was just the beginning.
At its CES keynote on 4 January 2023, AMD revealed the bulk of its Ryzen 7000 Series lineup. That included several more desktop CPUs, and versions without the new 3D V-Cache were released on 10 January.
However, we had to wait until 28 February for the Ryzen 9 7950X3D and Ryzen 9 7900X3D to go on sale. The slightly less powerful Ryzen 7 7800X3D won’t be on sale until 6 April.
Laptops powered by the Ryzen 7000 Series are beginning to emerge, and plenty more are expected throughout 2023. You can also expect to see the first Ryzen 7045 Series (known as ‘Dragon Range’) devices from now onwards.
It also looks like more could be on the way, with Tom’s Hardware spotting an unannounced low-power mobile CPU that hasn’t been revealed yet on Twitter. It’s probably not the only Ryzen 7000 Series processor that’s yet to be announced, either.AMD Ryzen 7000 Series pricing
Alongside the announcement of the first four Ryzen 7000 Series desktop CPUs, AMD also revealed suggested pricing:
Ryzen 9 7950X – $699
Ryzen 9 7900X – $549
Ryzen 7 7700X – $399
Ryzen 5 7600X – $299
AMD revealed the following desktop CPUs at CES 2023. We initially only new suggested US pricing for the ones without the 3D cache, but the others were revealed in a February 2022 tweet:
Ryzen 9 7950X3D – $699
Ryzen 9 7900X3D – $599
Ryzen 9 7900 – $429
Ryzen 7 7800X3D – $449
Ryzen 7 7700 – $329
Ryzen 5 7600 – $229
Remember, that’s probably not what you’ll end up paying. Individual retailers can choose how much to sell the processors for, so there’s likely to be some variation.
Laptop-focused CPUs are designed to be integrated into devices and not available as standalone components. How much you pay will therefore depend on many other factors, including the other key specs and the brand in question. AMD Ryzen 7000 Series specs and featuresDesktop CPUs
Many of the key features of the Ryzen 7000 Series were announced alongside the first desktop processors in August 2022. The new CPUs shift to a 5nm process and adopt the Zen 4 architecture that launched alongside them, which AMD claims takes “gaming and content creation performance leadership to new levels”.
Here’s a summary of all 10 desktop CPUs announced so far, both at that initial event and CES 2023:
Ryzen 9 7950X – 16 cores, 32 threads, 5.7GHz max clock speed, 80Mb cache, 170W TDP
Ryzen 9 7950X3D – 16 cores, 32 threads, 5.
