More than a year since they teased their next generation processors based on the Zen4 architecture, AMD has finally launched the newest Ryzen 7000-series of processors. To start with, the company has launched 4 new processors in the lineup, with core counts ranging from 6 cores all the way to 16 cores. In the middle of the lineup is the Ryzen 7900X, featuring 12 cores, 24 threads and an increased TDP of 170W. How does the processor stack up against the previous flagship from AMD, which is the Ryzen 5950X? Let’s take a look at the performance and the upgrades of the Ryzen 7900X in this review.