AMD Ryzen 5000 series really that good?

The Ryzen 5000 series is finally here! They were released at the start of this month to limited ‘AMD launch partners,’ with more stock on the way in December. Arguably, the focus of the AMD 5000 series is to acquire more of the gaming market share –this is potentially achieved through the benchmarks for these chips in regards to raw gaming performance. The only issue you are going to have with these CPUs is finding stock, but Rosman Computers is here to help!

The CPU line up is flag-shipped by the AMD Ryzen 9 5950X; this top of the line chip is packed with 16 cores and 32 threads, boasting a huge 4.9GHz boost clock. Using comparative analysis, we can see a big difference from the Ryzen 9 3950X from a generational perspective, thanks to the extensive Zen 3 redesign.

All of the Ryzen 5000 series benchmarks are starting to be reported from end users, and we can share what we know so far below!

• AMD Ryzen 5 5600X (100-100000065BOX)
• AMD Ryzen 7 5800X (100-100000063WOF)
• AMD Ryzen 9 5900X (100-100000061WOF)
• AMD Ryzen 9 5950X (100-100000059WOF)

The AMD Ryzen 5 5600X features 6 cores, 12 threads, and a boost clock speed of 4.6GHz with 35MB cache. Again, this represents a huge increase in generational performance over the previous Ryzen 5.

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X featuring 8 cores, 16 threads, 4.7 GHz boost, and 36MB of cache is looking like a great value buy for workstation and gaming computers.

The AMD Ryzen 9 5900X features 12 cores, 24 threads, and 4.8 GHz boost with 70MB cache. This CPU will pack enough power for content creation using applications such as the Adobe Creative Cloud Suite, and other CPU intensive programs.

The main focus of the Zen 3 architecture redesign was to boost IPC performance in order to attain better single-core performance, which could best any Intel CPU, according to Tom’s Hardware. Much of this improved performance comes from the complex re-engineering to reduce prediction latency and implement faster code fetching. However, a huge part of the performance increases come from the redesigned die itself.

AMD Zen 2 processors featured Compute Die (CCD) which had two Core Complexes (CCX), 4 cores, and 16MB of L3 Cache each. From a performance perspective, in single-core workloads, the core would only have direct access to the 16MB of cache and would need to search for more outside of the CCX if more was needed. The re-design of the Zen 3 architecture features each CCX with 8 cores and 32MB of L3 cache, so the amount of cache that each individual core has access to has essentially doubled. This has been demonstrated to cut down latency dramatically and boost overall single-core performance.

As an example of this superior single-core performance in the AMD Ryzen 5000 series, the AMD Ryzen 5900X has been benchmarked to be 15-20% faster than the Ryzen 9 3900X.

Overall, the AMD Ryzen 5000 series is far superior to its predecessors, and it has only been out for 3 weeks. To make sure you do not miss out on these immensely improved AMD CPUs, place a Pre-Order with Rosman Computers with Free Shipping - this will guarantee you stock when more arrive on Australian shore!