AMD could have a clutch of new processors debuting later this thirty day period along with the Ryzen 7 5800X3D, which is rumored to go on sale late in March.
This will come from the Chiphell forum by means of effectively-known leaker HXL on Twitter, who claims that AMD is established to create a Ryzen 7 5700X design, as properly as Ryzen 5 5600 and 5500 CPUs.
Wccftech, which noticed the tweet, promises its resources are stating the identical point: that we can assume this trio of fresh processors at some point in March.
The concept is that the Ryzen 7 5700X is established to operate with 8-cores (16-threads) with a 65W TDP and could sq. off from Intel’s Core i5-12600K, with similar pricing pitched at around the $299 mark in the US (about £225, AU$405), or probably a little bit significantly less. Supposedly the box will involve the Wraith Stealth cooler.
Each the Ryzen 5 5600 and 5500 are rumored to be 6-core CPUs with a 65W TDP, and the former will have SMT (Simultaneous Multithreading, for 6-cores and 12-threads) whereas the latter may perhaps not (this means it’d just be a straight 6-core chip).
Wccftech claims it isn’t confident on regardless of whether the 5500 will dispense with SMT, but it can make perception and somewhere else we’ve seen chatter (by way of VideoCardz) that this will in truth be the case.
As at any time with the rumor mill, choose all of the above with a significant serving to of skepticism.
Investigation: Holding the fort against Alder Lake
Unleashing a handful of new Ryzen 5000 types to take on Intel’s Main i5 and i3 processors does make feeling in terms of AMD holding the fort in opposition to Alder Lake until finally Zen 4 arrives, and shoring factors up elsewhere away from the top-end, where the Ryzen 7 5800X3D is established to enter the fray.
The noticeable presumption would be that these will have to be competitively priced from Alder Lake, of training course, as Wccftech theorizes. If the Ryzen 7 5700X does arrive in at $299 (about £225, AU$405) as talked about higher than, however, that would no question demand adjusting the price tag of the 5600X which currently has that similar MSRP – although interestingly we notice at Newegg in the US it is now dropped down to $269 (about £205, AU$365). Some rejigging of overall pricing may well be expected in the course of the Ryzen assortment, of class, with all these new entrants inbound – if they come about.
The other point to bear in head right here is that even if these 3 rumored Ryzen processors do occur to fruition alongside the 5800X3D, some products could be OEM-only, that means that you won’t be in a position to obtain them instantly – they’ll only be bundled with prebuilt PCs. As ever, we’ll have to wait and see, but we should not have to hold out extensive as these chips ought to, in concept, be out in a few weeks.