Advanced Micro Devices, commonly known as AMD has unveiled new desktop processors based on the Zen 5 architecture. Dubbed the Ryzen 9000Granite Ridge. Here in this article, we’ll get into the specs, features, and expected price of the AMD Ryzen 9000 Series Processors in Nepal.
AMD Rzyen 9000 Series Processors Overview:
Zen 5 Cores
Thanks to the new Zen 5 architecture, the Ryzen 9000 Series chips come with up to 12 high-performance CPU cores accompanied by 24 threads and 50% more-on-chip L3 cache memory over the last-generation Zen 4 siblings. AMD claims an exceptional performance for 3D modeling, design, and animations via super-fast single-threaded and multi-threaded performance.
New X870 nd X870E Motherboards
With new processors, AMD has also brought new motherboards— X870 and X870E. These new things come with 44 total PCle lanes and direct-to-processor PCle 5.0 NVMe connectivity. The latter has a different formation with 24 PCle 5.0 lanes alongside 16 dedicated lanes for graphics. It is said to provide twice the bandwidth speed, thanks to PCe 5.0 direct-to-processor storage and graphics care being active simultaneously. You also get support for PCIe® 5.0, DDR5, USB4, and WiFi 7 support.
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Four new processors
Under the Ryzen 9000 Granite Ridge Series, we have four processors: Ryzen 9 9950X, Ryzen 9 9900X, Ryzen 7 9700X, and Ryzen 5 9600X. Obviously, the Ryzen 9 9950X is the top dog here with 170W of TDP and 5.7GHz of boost clock frequency. As always, AMD has compared it to the competition, the Core i9-14900K. It is 56% faster in productivity applications while the gaming side is just 4 to 23% better.
Do note that the tests were done on default power profiles with a high-end X/Z series board, DDR5 6,000 RAM. And for the other processors of the 9000 Series, let’s have a look at this table.
| Model | Cores / Threads | Boost / Base Frequency | Total Cache | PCle | TDP |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X | 16 / 32 | Up to 5.7 GHz /
4.3 GHz |
80MB | Gen 5 | 170W |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9900X | 12 / 24 | Up to 5.6 GHz /
4.4 GHz |
76MB | Gen 5 | 120W |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9700X | 8 / 16 | Up to 5.5 GHz /
3.8 GHz |
40MB | Gen 5 | 65W |
| AMD Ryzen 5 9600X | 6 / 12 | Up to 5.4 GHz /
3.9 GHz |
38MB | Gen 5 | 65W |
AMD Ryzen 9000 Series Processor Price in Nepal and Availability
The company has not unveiled the price of the AMD Ryzen 9000 Series price yet. However, these processors will be available from July 2024. We’ll update the article with pricing info as soon as it surfs around the internet.
- Meanwhile, you can check our Powerful Budget Gaming PC Build 2024.
