AMD Ryzen 9000 review: Impressive efficiency, with bugs and so-so speed boosts

Enlarge / AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) Nearly two years after the release of the first Ryzen 7000 CPUs, AMD has returned with a full-fledged follow-up. The new Ryzen 9000 chips—the 6-core 9600X, 8-core 9700X, 12-core 9900X, and…