It seems AMD is far from done with its aging Socket AM4 and soon to launch alongside its two existing 3D V-cache gaming CPUs – the Ryzen 5800X3D and Ryzen 5600X3D are two new models – the Ryzen 7 5700X3D and Ryzen 5 5500X3D.
The two new CPUs sit below there counterparts. For example , the Ryzen 7 5700X3D below the popular Ryzen 7 5800X3D and the Ryzen 5 5500X below the Ryzen 5 5600X3D. Only the Ryzen 7 5800X3D has been available worldwide to purchase with the Ryzen 5 5600X3D limited to Micro Centre in the US.
Regular CPU news leaker chi11eddog on X posted the details (via Videocardz), with core counts, frequencies and cache amounts. All that’s different that we know so far are the frequencies. They use the same 96MB L3 cache as the previous 3D V-Cache CPUs and each has the same core count – six cores and 12 threads for the Ryzen 5 5500X3D like the 5600X3D and eight cores and 16 threads for the Ryzen 7 5700X3D like the 5800X3D.
The key data that’s missing is the price, availability and whether the new CPUs will have the same TDPs as their counterparts. Pricing above are the launch figures, with the 5800X3D now available for around $350. The Ryzen 7 5700X3D should therefore sit below this, but above the Ryzen 5 5600X3D, which costs $229. Availability will be key too, as plenty of enthusiasts outside the US were hoping to get their hands on the 5600X3D only to fit it was a US-only CPU.
Another interesting consideration is the Ryzen 7 5700X3D’s peak boost frequency of 4.1GHz, which is 300MHz lower than the Ryzen 5 5600X3D, meaning that in lightly-threaded games it could offer slightly better performance. If threads and cores are more important then the 5700X3D would be the better CPU.
For the Ryzen 5 5500X3D, everything depends on price as it could make for a fabulous budget gaming CPU. It might seem strange that AMD is launching new CPUs on the aging Socket AM4 platform, but it stated back in 2022 that the Ryzen 7 5800X3D would not be the last Socket AM4 CPU, with evidence of this coming from my interview with Robert Hallock, AMD’s former director of technical marketing.
We also don’t know when the new CPUs would launch. Pre-Christmas would be a welcome timeframe for festive PC upgrades, but AMD may also be playing a longer game of keeping Intel in check at the lower end. I’ll be reporting more on the new CPUs as news lands so follow me here on Forbes or Facebook for more.
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