AMD Launches Ryzen 3000XT Processors

Today, AMD announced its performance-focused Ryzen 9 3900XT, Ryzen 7 3800XT, and Ryzen 5 3600XT processors for gamers and power users.

“At AMD, we are committed to listening closely to our customers and the enthusiast community to deliver leadership products,” AMD senior vice president and general manager Saeid Moshkelani said in a prepared statement. “With AMD Ryzen 3000XT processors, we’re making additional optimizations to the 7 nm manufacturing process to deliver industry-leading single-thread performance and more choice and flexibility for enthusiasts.”

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The three new chipsets will be available publicly on July 7, and each is value-priced at $249 (Ryzen 5 3600XT), $339 (Ryzen 7 3800XT), and $499 (Ryzen 9 3900XT), respectively. They offer 6, 8, and 12 cores across the product family and are desktop-class chips with accordingly high power utilization of 95- to 105-watts.

AMD claims that the new chips are about 4 percent more powerful than their predecessors and up to 40 percent more powerful than the (Intel) competition. The AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT retail box processors include a Wraith Spire cooler, while enthusiasts can choose their own cooler for the other chips.

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  • mrdrwest

    16 June, 2020 - 11:12 am

    <p>I've already committed to building an AMD Ryzen based custom PC this year. They're rocking it right now! And now this…!</p>

    • jeff.bane

      16 June, 2020 - 11:53 am

      <blockquote><em><a href="#546783">In reply to mrdrwest:</a></em></blockquote><p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I built AMD this year as well for the first time in a long time and couldn't be happier with it. (3700x).</span></p>

  • brettscoast

    Premium Member
    16 June, 2020 - 8:08 pm

    <p>Thanks for the write up Paul. I listened with interest to your last 'what the tech' podcast with Andrew Zarian discussing AMD chips at length, I believe they offer great value in terms of price and performance. Intel has some serious competition here and needs to lift their game.</p>

  • Stooks

    16 June, 2020 - 8:25 pm

    <p>For a desktop computer I am not sure why anyone would buy Intel anymore. </p>

    • red77star

      17 June, 2020 - 4:21 pm

      <blockquote><em><a href="#546877">In reply to Stooks:</a></em></blockquote><p>Because they have faster gaming CPUs. I have both and 3900x is nothing special despite having two extra cores. I find Comet Lake to still be better CPU all around.</p><p><br></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">AMD claims that the new chips are about 4 percent more powerful than their predecessors and up to 40 percent more powerful than the (Intel) competition.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">This is plain bullshit. Extra 100Mhz does not translate to 4% and they are not better than Intel counterparts up to 40%. Keep dreaming AMD.</span></p>

  • madthinus

    Premium Member
    17 June, 2020 - 12:25 pm

    <p>They have solid desktop CPU's and even better Laptop CPU's with the 4000 series compared to the Intel mobile parts. They god really good reviews. AMD is doing well at the moment and I am for one very happy for them and the industry. </p>

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