AMD has officially launched the “non-X” line of its Ryzen 7000 processors. These first models have a TDP of 65 watts and are less powerful, although they maintain the same amounts of cores and level 2 and 3 cache memory. Despite the reduction in power, they are products that on paper should offer more power which is plenty for the vast majority of contexts, even more so if we begin to delve into the bad direction that the software development industry has taken in recent years.
AMD has made available three “non-X” Ryzen 7000 models, which are the Ryzen 9 7900 with twelve physical cores and a price and a reference price for Spain of 510 eurothe Ryzen 7 7700 with eight physical cores and a price of 390 euroBesides of Ryzen 5 7600 with six cores and a price of 270 euros. With the prices, it is already known that one cannot trust once you start looking for the retail market, so it is important to know the reference prices.
Delving a little into some aspects, yesterday we published that the Ryzen 5 7600 only performs 5.1% less than its X counterpart, so the savings that it supposes at an economic level will compensate many users. However, this model has presented temperature problems, reaching 97 degrees running video games with the heatsink. stock. This factor means that the competitive advantage is reduced by practically forcing the buyer to buy another heatsink or better quality cooling system.
It seems that the last generation of hardware has not been particularly brilliant, with temperatures in several cases that are above what is tolerable in a standard home environment, devices that are too large, immature or accompanied by mediocre software. No one is safe here, and it is likely that AMD has once again shot itself in the foot with the heatsink included in the Ryzen 5 7600 packaging.
Leaving aside the issue of temperatures and dissipation, at least in the case of the Ryzen 7600, the “non-X” Ryzen 7000 models are products that, as we have already said, offer more than enough power for the vast majority of contexts. We leave you with the basic specifications of the products and a table to show the technical data in a more graphic way.
Basic characteristics of the Ryzen 5 7600, Ryzen 7 7700 and Ryzen 9 7900
- Ryzen 5 7600: 6 cores and 12 threads at 3.8 GHz-5.1 GHz and its price of 270 euros. Includes an AMD Wraith Stealth fan. The Ryzen 5 7600X costs 323.68 euros.
- Ryzen 7 7700: 8 cores and 16 threads at 3.8 GHz-5.3 GHz and price of 390 euros. Includes an AMD Wraith Prism fan. The Ryzen 7 7700X costs 450.99 euros.
- Ryzen 9 7900: 2 cores and 24 threads at 3.7 GHz-5.4 GHz and price of 510 euros. Includes an AMD Wraith Prism fan. The Ryzen 9 7900X is priced at 541.58 euros.
