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AMD has thrown out its next-generation Ryzen 5000 processors, which the company claims offer the best single-threaded and gaming performance of any desktop chip.
The processors are based on a manufacturing process of more than 7nm and are based on AMD’s Zen 3 CPU microarchitecture, which brings significant improvements in power efficiency and performance.
Lisa Su, CEO of AMD, said that major changes to the core architecture of its processors have enabled the company to bring the best desktop processors to the PC market.
“Zen 3 increases our leadership in overall performance, increases our leadership in energy efficiency and now also offers the best single-threaded performance and gaming performance,” said Su.
The lineup includes four new processors, complete with the 16-core, 32-thread Ryzen 9 5950X with a maximum boost clock speed of 4.9 GHz.
AMD said the 5950X has broken the Cinebench R20 single-threaded record with a score of 640, compared to 544 for its rival Intel, the Core i9-10900K.
Mark Papermaster, AMD CTO, described the new generation as the most significant architectural upgrade yet in the Zen family.
“It is a performance beast and will deliver absolute leadership in the x86 market,” said Papermaster.
He explained that the processors offer the following key enhancements:
- Higher maximum pulse frequency
- 19% more instruction per clock (IPC)
- Lower latency
- New core design
- New cache topology
Papermaster added that the new architecture offers 24% more energy efficiency compared to the previous generation, making Zen 3 2.8 times more efficient than Intel’s Core i9-10900K.
Better gameplay and single-threaded performance
He also explained how a new design in the processors brings all the cores into a unified eight-core complex, which speeds up core-to-core communications and increases gaming performance.
“That consolidation allows each core to directly access the 32MB of L3 cache, and that dramatically speeds up latency-sensitive workloads such as games,” Papermaster noted.
AMD illustrated that the Ryzen 9 5900X ran 28% faster in Shadow of the Tomb Raider compared to its predecessor, the Ryzen 9 3900XT.
Other games that showed double-digit improvements include League of Legends, PUBG, DOTA 2, F1 2019, Far Cry: New Dawn, and CS: GO.
“In general, gamers upgrading from the Ryzen 3000 series to the Ryzen 5000 series can expect an average performance improvement of 26% to 1080p,” said AMD Technical Marketing Director Robert Hallock.
The four new processors will be available globally from November 5, 2020.
The following table shows the specifications and prices for the new AMD Ryzen 5000 desktop processors.
| CPU | Cores / Threads | Base / Boost Clock | L2 + L3 cache | TDP | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryzen 9 5950X | 16/32 | 3.4 / 4.9 GHz | 72 MB | 105W | $ 799 |
| Ryzen 9 5900X | 12/24 | 3.7 / 4.8 GHz | 70 MB | 105W | $ 549 |
| Ryzen 7 5800X | 16/8 | 3.8 / 4.7 GHz | 36 MB | 105W | $ 449 |
| Ryzen 5 5600X | 6/12 | 3.7 GHz / 4.6 GHz | 35 MB | 65W | $ 299 |
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