AMD's Ryzen 9000 CPUs didn't get off to a great start, but a bundle of updates have delivered basically a generational improvement overnight.
This story is part of Jacob Roach's ReSpec series, covering the world of PC gaming and hardware. AMD ’s Zen 5 CPUs, called Ryzen 9000, released with a collective sigh. None of them have it made it onto the list of the best processors, not so much because they’re bad, but just because they aren’t the best option. Outside of a few niche tasks, they felt more like a price increase and less like a performance increase compared to the previous generation. But that’s changing.
So, AMD tackled the lineup from two directions. For the Ryzen 9 9950X and Ryzen 9 9900X, AMD focused on improving CCD latency. These two CPUs use 16 and 12 cores, respectively, and they’re split into two Core Complex Dies, or CCDs. A CCD can only hold eight cores with AMD’s current architecture, so these CPUs need two.
There aren’t improvements in every game, notably graphically intensive titles like Red Dead Redemption 2. However, the improved CCD latency and better branch prediction shored up the weaknesses of Ryzen 9000 in games like F1 2022 where they looked terrible before. AMD still has a gaming problem with a last-gen CPU like the Ryzen 7 7800X3D claiming the highest performance slot, but that’s a different discussion for a different day.
AMD didn’t make that statement without reason, however, and my gaming results above for the Ryzen 7 9700X show why. This is identical performance. Sure, you lose a frame in Assassin’s Creed Mirage and gain a few in F1 2022, but show me anyone that can tell the difference between the 65W and 105W modes in games, and I’ll show you a liar.
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