Today, AMD official unveiled its Ryzen 5000 Series of Zen 3 CPUs in a livestream running just under 25 minutes long. During the broadcast, AMD announced four new CPUs, including the Ryzen 5 5600X, Ryzen 7 5800X, Ryzen 9 5900X, and AMD’s top of the line Ryzen 9 5950X. All four chips were described as gaming-focused CPUs designed to give PC gaming enthusiasts increased performance. The new AMD 5000 Series CPUs will be available starting November 5.
Performance-wise, PC enthusiasts have a lot to be impressed with the new AMD 5000 Series CPUs. The top of the line Ryzen 9 5950X features a crazy 16 cores and 32 threads, with up to 4.9GHz in boost frequency. Add on 72MB of L2+L3 cache and a TDP of just 105W and this is a very impressive workstation CPU that covers gaming very well, too. On the other end of the spectrum the Ryzen 5 5600X. The 5600X is a 6-core, 12-thread processor with a boost frequency of up to 4.6GHz. It’s packing a 35MB cache and a TDP of just 65W. This will be AMD’s most-accessible CPU and its performance is fittingly impressive.
The other two CPUs, the Ryzen 7 5800X and the Ryzen 9 5900X meet near the middle in performance. The 5800X is an 8-core, 16-thread CPU with a boost clock of 4.7GHz, while the 5900X is a 12-core, 24-thread CPU with a boost clock of 4.8GHz. AMD is offering a range of products so that all PC enthusiasts have an option within their budget.
Speaking of budget, AMD’s primary selling point for its CPUs has always been pricing. As such, it’s no surprise that the Zen 3 CPUs are all priced to compete with Intel’s modern 10000 Series CPUs. The 5600X will retail for just $299, with the 5800X and 5900X retailing for $449 and $549 respectively. The high-end CPU, the Ryzen 9 5950X, isn’t that much more. It will retail for $799 when it’s released on November 5.
Ultimately, AMD is delivering a line-up of CPUs that remains similarly competitive with Intel‘s compared to the past generation. If anything, AMD’s pricing has risen to more evenly compete with Intel now that its CPUs’ performance has improved. Perhaps that’s due to AMD aiming to keep some Zen 2 CPUs competitive, too. Still, for those hoping for a deal compared to Intel’s current-generation processors, today may have been somewhat of a disappointment.
As a teaser to end its presentation, AMD also showed off its Radeon 6000 GPU, which it calls Big Navi. The next generation of AMD video cards won’t be fully revealed until October 28, but the teaser should sate excited PC gaming enthusiasts for at least a couple more weeks.
The AMD Ryzen 5000 Series of processors officially release on November 5.
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