Wednesday, March 18th 2026 AMD Readies Ryzen 7 9750X and Ryzen 5 9650X Desktop Processors with Increased TDP by btarunr Wednesday, 09:00 Discuss (48 ) AMD is preparing an update to its Ryzen 9000 series desktop processor lineup with the introduction of two new models, the Ryzen 7 9750X, and the Ryzen 5 9650X. Both these chips are non-X3D (lack 3D V-Cache), and implement the regular "Zen 5" CCD with 32 MB on-die L3 caches. The two are being designed with increased clock speeds and TDP, and their launch closely follows Intel's recent product stack refresh with the Core Ultra 7 270K Plus and Core Ultra 5 250K Plus. The Ryzen 7 9750X is an 8-core/16-thread chip with a base frequency of 4.20 GHz with 5.60 GHz maximum boost frequency, a significant increase over the 3.80 GHz base and 5.50 GHz maximum boost frequency of the Ryzen 7 9700X. The 9750X comes with a 120 W TDP out of the box. In comparison, the 9700X comes with 65 W TDP out of the box, and AMD allowed motherboard vendors to provide a BIOS-based 105 W TDP mode that doesn't break warranty, designed to improve boost frequency residency. The 9750X not only comes with increased clocks, but also increases the TDP further, to 120 W from that BIOS-based 105 W TDP mode. Next up, is the Ryzen 5 9650X. This is a 6-core/12-thread chip, and comes with a 4.30 GHz base frequency with a 5.50 GHz maximum boost, which are increased from the 3.90 GHz base and 5.40 GHz maximum boost frequencies of the current Ryzen 5 9600X. The chip has the full 32 MB on-die L3 cache available to the six cores, just like the 9600X does. There is no word on pricing, it's likely that the two will slightly displace the 9700X and 9600X, respectively, from their current prices. 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I guess they're tapped out on this node and any meaningful bump in specifications means that the chips must be juiced up #3 Quicks Boring, bring AM6 and Zen7 already. #4 Frick Fishfaced Nincompoop Still dreaming of finding a 9700x for decent money... #5 Gigaherz Basically charging for an OC of the regular chips. #6 Chaitanya QuicksBoring, bring AM6 and Zen7 already.DDR6 is still years away, so no AM6 launch untill DDR6 enters production. #7 AusWolf I'm wondering how close the actual power consumption will be to the 162 W PPT (that's what you get with 120 W TDP). The 7700X I once had with its 142 W power was already borderline uncoolable. #8 Chomiq It's like 14+++++ all over again. #9 Grimling ChaitanyaDDR6 is still years away, so no AM6 launch untill DDR6 enters production.That gives us all some years time to get the HUGE amount of Money the Cartel will charge for the new DDR6 RAM. Of course most of us will fail to get the 33.666 USD required for the 32GB of DDR6... #10 Ihnako Would be nice if TPU would add the "older" Ryzen 7000. These 9x50 CPUs just look like their 7x00 counterparts on the base clock side with a little boost clock uplift. I expect those CPUs to draw significant more power in idle or under a more "normal" workload like office, browsing or anything that isn't "gaming" or benchmarking, while getting some things done faster cause of higher boost clocks. So basicly an factory OC. #11 Tyler-98-W68 Yawn.....but hey it's ok to release a basically OC'd chip because AMD. Should another company do the same thing it's blasphemy. #12 AusWolf Tyler-98-W68Yawn.....but hey it's ok to release a basically OC'd chip because AMD. Should another company do the same thing it's blasphemy.I don't know where you get that from. Personally, I think these "KS" (keep spending) chips are a total yawnfest from any company. In fact, I've always been the biggest critic of the massively increased power consumption of 9000 series X3D CPUs around here, and that won't be any different with non-X3D variants, either. Maybe that's just me. #13 Antique4106 ChomiqIt's like 14+++++ all over again.recency bias pushed to the max, jeez. one mid-gen refresh really isn't that bad compared to those antics. #14 Makaveli QuicksBoring, bring AM6 and Zen7 already.lol AM6 means DDR6 you ready to sell a kidney to buy that? #15 Tyler-98-W68 AusWolfI don't know where you get that from. Personally, I think these "KS" (keep spending) chips are a total yawnfest from any company. In fact, I've always been the biggest critic of the massively increased power consumption of 9000 series X3D CPUs around here, and that won't be any different with non-X3D variants, either. Maybe that's just me.So you are saying that Intel's KS series chips are comparable to the x50 line of chips from AMD? KS chips were binned and designed for overclocking. Yes almost identical to their K part, their TDP were the same as the non KS parts. #16 AusWolf Tyler-98-W68So you are saying that Intel's KS series chips are comparable to the x50 line of chips from AMD?Yes. Higher bin, higher clocks, more power consumed (regardless of TDP). Don't get fooled by TDP. That in no way means actual power consumption, especially with modern AMD. #17 Wirko To fill a few more small gaps in the product stack, we probably need two or three 7-core parts too. #18 Tyler-98-W68 AusWolfYes. Higher bin, higher clocks, more power consumed (regardless of TDP). Don't get fooled by TDP. That in no way means actual power consumption, especially with modern AMD.So the 9850X3D excels in overclocking and clocks much higher than the 9800X3D? I haven't seen any testing to suggest it's actually binned much more than a 9800X3D and doesn't have much head room for overclocking. #19 evernessince If these have the same drop in efficiency as the 9850X3D, they are worse than the chips they are "upgrades" of. A tiny performance boost in exchange for a large power consumption increase is a downgrade IMO. #20 Gigaherz AusWolfYes. Higher bin, higher clocks, more power consumed (regardless of TDP).Tbf no one into OC and binning gives a fuck about power consumption for daily. Id let my Threaripper run at 2000W If I could. #21 Chomiq Antique4106recency bias pushed to the max, jeez. one mid-gen refresh really isn't that bad compared to those antics.No but it is comparable to the XT refreshes which weren't worth a lot. #22 cfenton These are even worse than the old XT parts from previous generations and those were a waste of time to produce. A 100mhz increase to boost clocks is going to do almost nothing for performance. It's purely a marketing exercise to make people think they have something new. #23 Sol_Badguy It just so happens that I made an estimation on how a true 9700X would look. In my opinion the X on the 9700X is deceiving as it really is a 9700, the same way a 7700 is a lower TDP counterpart to the 7700X. The 7700 has 65 W TDP / 88...
