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AMD Zen 3 release date, specs and price: everything we know about AMD Ryzen 4000

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AMD has shown off its new Zen 3 architecture, which will be powering its next generation Ryzen 5000 processors.

With the Zen 3 architecture, AMD claims it brings the best single threaded performance and gaming performance.

Zen 3 will bring higher max boost, a significant IPC uplift and lower latency thanks to a brand new architecture, while keeping its 7nm process, the company announced at a live event on October 8.

The new core layout will allow every core to directly access L3 cache, helping to cut latency in gaming. Mark Papermaster, CTO of AMD, claims this is AMD’s biggest leap in architecture in its history.

Zen 3 is “a clear desktop performance leader,” according to Papermaster.

So, exciting times for AMD. Here’s everything we know about the AMD Zen 3 architecture so far. Keep this page bookmarked as we’ll update it as soon as new information reaches our desks.

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Cut to the chase

What is it? AMD’s improved 7nm+ CPU architecture
When is it out? The first Zen 3 processors go on sale November 5
How much is it? Starting at $299 (around £230, AU$420)

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AMD Zen 3 release date

AMD has rolled out a short teaser video that gives AMD Zen 3 an October 8 launch date. At the event, we finally found out when we can expect the first Zen 3 processors.

The AMD Ryzen 9 5950X, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, AMD Ryzen 7 5800X and AMD Ryzen 5 5600X will all launch globally on November 5.

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AMD Zen 3 price

We now know the price of the first AMD Zen 3 processors:

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X: $799 (around £620, AU$1,100)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X: $549 (around £420, AU$760)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X: $449 (around £350, AU$630)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X: $299 (around £230, AU$420)

These are pretty competitive prices compared to AMD’s biggest rival, Intel. However, they do represent a price increase compared to AMD Zen 2 processors, which launched at the following prices:

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X: $749 (about £590, AU$1,080)
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X: $499 (about £390, AU$720)
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X: $399 (about £310, AU$580)
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X: $329 (about £260, AU$480)
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X: $249 (about £200, AU$360)
AMD Ryzen 5 3600: $199 (about £160, AU$290)
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G: $149 (£139, AU$240)
AMD Ryzen 3 3300G: $99 (£94, AU$144)

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AMD Zen 3 specs

We learned in mid-2019 that AMD had already finished the Zen 3 design, which is expected to be based on a 7nm+ process, offering some slight improvements on the existing 7nm process found in Zen 2 hardware. This new design is expected to be the product of a shift to 7nm EUV (extreme ultraviolet) lithography. That should allow for a potential 20% increase in transistor density while lowering power consumption by 10%.

The improved 7nm+ process would also offer new chips higher clock speeds while maintaining lower power consumption. The new process may also come with an 8% to 10% increase in IPC (instructions-per-clock). Topping that off, rumors have suggested that AMD will introduce a new level of simultaneous multithreading in Zen 3 chips that would allow a single core to handle four threads (e.g., a 4-core/16-thread CPU or a 16-core/64-thread CPU).

At the October 8 event, AMD gave us some specs for the first wave of Zen 3 processors:

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X: 16-core, 32 thread, 4.9GHz boost, 72 MB L2+L3 cache, 105W TDP
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X: 12-core, 24 thread, 4.8GHz boost, 70MB L2+L3 cache, 105W TDP
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X: 8-core, 16 thread, 4.7GHz boost, 36MB cache, 105W TDP
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X: 6-core, 12-thread, 4. 6GHz boost, 35MB cache, 65W TDP

While we may be looking at upgrades to DDR5 RAM and PCIe 5.0 support further down the line with Zen 4, we have no indications that Zen 3 will move away from DDR4 and the only recently introduced PCIe 4.0 standard.

Altogether, we should be looking at Zen 3-based processors with boosted clock speeds paired with increased IPC for a decent performance boost (especially in multithreaded workloads) over their Zen 2 counterparts all while staying within or below the power budgets of their predecessors. The potential to keep high performance while lowering the power budget could be especially promising for mobile applications.

At the October 8 launch event, AMD claimed that «the new AMD Zen 3 core architecture delivers a 19% generational increase in instructions per cycle (IPC), the largest since the introduction of “Zen” processors in 2017.»

We should soon be getting the new Zen 3 processors in for review, so we’ll be seeing for ourselves just how much of a leap this new architecture provides.

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AMD Zen 3 launches November 5 with prices from $299

AMD’s first event of the month just wrapped up, and with it, we now know everything about its latest Zen 3 CPU architecture. As an improvement to its previous-generation Zen 2, you’ll find Zen 3 is built on the same 7nm manufacturing process, but with quite a few upgrades. Pricing starts at $299 with the 5600X 6-core 12-thread processor and goes up from there. AMD Zen 3 will be available on November 5.

AMD came out of the gate swinging this time around, with big performance improvements across the board. To showcase this, AMD put its top-tier Ryzen 9 5950X up against the Intel i9-10900K in Cinebench to show off the single-core performance, an area where AMD has been lacking for quite some time. Intel’s top-tier i9 scores a 544 in the single-core test on Cinebench, which is quite good really. But, AMD scored a 631 in this same test, claiming that they are the “first desktop processor to break 600 points in single-thread performance.” In a world where content creation and gaming on the same system is becoming more and more commonplace, having both single-core and multi-thread performance on the same chip is something that PC builders have wanted for a very long time.

