AMD Ryzen 5 7600X Sample Spotted on Chinese Gray Market

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 08/24/2022 09:18 AM | source: HXL (Twitter), VideoCardz | 14 comment(s)

An unreleased Zen 4 engineering sample for the AMD Ryzen 5 7600X has surfaced on the Chinese black market.

Leaked specifications suggest that the base frequency of the 7600X is 4.70 GHz, while the sample is supposed to be clocked at 4.40 GHz, with a boost frequency of up to 5.30 GHz. It appears that the Ryzen 5 7000 series will have a core configuration of 6-core/12-thread to compete with it.

Related Stories

ASUS Shows AMD Ryzen 7000 ready ROG STRIX X670E-E and TUF X670E-Plus motherboards - 08/19/2022 07:23 PM
AMD's eagerly awaited AM5 platform will soon be available for purchase. ASUS designed a comprehensive line of motherboards to take advantage of AMD's next-generation CPUs, and we're now ready to of...

Photo of an Actual AMD Ryzen 7 7700X - 08/18/2022 08:52 AM
One of the first images showing the AMD Ryzen 7 7700X Zen 4 desktop processor installed on a motherboard was shared online by a user who had access to one. ...

CORSAIR Ushers in the New Era of AMD with Support for AMD Ryzen 7000 CPUs - 08/16/2022 03:13 PM
CORSAIR has announced support for the new AMD RyzenTM 7000 Series CPUs and supporting motherboard chipsets. Featuring an all-new Zen 4 CPU architecture, AMD Ryzen 7000 Series CPUs provide a significan...

AMD Ryzen 7000 series could launch same day that Intel introduces Raptor lake - 08/16/2022 08:53 AM
In contrast to prior reports of an AMD Ryzen 7000 and 600-series motherboard launch on September 15 (which AMD confirmed during an internal meeting with partners and motherboard makers), the company c...

Newer AMD Ryzen chips have SQUIP vulnerably - 08/15/2022 09:45 AM
SQUIP, which stands for Scheduler Queue Usage through Interference Probing, is a new CPU vulnerability found by security experts. This new security weakness has been discovered in Apple M1 CPUs and AM...

3 pages 1 2 3

Kaarme
Senior Member

Posts: 3361
Joined: 2013-03-10

#6044861 Posted on: 08/24/2022 09:38 AM

It looks so scratched that I suspect the seller smuggled it out of his workplace inside a sack full of crushed stone.

Ivrogne
Senior Member

Posts: 153
Joined: 2019-06-21

#6044901 Posted on: 08/24/2022 11:22 AM

It looks so scratched that I suspect the seller smuggled it out of his workplace inside a sack full of crushed stone.

Or maybe the seller erase the serial number with sandpaper.

Horus-Anhur
Senior Member

Posts: 6225
Joined: 2013-02-05

#6044908 Posted on: 08/24/2022 11:58 AM

Probably that sample has been installed in a number of motherboards for development and testing.

H83
Senior Member

Posts: 4577
Joined: 2009-09-08

#6044938 Posted on: 08/24/2022 02:48 PM

It looks like it has been hit by an hammer several times to test it`s physical resistance...

I wouldn`t buy a CPU looking like that...

schmidtbag
Senior Member

Posts: 7236
Joined: 2012-11-10

#6044948 Posted on: 08/24/2022 03:11 PM

It looks like it has been hit by an hammer several times to test it`s physical resistance...

I wouldn`t buy a CPU looking like that...
Even if it was in pristine condition, I wouldn't buy it. Being an ES, it's bound to not be as refined/complete, it might not receive microcode updates, and it's stupidly expensive. If it (and more importantly, the motherboards) were released a year ago, I could maybe see some appeal, but when I could wait a few weeks to have a fresh new polished chip that will most likely perform better for $1200 USD less, buying this sample is just outright moronic.

3 pages 1 2 3

Post New Comment

Click here to post a comment for this news story on the message forum.