Ryzen 7000 3D Cache Chips To Be Announced Soon
The first rumours and leaks surrounding the much anticipated 3D cache versions of the AMD Ryzen 7000 series have started to surface.
With CES 2023 approaching next month, AMD is expected to announced their 2nd gen of 3D cache processors, this time based on the Ryzen 7000 series CPUs. While nothing has been confirmed yet, a South Korean media report stated that AMD is getting ready to announce three new Ryzen 7000 X3D CPUs in January, with either 96MB or 192MB of L3 cache.
The three processors are expected to have 6, 8 and 12 cores according to a popular South Korean publication. AMD will most likely announce them at CES so they can get as much attention to their new CPUs as they can. Not that this line of processors isn’t excepted already by gaming enthusiasts. So far, the sales of the Ryzen 7000 series processors have been lower than AMD anticipated, which could be due to users deciding to wait for the 3D cached processors for an upgrade.
A report from Quasarzone indicated that there are three processors coming and mentioned their specs including clock speeds similar to their Ryzen 7000 counterparts. The Ryzen 7000 X3D CPUs are then expected to launch in March. The rumoured specs are as follows:
- Ryzen 9 7950X3D: 16 MB L2, 192 MB L3, 170W
- Ryzen 9 7900X3D: 12 MB L2, 192 MB L3, 170W
- Ryzen 7 7800X3D: 8 MB L2. 96 MB L3, 170W
As always, it is important to view leaks as they are, speculation and unconfirmed data. 3D V-Cache are best utilised for workloads that depend on single-thread performance. This means that they are targeted more to gamers and content creators. They Ryzen 7000 3D cache processors are expected to benefit even more from the 3D V-Cache due to higher bandwidth supported by the Zen 5 architecture.