AMD Introduces Zen 3-Based Ryzen 5000 Processors: Superior Everywhere

As expected, AMD introduced the Ryzen 5000 Series processors, part of the Zen 3, in a recent online launch. The company promises that this time it has managed to make an even bigger jump in results than in previous generations of Ryzen. As a result, debutants should become the fastest solutions on the market, not only for computing tasks, but also for games, at least AMD promises.

The Ryzen 5000 processor series consists of four models: 16 cores Ryzen 9 5950X, 12 cores Ryzen 9 5900X, 8 cores Ryzen 7 5800X and 6 cores Ryzen 5 5600X. All of these processors will go on sale from November 5th. The main characteristics are given in the table:

Model	Kernels \streams	TDP, W	Frequency, Ghz	L3 cache, MB	Cooler included	price
Ryzen 9 5950X	16/32	105	3.4-4.9	64	There is no	$799
Ryzen 9 5900X	12/24	105	3.7-4.8	64	There is no	$549
Ryzen7 5800X	8/16	105	3.8-4.7	32	There is no	$449
Ryzen 5 5600X	6/12	65	3.7-4.6	32	Wraith Stealth	$299

Two things stand out in the news specifications. First, despite the fact that a new version of TSMC 7 nm technology was used in the production of the Ryzen 5000, the tactical frequency remained almost the same as the previous generation processors. In fact, AMD has only been able to increase the maximum frequencies in turbo mode on 12- and 16-core processors due to routine optimizations of Precision Boost technology. In contrast, the base frequencies of all new products have even decreased.

Second, AMD did not hesitate to increase the official prices of the Ryzen 5000. Representatives of the Ryzen 3000 family with the same number of cores cost $ 50 less at the time of their announcement.

However, AMD believes it has the right to do so because processors based on the Zen 3 architecture have become much faster than their predecessors. The presentation states that the 12-core Ryzen 9 5900X is an impressive 26% faster than Ryzen 9 3900XT games, and the 16-core Ryzen 9 5950X can be called the processor with the best single and multi-stream performance of all mass offerings.

In addition, according to AMD, gaming performance is no longer a weak point for their products compared to Intel processors. About the same, the Ryzen 9 5900X company claims that in games with 1080p resolution, it is on average 7% ahead of the Core i9-10900K.

This significant progress is due to significant changes at the internal structure level: the unified CCX modules now consist of eight cores and include 32 MB of L3 cache. This reduces the data transfer delay between the kernel and the cache memory and doubles the amount of cache memory addressed to the L3 per core.



According to internal tests, this, combined with microarchitectural improvements to the Zen 3 cores, has led to a 19% increase in instructions per cycle (IPC).

Saeid Moshkelani, senior vice president and general manager of customer business at AMD, commented: "The new AMD Ryzen 5000 Series desktop processors strengthen our leadership from IPC and energy efficiency to single-core and multi-core performance, including gaming."



Ryzen 5000 series processors can work with motherboards with 500 series chipsets after a simple BIOS upgrade to AGESA 1.1.0.0-based versions (coming soon). Support for motherboards based on the 400 series processors is under development, and the first motherboards with Ryzen 5000-compatible BIOS beta versions will be released in 2021. month of January.

Newly announced processors are expected to go on sale worldwide from 2020 onwards. November 5 In addition, buyers who have purchased the Ryzen 9 5950X, Ryzen 9 5900X or Ryzen 7 5800X from 2020 onwards. November 5 until 2020 will receive a free copy of Far Cry 6 as soon as it goes on sale.