AMD’s next general public X3D will not be the six-core Zen 5 model already seen in its own documents. The brand assumes this choice: the 8-core segment remains a priority, even when the gap at stake is not always massive.
Ryzen 5 9600X3D: why AMD is delaying
Interviewed at Computex, David McAfee, corporate vice president and general manager of Ryzen and Radeon at AMD, indicated that a six-core Zen 5 X3D processor could still arrive later in the year. Ryzen 5 9600X3D is therefore not ruled out, but it has still not been made official for retail.
However, AMD had already made this reference appear. Last year, the manufacturer listed the model on a support page linked to the Radeon AI PRO R9700, alongside other Ryzen 9000X3Ds, without a commercial launch following.
McAfee explains that the six-core X3D chips occupy a more marginal place in AMD’s product planning than the eight-core variants. The previous Ryzen 5 7600X3D had also been distributed in a limited way, with restricted availability depending on the resellers.
In this context, the debate on AMD’s positioning joins that of the X3D models already observed on AM5: the real gap at stake between a 6 core and an 8 core often remains contained enough to let the brand favor more commercially readable references, such our file on the Ryzen 7 7700X3D illustrates this, this X3D Zen 4 designed to fill the gap on the AM5 platform.
The 7700X3D comes first with a very clear technical sheet
Instead, AMD presented the Ryzen 7 7700X3D, an AM5 chip based on Zen 4 and not Zen 5. The launch is scheduled for July 16 with 8 cores, 104 MB of total cache, a boost frequency of up to 4.5 GHz and a suggested price of 329 dollars, or approximately 305 euros excluding taxes for information only.
AMD’s reasoning is also based on demand. The manufacturer estimates that players continue to favor 8-core CPUs, even though the gap between 6 and 8 cores often remains contained in the game.
The measurements already noted on the X3D range point in this direction. In a comparison between Ryzen 5 7600X3D and Ryzen 7 7800X3D, the difference observed in-game was around 6% to 10% depending on the settings and test conditions.
For AMD, a 6-core X3D Zen 5 therefore makes sense, but obviously not before having occupied the field with an 8-core reference that is easier to position. For AM5 players looking for the best price-performance ratio, this leaves a fairly clear window: wait for a possible 9600X3D, or go with an 8-core offer that the brand judges to be more commercially readable.
Source : VideoCardz
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