If the rumor mill is correct, AMD might just pep up its Ryzen 7 9700X, which will be a workhorse mid-range processor for the next-gen Zen 5 range.
With this one you need to understand a brief bit of background, namely that recently, AMD admitted that Ryzen 9000 models won’t be the fastest gaming chips around, as while they’ll outperform Intel, they’ll still lag behind current-gen 7000X3D – at least for gaming. And specifically, the 9700X was mentioned by the AMD exec who gave the interview, in terms of the Ryzen 7800X3D being faster than the 9700X.
