Over the weekend, rumours about an upcoming “F-Series” AMD Ryzen 9000 CPU cropped up. As of today, a new rumour is suggesting that the CPU in question is a 9700F.
The alleged 9700F is allegedly an 8-core CPU, based on the same Granite Ridge silicon of the Ryzen 9000 Series. While the name suggests that it is similar to the 9700X, the “F” in its name, much like Intel’s own naming convention for its processors, denotes a lack of integrated graphics.
Evidence of its supposed existence was first discovered by HXL and posted on both Chiphell and X. They found a BIOS update for an ASUS ROG Crosshair X870E Extreme BIOS, version 1512. The update lists an AGESA update for an “upcoming CPU compatibility”, and an enhanced system performance and stability. The third point says that the update is irreversible, with rollback to the previous BIOS being unsupported.
It didn’t take long for another prominent leakster, MEGASizeGPU, to chime in and suggest that the CPU in question was the 9700F.
What this means is that, basically, the 9700F will be a Granite Ridge variant, complete with the same 40MB L3 Cache and 65W TDP of the 9700X. Price-wise, the upcoming CPU could retail anywhere between US$250 (~RM1,061) and US$300 (~RM1,273). As for when it goes on the totem pole of performance and power, its “F” classification puts it between the 9600X and the 9700X.
(Source: MEGASizeGPU via X, Videocardz)
