AMD has unveiled its Ryzen 5000 series processors for desktops, which are the first processors to feature its new Zen 3 architecture.
Included in the released is a chip -- the Ryzen 9 5950X -- that the company says is "the world's best gaming CPU."
None of this will be good news for AMD's beleaguered rival, Intel.
The new Ryzen 5000 silicon replaces the Ryzen 3000 released last year, and while the Zen 3 architecture still uses a 7-nanometer process like its predecessor, AMD has squeezed more performance out of the silicon -- higher clock speeds and up to 19 percent increase in instructions per cycle.
Taking all the improvements into account, AMD claim that users replacing an older Zen 2 CPU with a comparable new Zen 3 chip would see around a 26 percent performance boost.
And that's while keeping the core count, and, more importantly, TDP, the same.
All the new chips also use AMD's existing Socket AM2, making them perfect for those looking to upgrade, which seems to be a market that AMD is wooing.
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|
Model |
Cores/Threads |
Boost/Base Freq (GHz) |
Cache (MB) |
TDP (Watts) |
Price ($) |
|
Ryzen 9 5950X |
16/32 |
Up to 4.9 / 3.4 |
72 |
105 |
799 |
|
Ryzen 9 5900X |
12/24 |
Up to 4.8 / 3.7 |
70 |
105 |
549 |
|
Ryzen 7 5800X |
8/16 |
Up to 4.7 / 3.8 |
36 |
105 |
449 |
|
Ryzen 5 5600X |
6/12 |
Up to 4.6 / 3.7 |
35 |
65 |
299 |
All four processors will land November 5th.
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