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Zen 6 Kernel Patches Put Numbers on a Third Core Type

Feature image with three horizontal bars drawn to scale from the hard-coded Zen 6 client frequency ceilings, 5025 for the performance core and 3524 for the dense efficiency core in grey, and a shorter amber bar at 2399 for the new low-power core, above a headline reading low-power core at 0.47x.

AMD's kernel patches put the first numbers on Zen 6's new low-power core, Intel's own parts store names LGA1954 alongside Nova Lake-S, and G.Skill brings EXPO ULL to a mainstream AM5 memory kit.

Saya
September 2, 2026

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AMD Brings Back the 5800X3D and Launches a 7700X3D as X3D Prices Spiral

Generation markers on a timeline with an arrow looping from the newest back to an early slot, a discontinued chip returning to production.

Discontinued X3D gaming CPUs have been selling far above their launch prices, with AM4 parts hit hardest. AMD's answer is unusual: reissue a four-year-old CPU and downclock a current one, both under $350. Here is what shipped, what it costs, and who each chip is actually for.

Saya
July 22, 2026