AMD's 12-core 65W CPU gets an outing. AMD's revolutionary Zen architecture has provided a growing treasure trove of desktop processors. The first Ryzen chips launched back in 2017 were decent, but subsequent releases have well and truly raised the bar. Today's enthusiasts ought naturally to gravitate toward the 16-core, 32-thread Ryzen 9 3950X, and if you're ultra keen, there's the 64-core, 128-thread Threadripper 3990X to consider.

The aforementioned chips have hogged the CPU limelight in recent months, but further down the stack there is an intriguing addition to AMD's line-up going by the name of Ryzen 9 3900. Never heard of it? That's because this understated chip isn't being brought to retail, but rather is an OEM-only part aimed squarely at system integrators.