AMD Ryzen 5000 Series Desktop CPUs Announced: Features And Pricing

AMD has finally announced the Zen 3 architecture-based Ryzen 5000 series desktop CPUs. As anticipated, AMD has at last outperformed Intel in the gaming department, and that too by a huge margin. The new CPUs are also better in heavy-duty computing workloads.

In addition to increasing the processing power, AMD has also made the new CPUs highly power-efficient. Surprisingly, the TDP of every new processor is similar to the previous generation and with a simple BIOS update, older motherboards can be used with the new 5000 series CPUs. At the announcement event, AMD also teased the upcoming next-generation Radeon GPU.

Presently, AMD has announced four new Ryzen 5000 series CPUs namely the Ryzen 5 5600X, Ryzen 7 5800X, Ryzen 9 5900X, and Ryzen 9 5950X. We can expect more Ryzen 5000 series CPUs in the first quarter of 2021. In this article, we have shared everything you need to know about the Ryzen processors.

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AMD Ryzen 5000 Series Desktop CPUs: Features

AMD managed to offer 19 percent faster IPC (instructions per clock) with the new Ryzen 5000 series processors. Furthermore, the new CPUs even boast higher boost speeds. The primary reason behind the performance increment is the new Zen 3 architecture.

This new architecture allows for a new unified 8-core CCX (core complex) design, reduced latency with direct L3 cache access, improved branch prediction, wider integer and floating-point engines, and twice the amount of L3 cache per core. The flagship Ryzen 9 5950X comes with 16 cores and 32 threads and it has base and boost speeds of 3.4GHz and 4.9GHz respectively. Lastly, there’s 72MB of total cache memory on this CPU.

Next, Ryzen 9 5900X is a 12 core and 24 threads CPU that has base and boost speeds of 3.7GHz and 4.8GHz respectively. Cache memory on this processor is 70MB. The mid-range Ryzen 7 5800X is an 8-core and 16-thread processor and it offers base and boost speeds of 3.8GHz and 4.7GHz respectively. Well, it has 36MB of cache memory. Finally, the Ryzen 5 5600X features 6 cores and 12 threads and it offers 3.7GHz and 4.6GHz base and boost speeds respectively. It has 35MB of cache memory. On paper, the new processors seem quite promising.

Pricing And Availability

Every new Ryzen 5000 series desktop CPU will be available starting 5th November.

• Ryzen 5 5600X: $299 or roughly Rs. 21,990 without taxes
• Ryzen 7 5800X: $449 or roughly Rs. 33,020 without taxes
• Ryzen 9 5900X: $549 or roughly Rs. 40,370 without taxes
• Ryzen 9 5950X: $799 or roughly Rs. 58,760 without taxes

Everyone who purchases a Ryzen 7 or Ryzen 9 model from the new Ryzen 5000 series or the previous-gen Ryzen 3000 series will get a free digital copy of Far Cry 6 – Standard Edition.