Let the games begin: the battle for the next generation of processors will begin after October, so you might want to hold off on building that new PC

Only buy a new PC after October 25, 2024! Yes, I know this is extremely specific, but I promise it will all make sense soon – as it looks like on that date we’ll finally know the truth about what’s inside AMD’s Ryzen 7 9800X3D box.

It was delicious HXL on X, which recently claimed that AMD’s new chip would be announced on October 25. Now leaker wjm47196, who posts on the Chiphell forum (and whose leaks are often true!), confirms this.

Another one rumor shared by leaker Hoang Anh Phu on X instead claims that AMD’s new 8-core gaming CPU will arrive in the first week of November or a little later. Regardless, these claims come shortly after the launch of Intel’s Core 200K Arrow Lake-S. Rumor has it that this chip will be released on October 24, possibly just one day before AMD’s highly anticipated 9800X3D announcement.

Competition is flaring up (again).

The timing of the possible releases of both AMD and Intel’s next generation CPUs is perfect as they will take advantage of the holiday season.

Intel will have a lead in the market and may win the first group of early adopters. That lead isn’t huge, though, and the Arrow Lake lineup won’t feature anything like AMD’s new V-cache technology, which makes Team Red’s X3D chips superior in gaming performance. Intel recently admitted that its next-gen CPUs will outperform AMD’s 3D V-cache Ryzen 7000 processors.

HXL also recently leaked some Cinebench R23 results that are said to be the clock speeds of the 9800X3D. They showed a base clock speed of 4.7 GHz and an all-core turbo speed of 5.2 GHz, making it faster than its predecessor, the 7800X3D, by 500 MHz at base clock speed and 400 MHz at all-core turbo.

So if you’re in the market for a new PC, put some duct tape on your old one, at least for now. Let the old workhorse whine with you until October 25th. Then the speculated prices and rumors about clock speeds are put to bed and you know whether your next PC’s CPU should be blue or red.