AMD declares new processors for desktops, laptops, and hand held gaming PCs

AMD lately introduced various new CPU fashions all the way through its CES 2025 presentation. The corporate additionally gave a short lived glimpse of its upcoming desktop graphics in addition to the following technology of FSR symbol upscaling.

Beginning with the CPUs, AMD introduced two new Ryzen 9000 collection desktop processors. The Ryzen 9 9950X3D and the Ryzen 9 9900X3D are variants of the 9950X and the 9900X however with the corporate’s 3-D V-cache generation that gives upper gaming functionality thru a considerably greater cache measurement.

In comparison to the former technology 7950X3D, AMD claims the 9950X3D supplies on moderate 8% sooner functionality in video games whilst being 20% sooner than Intel’s newest Core Extremely 9 285K. The functionality will probably be similar to the 9800X3D so when you don’t require the extra cores of the 9950X3D for productiveness duties then you’re at an advantage simply getting the 9800X3D for gaming.

Subsequent, AMD additionally introduced updates for its Ryzen Z collection of chips, which might be present in hand held gaming PCs such because the ASUS ROG Best friend or the Lenovo Legion Pass. The brand new technology is led by means of the Ryzen Z2 Excessive on the best, which is according to the similar ‘Strix Level’ structure as AMD’s latest pocket book chips. The Z2 Excessive can have 8 cores, which will have to function a mix of Zen 5 and Zen 5c cores, in conjunction with an up to date RDNA 3.5 GPU with 16 graphics cores.

Take a step all the way down to the Ryzen Z2 and you’re again in acquainted territory as you’re getting what appears to be only a rebranded Ryzen Z1 Excessive. This implies there’s 8 Zen 4 cores with 12 RDNA 3 graphics cores. In the end, there’s a brand new type within the collection known as Ryzen Z2 Pass, which options a good older Zen 3+ CPU with simplest 4 cores in conjunction with an RDNA 2 GPU with 12 graphics cores. It’s reasonably irritating that there’s this type of substantial distinction beneath the hood of those 3 chips which are in a different way beneath the similar branding however that’s not anything new for AMD’s cell chip department.

Talking of cell chips, AMD additionally introduced 3 new Ryzen 9000HX Sequence processors for high-performance gaming notebooks. This comprises the Ryzen 9 9955HX3D, which is the one one within the collection to have 3-D V-cache. There’s additionally the 9955HX with out the V-cache however the similar 16-cores and in spite of everything the 9850HX with 12 cores.

The corporate additionally introduced a huge array of Ryzen AI Max, Ryzen AI Max PRO, Ryzen AI 300, Ryzen AI 300 PRO, and two new Ryzen 200, and Ryzen 200 PRO collection chips, all of which might be too a large number of to explain right here.

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AMD additionally in brief published its upcoming RDNA 4 based totally Radeon 9000 collection graphics playing cards. The corporate teased the Radeon 9070XT and the Radeon 9070, which will probably be to be had in Q1 2025 from various board companions. Those will compete without delay in opposition to Nvidia’s RTX 5070 and RTX 5070 Ti, which will have to be introduced later lately all the way through Nvidia’s CES keynote.

Radeon 9000 collection

On a last notice, AMD additionally published that the following technology FSR4 generation will probably be powered by means of system studying, just like DLSS and XeSS, and that it’s evolved in particular for the corporate’s RDNA 4 based totally graphics processors. No longer a lot more knowledge is to be had at the moment.

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