AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 4.5 stars | Amazing performance, new single-core champion, same power consumption | Price has gone up, no coolant included
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X| 5 stars | Excellent single-core performance, powerful for gaming, low power, major IPC optimization | Price jump from Ryzen 3000, Dongle a bit annoying, no cooler included
The AMD Ryzen 5000 series processors were released on November 5, 2020, and they have been honoring us for quite some time now. In fact, medium and high-end CPUs are already running popular desktop computers like Alienware R10 Ryzen Edition And a gaming laptop like ASUS ROG Zephyrus Duo SEas there is a huge focus of this newly launched set of processors on gaming.
With AMD Ryzen 5000 CPUs, AMD has finally given up on Intel when it comes to raw gaming performance. Leading the new AMD Ryzen 9 5950X CPU lineup, a high-end chip packed with 16 cores and 32 threads, with a massive boost clock of 4.9GHz. That’s a huge generational leap compared to the Ryzen 9 3950X already, before you even consider the IPC (instructable per hour) performance boost, thanks to Zen 3’s massive redesign.
At CES 2021, AMD also launched mobile versions of the Ryzen 5000 series, promising big things like longer battery life, and “the only eight-core x86 CPU for ultra-thin laptops.” This is not all. AMD recently unveiled its first Ryzen 5000 series desktop APUs or processors with integrated graphics, and it comes at a time when all manufacturers are struggling to replenish GPU stock. Although PC builders will have to wait as these will only be available for pre-built systems initially.
Now that all processors are hitting the streets and we’re getting them all running through our lab, we can share everything you need to know if you want to upgrade to the new AMD temp. However, stock is still scarce, so also check out our guides like where to buy an AMD Ryzen 7 5800X and where to buy an AMD Ryzen 9 5900X to help you find stock if you’re struggling to get one of these at home.
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- What is that? New AMD Desktop Processors
- When is he outside? November 5, 2020
- What will it cost? Starting at $299 (about £230, AU$420)
AMD Ryzen 5000 Release Date
AMD Ryzen 5000 series processors hit the streets on November 5, 2020, with the explanation of the AMD Ryzen 9 5950X and Ryzen 9 5900X processors. However, we have seen some Availability issuesAnd it may take some time before you can get your hands on it.
As for the Ryzen 5000 APUs, they were released on April 13, 2021 for pre-build systems. AMD promises to make the processors available for home PCs “later this year”.
AMD Ryzen 5000 price
Here are the prices for the AMD Ryzen 5000 series processors:
- AMD Ryzen 9 5950X: $799 (about £620, AU$1,100)
- AMD Ryzen 9 5900X: $549 (about £420, AU$760)
- AMD Ryzen 7 5800X: $449 (about £350, AU$630)
- AMD Ryzen 5 5600X: $299 (about £230, AU$420)
These are slightly higher prices than 3rd generation AMD Ryzen chips, which also saw higher prices than Ryzen 2000. Here are the prices of AMD Ryzen 3000 chips launched for comparison:
- AMD Ryzen 9 3950X: $749 (about £590, AU$1080)
- AMD Ryzen 9 3900X: $499 (about £390, AU$720)
- AMD Ryzen 7 3800X: $399 (about £310, AU$580)
- AMD Ryzen 7 3700X: $329 (about £260, AU$480)
- AMD Ryzen 5 3600X: $249 (about £200, AU$360)
- AMD Ryzen 5 3600: $199 (about £160, AU$290)
- AMD Ryzen 5 3400G Processor: $149 (£139, AU$240)
- AMD Ryzen 3 3300G: $99 (£94, AU$144)
AMD Ryzen 5000 Specifications and Performance
Zen 3 represents one of the biggest redesigns of architecture we’ve seen in a single generation. The new AMD Ryzen 5000 processors are still based on the same 7nm manufacturing process as the Ryzen 3000 chips that came to market in 2019.
The main focus of this redesign was to boost the performance of IPC in order to achieve single-core performance that could finally bring down Intel. While a large part of this was through incredibly complex work that reduced prediction latency and performed faster code fetching, a large part of it was the way AMD redesigned the template itself.
As you can see on AMD Zen 2 processors, each compute die (CCD) contains two core compounds (CCX), each containing 4 cores and 16MB of L3 cache. This means that in single-core workloads, the kernel will only have direct access to a 16MB cache, and it will have to be accessed outside of CCX if more is needed. However, with Zen 3, each CCX now contains 8 cores and 32MB of L3 cache, thus doubling the amount of cache that each individual core can directly access. This significantly reduces latency and boosts single-core performance higher than we’ve seen before.
