As you know, AMD is officially launching today a pinch of “new” Ryzen CPUs available on the AM4 platform. This launch is in fact a response to a real turnaround in the market where Intel has regained a lot of weight until the reds have disappeared from most of the offers, including on the entry level. AMD’s reaction is therefore first and foremost an attempt to regain market share. The Ryzen 5500, 5600 and 5700X are there for that. Let’s be clear on the subject, the processors we’re going to talk about here are models that don ‘t use any new technology, they just expand AMD’s range. Concerning the 5800X3D which integrates a dose of novelty, we’ll talk about it when it arrives…And it is not for now. So we will try to understand the interest of this spring Refresh operated by AMD on these Ryzen 5000.
How to situate these new Ryzen?
is an 8 core/16 thread processor. It has a base clock of 3.4 GHz, a maximum boost clock of 4.6 GHz, 35 MB of L2 + L3 cache and a TDP of 65 W. The price has been set at $299. Here to compare the same technical data for the Ryzen 7 5800X: 8C/16T, 3.8GHz to 4.7GHz, 32MB L3 cache, 105W TDP.
has a base clock at 3.5 GHz, a boost clock at 4.4 GHz, 35 MB of cache L2 + L3 and a TDP of 65 W. For comparison, here are the data of the Ryzen 5 5600X: 6C/16T, 3.7GHz to 4.6GHz, 32MB L3 cache, 65W TDP. So we have almost the same CPU.
(positioned at $159) its base frequency is 3.6GHz, and its boost goes up to 4.2GHz. It has 19 MB of L2 + L3 cache and the same TDP of 65 W. The amount of cache is therefore much lower than the 5600 and we will see later the impact on performance.
In conclusion: performance and price of this Ryzen refresh
The arrival of these new references is clearly there to reposition AMD against a much more aggressive Intel. And these new CPUs effectively bring AMD back into the game with more affordable prices. The other point is that these new benchmarks give additional options for those who want to build a PC for themselves and can thus have more affordable AM4 components instead of having to dip into Intel’s Gen10. But clearly, these new options are nothing to worry about with Intel’s Gen 12 including the 5700X. Here you can find some performance information from our colleagues at Hot Hardware.
