65 Watt TDP 12-core Ryzen 9 3900 Overclocked LCS and LN2 (Updated)
AMD still has got a few surprises left for the desktop Ryzen 3000 series, we expect the 3500, the 3950X but as it seems a Ryzen 9 3900 is inbound as well, that part would be pretty amazing at it would over 12 cores / 24 threads with a base-clock of 3.1 GHz and only a 65 Watt TDP.
It was motherboard manufacturer Biostar that spilled the beans, as it referenced the Ryzen 9 3900 as motherboard compatible. It is assumed the boost clock is 4.2 GHz for this part. The base clock is 700 MHz lower than that of the Ryzen 9 3900X in order to match that TDP of 65 watts.
Update:
The processor already turned up in a Ryzen Pro model, but now as well in some benchmarks and set an overclocking record even. Toms hardware reported that overclocker Allen "Splave" Golibersuch overclocked a non-official AMD Ryzen 9 3900, and with he help of liquid nitrogen reached an impressive 5.5 GHz. With 4,319 points Cinebench doesn't look bad either, Geekbench 3 was enough for 6,924 points in the single-core score and 77,106 points in the multi-core score.
With a Enermax Liqtech II AiO liquid cooling Golibersuch reached 4.35 GHz on all cores at a voltage of 1.375 volts, which showed 3,420 points in the Cinebench R15. Unknown still remains what the processor will cost and when it will appear.
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The only reason I can see them releasing a 3900 is to use the chiplets that don't meet the 3900X standards. And thinking about it, I'm not sure where the 3900 would sit price wise without an entire lineup price reshuffle. which I find unlikely.
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Exactly!
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I'm happy to see AMD making strides on the low power front. Low power and ultra low power cpu's are in very high demand, and they bring a lot of cpu bang to the table and very reasonable power/heat cost.
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I would argue with this...really..
In the process of trying to bin the best for 3950x and 3900x, what would you do with the ones that do not qualify? melt them?
- that is going to cost a lot more -
They are trying to:
Use this to recover from the poor/bad binning process and as well try to fit a new product on the market.
THIS IS GENIUS REALLY from AMD SIDE!
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or you can get the 3900 and overclock it as a 3900x with less money