AMD announced that it will launch four Ryzen 5 processors
worldwide on Tuesday, April 11, 2017. These new mainstream processors
are designed to bring innovation to the high-volume, sub-$300 CPU market
with a disruptive price-to-performance ratio for gamers and creators.
These Ryzen 5 CPUs will be available for sale on April the 11th.
- Ryzen 5 1600X : 6-Cores 12-Threads, Base Clock 3.6 GHz, Boost Clock 4.0 GHz
- Ryzen 5 1600: 6-Cores 12-Threads, Base Clock 3.2 GHz, Boost Clock 3.6 GHz
- Ryzen 5 1500X: 4-Cores 8-Threads, Base Clock 3.5 GHz, Boost Clock 3.7 GHz
- Ryzen 5 1400: 4-Cores 8-Threads, Base Clock 3.2 GHz, Boost Clock 3.4 GHz
The top end 1600X is priced at $249, and is the only CPU in
this series that is rated at 95W TDP. All the others in this series
are 65W TDP. The 1500X has "special" spec as well, as its XFR frequency
is 200MHz over its top rated clock, where the others are 100MHz. And
of course all the Ryzen 5 CPUs are multiplier unlocked.
The coolers for Ryzen 5 are not RGB capable like the ones we saw with the Ryzen 7. The smaller Stealth cooler is rated at 65W and the Spire cooler is rated at 95W.
Certainly the Ryzen 5 1600 and 1600X are going to be interesting. As AMD positioned them directly to compete with Intel's Core i5 Kaby Lake. Specifically, AMD is taking aim at Intel’s $242 Core i5-7600K, a 3.8GHz,
4-Cores/4-Threads chip, with its slightly pricier Ryzen 5 1600X ($249), which
offers three times the threads count. (Intel’s cheapest 6-core chip, the
Core i7-5820K, is $389). AMD claimed that the Ryzen 5 1600X will perform 69% better than Core i5-7600K on Cinebench.
As a refresh, below are AMD AM4 motherboard chipsets line-up:
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