[trotFunky]

You're right, I misspoke ! For Zen 3 they announced the 5800X and released the 5700X later (with the same TDP as the GP's 3700X), whereas for Zen 4 they announced the 7700X and the 7800X will probably be released later.

Indeed every CPU announced here has a higher TDP than the previous generation, which isn't the best. Hopefully lower TDP SKUs come out as you mention.

[lhoff]

Id assume that the 7700X is basically the 1:1 successor for the 5800X and the reserved the 7800X name for the X3D equipped version that presumably comes later. They might release a 7700 without the X.