AMD has confirmed that they will be attending Gamescom this year and it looks like we will finally have the official Ryzen 7000 "Zen 4" & AM5 announcement taking place during the event.

AMD Hints at Ryzen 7000 "Zen 4" CPU & AM5 Platform Announcement at Gamescom 2022

We previously revealed the dates for when AMD will be announcing its Ryzen 7000 "Zen 4" Desktop CPU lineup and the respective AM5 motherboard platform. According to the official NDA, AMD has plans to announce the full details on the 29th of August at 8:00 PM ET which matches closely with the event itself that is to be held between the 23rd and 28th of August.

Based on the information we have, it looks like AMD will be hosting a product announcement event later this month which will focus on the specifications and prices of its Ryzen 7000 "Raphael" lineup and will also allow motherboard manufacturers to reveal the preliminary prices of their boards. As far as this event is concerned, it will take place on 29th August but you won't get to purchase Ryzen 7000 CPUs until two weeks later.

The embargo on the AMD Ryzen 7000 Desktop CPUs & X670 motherboards reviews will lift two weeks later on 13th September followed by a full retail launch for the said products on 15th of September. To sum up the dates:

Product announcement: August 29, 2022 at 8:00PM ET / August 30, 2022 at 2:00AM CET / 8:00AM TWPress embargo: September 13, 2022 at 9AM ET / 3PM CET / 9PM TWSales embargo: September 15, 2022 at 9AM ET / 3PM CET / 9PM TW

Based on a previous leak from AMD themselves, it looks like there will be four SKUs on offer at the start which would include:

AMD Ryzen 9 7950XAMD Ryzen 9 7900XAMD Ryzen 7 7700XAMD Ryzen 5 7600X

AMD Ryzen 7000 'Raphael' Desktop CPU 'Preliminary' Specs: