AMD Ryzen 7 CPUs Shipping 2 March, Pre-Order Today

AMD Ryzen 7 CPUs are available for pre-ordering today and these long-awaited "Zen" CPUs will be shipping on 2 March.

The first three Ryzen CPUs to ship are the Ryzen 7 1700, 7 1700X, and 7 1800X. The Ryzen 7 1700 has 8 cores, 16 threads, 16MB L3 cache, 65 Watt TDP, 3.0GHz base frequency, and 3.7GHz turbo frequency. That 1700 model will set you back $329 USD. The Ryzen 7 1700X has eight cores and 16 threads and 16MB cache but a 95 Watt TDP as it has a base frequency of 3.4GHz with a turbo of 3.8GHz and an XFR frequency of 3.8GHz+. That CPU will set you back $399 USD. The high-end CPU for $499 USD is the Ryzen 7 1800X with 8 cores, 16 threads, 95 Watt TDP, 3.6GHz base, 4.0GHz turbo, and 4.0GHz+ XFR.

AMD claims that Ryzen has 52% more instructions per clock than their older Excavator cores. The Ryzen 7 1800X is said to compete with the Intel Core i7 6900K, at least under Windows. The Ryzen 7 1700 should beat out the Core i7 6800K, Core i7 7700K, and other Intel CPUs in that range.

All of the press material today has been about AMD Ryzen 7 CPUs on Windows. Unfortunately, no Linux details yet. AMD also hasn't contacted me yet about any review samples so I doubt that's going to happen for the Ryzen 7 launch day. But, given all the interest from Phoronix readers, I will be buying Ryzen 7 hardware myself then to be able to deliver near-launch-day results.

I am planning to pick up at least an AMD Ryzen 7 1700, but hopefully will be able to test the higher-end models too if there is enough support from Phoronix Premium members or PayPal tips. If you'll be pre-ordering any Ryzen hardware (or making any other online purchases) please use our Amazon and NewEgg affiliate links to help support the site. Thanks for your support and look forward to AMD Ryzen Linux benchmarks in early March!