It will be a busy month with lots of processor releases and reviews. AMD today has a number of announcements to make, the first being the Ryzen 9 3950X. The flagship 16-core Ryzen 9 3950X processor will be available starting November the 25th.

The mainstream desktop solution will be bumped upwards towards a snazzy 16 cores (and I do need to call it a consumer desktop processor as it HEDT). Ryzen 9 3950X is available in two weeks' time. The base frequency for the 16 cores and 32 threads will be set at 3.5 GHz with a single core/thread boost frequency locking in at 4.7 GHz, which is the faster core for a Ryzen series 3000 processor yet. With a TDP at 105 Watts, the product isn't very power hungry either. The price of this processor will be 749 USD. In total AMD has announced 6, 8, 12 and 16-core processors for its 7nm fabbed Ryzen 3000 CPUs. The processor in combination with X570 and the new AGESA 1.0.0.4 will also receive a new ECO mode, which allows you to run 16-cores with a TDP of just 65 Watts. For the 3950X to function properly, motherboards need that bios based on AMD's Agesa 1.0.0.4 microcode. Motherboard manufacturers are actively updating their firmware as we speak.

The flagship 16-core Ryzen 9 3950X processor will be available starting November the 25th, you may expect performance reviews with benchmarks before that timeframe.

CPU Cores / Threads Clock speed/turbo (GHz) Cache (total) PCIe lanes

CPU+x570 chipset) MSRP Ryzen 9 3950X 16/32 3.5 / 4.7 72MB 40 $ 749 Ryzen 9 3900X 12/24 3.8 / 4.6 70MB 40 $ 499 Ryzen 7 3800X 8/16 3.9 / 4.5 36MB 40 $ 399 Ryzen 7 3700X 8/16 3.6 / 4.4 36MB 40 $ 329 Ryzen 5 3600X 6/12 3.8 / 4.4 35MB 40 $ 249 Ryzen 5 3600 6/12 3.6 / 4.2 35MB 40 $ 199





