AMD Reveals 3rd Gen Ryzen 3000 Series Processors
- Sandeep Balachandran
- May 28, 2019
- 3 min read
After days and days of speculation the wait for 3rd Gen Ryzen CPUs is over. AMD finally revealed 5 new CPUs with the top-most tier being a 12-core Ryzen 9 3900X at Computex today. The Ryzen 9 is a massive launch and AMDs biggest move against Intel. All 5 of the processors will be PCIe 4.0 enabled and will kiss the X570 motherboard platform, also said to debut today. As per the keynote, AMD plans to officially launch all five 3rd Gen processors on July 7th, 2019.
Before we move ahead let's take a glimpse of how they stack up in price and specs
Beyond 8 Cores - Ryzen 9 3900X
The Ryzen 9 3900X is AMDs flagship line of product. This mammoth 12-core | 24-thread processor has a base frequency of 3.8 GHz and maxes out 4.6 GHz and is specifically aimed at enthusiasts and content creators. It sports a total of 6 MB of L2 cache, a whopping 64 MB of L3 cache and draws on a mere 105W TDP. In terms of performance, the Ryzen 9 3900X showcased a 15% performance (Blender render) improvement, core to core, over Intel's Core i9-9220X. All this for a retail price of $499. That's approximately 58% cheaper than Intel's premium Core i9-9920X ($1199) which also has a significantly higher TDP of 165W.
Budget Performers - AMD Ryzen 7
The cream of the crop right here is the Ryzen 7 3700X. The processor sports an 8-core | 16-thread die, has 36 MB of L3 cache and clocks a base speed of 3.6 GHz and 4.4 GHz at max. It draws a mere 65W TDP, making it one of the most power efficient desktop processor in the market. The Ryzen 7 3700X is positioned up against the Intel Core i7 9700K and performs at par in single-thread performance but takes the lead in multi-threaded performance by a good 28%. The Ryzen 7 3700X is said to retail for $329.
Next up, is the slightly more beefier sibling, the Ryzen 7 3800X. The 3800X is also identical in terms of cores | threads (8c|16t) and L3 cache (32 MB). However, it has slightly higher clock speeds (3.9 GHz Base | 4.5 GHz Boost) and TDP (105W).
Budget Builds - AMD Ryzen 5
The Ryzen 5 3000 series processors were also announced during the keynote and are said to be launching alongside the Ryzen 7 and Ryzen 9 3000 series processors. The Ryzen 5 series of processors include the 3600X and the 3600. The Ryzen 3600X is clocked at 3.8 GHz base and 4.4 GHz boost, has an L3 cache size of 32 MB and has a TDP of 95W.
On the other hand, the Ryzen 3600 comes with a base | boost clock of 3.6 GHz | 4.2 GHz respectively and has a total TDP of 65W. The cache remains the same as the Ryzen 3600X. The processors are set to retail for $249 for the Ryzen 3600X and $199 for the Ryzen 3600.
The Details Are In The Numbers
In terms of performance, AMD showcased benchmark numbers against some of Intel's top of the line chipsets. As far as the Cinebench R20 score go, the Ryzen 7 3700X scored 4806 in comparison to 3726 by Intel's 9700K. They clearly show AMDs 7nm advantage over Intel's 14nm chipsets.
They scores might not be significantly high in terms of single threaded performance, but the point that needs to be understood is--
For a significantly lower price AMDs 3rd Gen processors score higher than Intel's Core i7 and Core i9 in single threaded operations and double in multi-threaded operations
The overall power drawn per core is significantly less than what Intel has to offer
So the take away here is that the 3rd Gen Ryzen shine in terms of Price to Performance and overall power drawn per core, which is also a significant improvement over their previous Zen 1 and Zen+ architecture. In fact, the Zen 2 boasts an improvement of 15% in IPC (Instructions Per Clock) uplift across all applications.
We live in exciting times and AMD has just raised the performance bar for Intel, which I suppose will take a while for them to catch on. With the launch of their new Zen 2 architecture the dice has definitely rolled in favor of AMD.
I'll leave you with AMDs President & CEO, Dr. Lisa Su's closing statement:
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