ARCHITECTURE ZEN 5 - The standard for gamers and creators; enjoy incredible performance and energy efficiency thanks to the AMD Zen 4 architecture based on a world-first 4nm engraving process. 8 CORE AND 16 THREADS - The Ryzen 7 9700X offers exceptional frequencies (Base 3.8 GHz / Boost 5.5 GHz); overclocking is of course possible as all cores are unlocked. FEATURES - With a TDP of 65 W, and its 40 MB Cache L3, the Ryzen 7 9700X is cut out to achieve good things; it also features an integrated AMD RDNA 2 graphics chip. DDR5 MEMORY and PCIe 5.0 - Ryzen 9000 Series processors offer the technologies available; take advantage of AMD EXPO for easy DDR5 overclocking; take advantage of PCIe 5.0 on the GPU AND NVMe SSD storage. SOCKET AM5 - A platform designed to last for generations; find a wide choice of AM5 motherboards to suit your needs; aM4 coolers remain compatible with AM5.