AMD announced today the Ryzen 9 5950X, Ryzen 9 5900X, Ryzen 7 5800X, and Ryzen 5 5600X. Built on the Zen 3 architecture, the new Ryzen 5000 series processors may appear similar to their Ryzen 3000 counterparts on the surface, but in reality they hide a streamlined architecture that AMD is confident is ready to meet Intel in gaming.
AMD was promising a lot for gamers at this event, and it looks like it may deliver. Dr. Lisa Su has unveiled a brand new flagship chip for our gaming rigs today: the Ryzen 9 5950X. It promises to crush many a Cinebench record, but also use a healthy IPC (instructions per clock) bump to dominate in gaming too.
This is thanks to the Zen 3 architecture. It offers higher max boost clocks, an IPC uplift, new 8-core CCX layout, and improved cache topology. That all accounts for 26% performance uplift on average across games at 1080p, AMD says.
| CPU | Ryzen 9 5950X | Ryzen 9 5900X | Ryzen 7 5800X | Ryzen 5 5600X | Ryzen 9 3950X | Ryzen 9 3900XT | Ryzen 7 3800XT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cores/threads | 16/32 | 12/24 | 8/16 | 6/12 | 16/32 | 12/24 | 8/16 |
| Base clock (GHz) | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
| Boost clock (GHz) | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
| L2 + L3 Cache | 72MB | 70MB | 36MB | 35MB | 72MB | 70MB | 32MB |
| Package | AM4 | AM4 | AM4 | AM4 | AM4 | AM4 | AM4 |
| Process node | TSMC 7nm | TSMC 7nm | TSMC 7nm | TSMC 7nm | TSMC 7nm | TSMC 7nm | TSMC 7nm |
| TDP | 105W | 105W | 105W | 65W | 105W | 105W | 105W |
| Price | $799 | $549 | $449 | $299 | $749 | $499 | $399 |
