As expected, AMD today announced the much-awaited AMD Ryzen 5000 Series desktop processors powered by the new “Zen 3” architecture. The flagship AMD Ryzen 9 5950X will come with 16 cores, 32 threads and 72 MB of cache. The AMD Ryzen 9 5950X offers the highest single-thread performance of any desktop gaming processor and it delivers the most multi-core performance of any desktop gaming processor and any desktop processor in a mainstream CPU socket.
The AMD Ryzen 9 5900X processor will offer up to a 26% better gaming performance when compared to the previous generation. The new AMD “Zen 3” core architecture delivers a 19% increase in instructions per cycle (IPC), the largest jump since the introduction of “Zen” processors.
You can check out the complete AMD Ryzen 5000 series lineup below.
| MODEL | CORES/
THREADS |
TDP
(Watts) |
BOOST9/BASE FREQ. (GHz) | TOTAL CACHE | COOLER | SEP (USD) | EXPECTED AVAILABILITY |
| AMD Ryzen™ 9 5950X | 16C/32T | 105W | Up to 4.9 / 3.4 | 72MB | N/A | $799 | November 5, 2020 |
| AMD Ryzen™ 9 5900X | 12C/24T | 105W | Up to 4.8 / 3.7 | 70MB | N/A | $549 | November 5, 2020 |
| AMD Ryzen™ 7 5800X | 8C/16T | 105W | Up to 4.7 / 3.8 | 36MB | N/A | $449 | November 5, 2020 |
| AMD Ryzen™ 5 5600X | 6C/12T | 65W | Up to 4.6 / 3.7 | 35MB | Wraith Stealth | $299 | November 5, 2020 |
The above new AMD Ryzen 5000 Series desktop processors will be available for purchase globally on November 5, 2020.
Source: AMD