AMD Proud Of Ryzen 9000 Efficiency, Extends AM5 Support Until 2027

AMD has released more information about the Ryzen 9000 processor (photo: x @amdfusioncom)

JAKARTA - AMD has released more information about its next-generation Ryzen 9000 processor and their Zen 5 CPU architecture this week ahead of its launch at the end of July. The company reiterated several high-level performance claims made last month "doubly improved performance on single-threaded and multi-threaded tasks compared to Zen 4. However, AMD is also proud of the efficiency of this chip's power compared to Ryzen 7000, showing that it will reduce power usage despite improving performance.

AMD says they have lowered the default power limit to three of the four Ryzen 9000's 99600X, Ryzen 79700X, and Ryzen 97900X' processors compared to Ryzen 7000's version of the same chip. Although the default power limit is lower, the three chips still boast double-digit performance improvements compared to their predecessors.

AMD also said that the Ryzen 9000 CPU temperature had decreased to 7o Celsius compared to the Ryzen 7000 chip in the same setting.

Ryzen 9000 CPUs can still be pushed further by users who want to raise those power limits and try overclocking. AMD shows that all these chips have more space for overclocking automatic Precision Boost Overdrive, precisely as the default power limits leave little more usable performance. Thus, people who just want to build computers without a lot of tunneling will be better served by colder-running chips and use less power.

Another minor but important change buried in the AMD presentation slide is the extension of the support timeline for the AM5 stand-up to at least 2027. This is a two-year extension of the company's "2025+" timeline by the end of 2022. AMD's formal commitment to AM5's long-lived stand makes it easier to recommend for people who regularly increase their CPUs.

The Ryzen 9000 chip will be able to be added to AM5's current motherboard after the BIOS update. The company also announced various 800 series chipsets for new motherboards, although this generally only comes with a small increase compared to the 600 series chipset they replaced.

X870E and X870 are guaranteed to have USB 4 ports, and X870 support PCIe 5.0 speeds for GPU slots where X670 supports only PCIe 4.0 speeds for GPU slots. Lower-end B850 chipsets still support PCIe 5.0 velocities for SSD and PCI velocities 4.0 for GPUs, while lower-end B840 chipsets are even more restricted to PCIe 3.0 velocities for all. B840 will also not support CPU overclopping, although it can still overclopping RAMs.