For example, in our testing, the AMD Ryzen 9 5900X is about 15-20% faster than the Ryzen 9 3900X in single-core benchmarks, and manages to completely eclipse the Intel Core i9-10900K across the board.
This obviously results in faster gaming performance as well, as the best PC games still rely heavily on clock speed and single-core performance. In our tests, the Ryzen 9 5900X and Ryzen 7 5800X were about 7-9% faster than the Core i9 10900K in the games we tested. We haven’t seen a huge jump in gaming performance for a processor in a while, and that means AMD is now the best gaming processor out there.
We are still working on the Ryzen 5 5600X and Ryzen 9 5950X reviews and will update this article once we have finished testing them. We’ve also included our Ryzen 5000 benchmarks and specifications below for your reference.
- AMD Ryzen 9 5950X: 16 cores, 32 threads, 4.9 GHz, 72 MB cache, L2 + L3, 105 W TDP
- AMD Ryzen 9 5900X: 12 cores, 24 threads, 4.8GHz, 70MB L2 + L3 cache, 105W TDP
- AMD Ryzen 7 5800X: 8 cores, 16 threads, 4.7GHz, 36MB cache, 105W TDP
- AMD Ryzen 5 5600X: 6 cores, 12 threads, 4.6GHz, 35MB cache, 65W TDP
AMD Ryzen 5000 Mobile Processors
AMD talked a big game when it comes to Ryzen 5000 mobile CPUs at its CES 2021 launch, aimed at gamers, creators, and users in general. When it comes to productivity apps, AMD is a good edge over the Intel Core i7-1165G7, and a huge leap over previous Ryzen 4000 mobile processors.
The full lineup of AMD Ryzen 5000 mobile processors is below:
| Model | Cores/Threads | Max Post (base) | cache | node | TDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryzen 9 5980HX | 8/16 | 4.8 (3.3) | 20 MB | 7 nm | 45 W + |
| Ryzen 9 5980HS | 8/16 | 4.8 (3.0) | 20 MB | 7 nm | 35 watts |
| Ryzen 9 5900HX | 8/16 | 4.6 (3.3) | 20 MB | 7 nm | 45 W + |
| Ryzen 9 5900HS | 8/16 | 4.6 (3.0) | 20 MB | 7 nm | 35 watts |
| Ryzen 7 5800H | 8/16 | 4.4 (3.2) | 20 MB | 7 nm | 45 watts |
| Ryzen 7 5800HS | 8/16 | 4.4 (2.8) | 20 MB | 7 nm | 35 watts |
| Ryzen 5 5600H | 6/12 | 4.2 (3.3) | 19 megabytes | 7 nm | 45 watts |
| Ryzen 5 5600HS | 6/12 | 4.2 (3.0) | 19 megabytes | 7 nm | 35 watts |
| Ryzen 7 5800U | 8/16 | 4.4 (1.9) | 20 MB | 7 nm | 15 watts |
| Ryzen 7 5700U | 8/16 | 4.3 (1.8) | 12 megabytes | 7 nm | 15 watts |
| Ryzen 5 5600U | 6/12 | 4.2 (2.3) | 11 megabytes | 7 nm | 15 watts |
| Ryzen 5 5500U | 6/12 | 4.0 (2.1) | 8 megabytes | 7 nm | 15 watts |
| Ryzen 3 5300U | 4/8 | 3.8 (2.6) | 6 megabytes | 7 nm | 15 watts |
AMD Ryzen 5000 Flatbed Processing Units for Desktops
AMD’s struggle to restock its Ryzen 5000 desktop CPUs hasn’t stopped it from releasing its lineup of desktop processors with radeon graphics. With Ryzen 5000 APUs finally on the shelves — at least for pre-built systems, those struggling to get hold of a Ryzen chip or Radeon graphics card will have alternatives on hand.
Although initially released for pre-builds, these APUs should be available for purchase later in 2021, according to AMD, which means gamers who build their own PCs should be able to get one after that.
| Model | Cores/Threads | Max Post (base) | cache | node | TDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryzen 7 5700 g | 8/16 | 4.6 (3.8) | 20 MB | 7 nm | 65 watts |
| Ryzen 5 5600 g | 6/12 | 4.4 (3.9) | 19 megabytes | 7 nm | 65 watts |
| Ryzen 3 5300 gm | 4/8 | 4.2 (4.0) | 10 megabytes | 7 nm | 65 watts |
| Ryzen 7 5700GE | 8/16 | 4.6 (3.2) | 20 MB | 7 nm | 35 watts |
| Ryzen 5 5600GE | 6/12 | 4.4 (3.4) | 19 megabytes | 7 nm | 35 watts |
| Ryzen 3 5300G | 4/8 | 4.2 (2.6) | 10 megabytes | 7 nm | 35 watts |