“Our commitment with each generation of our Ryzen processors has been to build the best PC processors in the world. The new AMD Ryzen 5000 Series Desktop Processors extend our leadership from IPC, power efficiency to single-core, multi-core performance and gaming,” said Saeid Moshkelani, senior vice president and general manager, client business unit, AMD. “Today, we are extremely proud to deliver what our community and customers have come to expect from Ryzen processors – dominant multi-core and single-core performance and true gaming leadership – all within a broad ecosystem of motherboards and chipsets that are drop-in ready for AMD Ryzen 5000 Series Desktop Processors.”

Overhauled L3 cache offers “2x directly accessible per core”

With Zen 3, AMD is also overhauling the way that it produces the actual chip itself. With an all-new layout on the CPU dye, AMD now offers twice the L3 cache directly accessible per core. Before, there were two 16MB L3 cache zones, with half the cores being on each. As stated in their event, some games or programs will have a “dominant” core, so if it’s mostly using a single core, then it would only have access to 16MB of L3 cache. With Zen 3, all cores share a 32MB L3 cache, allowing a “dominate” core to have up to 32MB of cache to work with, delivering, effectively, twice the performance for cache-based processes.

AMD Zen 3 pricing starts at $299 and will be available November 5

There’s still a lot left to unpack about AMD Zen 3, and we’ll be covering more about this CPU in the coming weeks as benchmarks come out, as well as our own hands-on time, once we’re able to secure a sample. AMD Zen 3 will work in current-generation AM4 B550 and X570 motherboards, meaning if you have a Ryzen 3 system already, it’ll just take a BiOS update to make it compatible.

AMD Zen 3 pricing starts at $299 for the 6-core 5600X, $449 for the 8-core 5800X, $549 for the 12-core 5900X, and $799 for the 16-core 5950X. All processors will be available on November 5.

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90,000 characteristics of AMD Ryzen 3 1200 Zen: TESTS, competitors, price

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Ryzen 3 1200

Ryzen 3 1200 Mark .

Quantity of cores — 4, manufactured according to 14 nm process technology, Zen architecture.

Ryzen 3 1200 base clock — 3.1 GHz. The maximum frequency in AMD Turbo Core mode reaches 3.4 GHz. Please note that the AMD Ryzen 3 1200 cooler must cool processors with a TDP of at least 65W at stock frequencies. When overclocked, the requirements increase. nine0019

Thanks to the built-in N/A video core, the computer can work without a discrete graphics card because the monitor is connected to the video output on the motherboard.

Price in Russia

Want to buy Ryzen 3 1200 cheap? Look at the list of stores that already sell the processor in your city.

Family

Ryzen 3 1300X

AMD Ryzen 3 Benchmarks 1200

Game Speed

Performance in games and similar applications, according to our tests. nine0019

The performance of 4 cores, if any, and performance per core has the greatest impact on the result, since most games do not fully use more than 4 cores.

The speed of caches and working with RAM is also important.

Speed in office use

Performance in everyday work such as browsers and office applications.

The performance of 1 core has the greatest impact on the result, since most of these applications use only one, ignoring the rest. nine0019

Similarly, many professional applications such as various CADs ignore multi-threaded performance.

Speed in heavy applications

Performance in resource-intensive tasks loading a maximum of 8 cores.

The performance of all cores and their number has the greatest impact on the result, since most of these applications willingly use all the cores and increase the speed accordingly.

At the same time, certain periods of work can be demanding on the performance of one or two cores, for example, applying filters in the editor. nine0019

Data obtained from tests by users who tested their systems with and without overclocking. Thus, you see the average values corresponding to the processor.

Speed of numerical operations

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Simple household tasks

Minimum	Average	Maximum
55	Memory: 68	77
Memory 70.4
76	1 core: 96	110
1 core 41. 3
141	2 cores: 188	220
2 cores 40.9

Demanding games and tasks

Minimum	Average	Maximum
224	4 cores: 346	433
4 cores 37.8
243	8 cores: 352	434
8 cores 20. 2

Extreme

Minimum	Average	Maximum
255	All cores: 355	434
nine0020 All cores 6.5

Different tasks require different CPU strengths. A system with few fast cores and low memory latency will be fine for the vast majority of games, but will be inferior to a system with a lot of slow cores in a rendering scenario.

We believe that a minimum 4/4 (4 physical cores and 4 threads) processor is suitable for a budget gaming PC. At the same time, some games can load it at 100%, slow down and freeze, and performing any tasks in the background will lead to a drop in FPS. nine0019

Ideally, the budget shopper should aim for a minimum of 4/8 and 6/6. A gamer with a big budget can choose between 6/12, 8/8 and 8/16. Processors with 10 and 12 cores can perform well in games with high frequency and fast memory, but are overkill for such tasks. Also, buying for the future is a dubious undertaking, since in a few years many slow cores may not provide sufficient gaming performance.

When choosing a processor for your work, consider how many cores your programs use. For example, photo and video editors can use 1-2 cores when working with filtering, and rendering or converting in the same editors already uses all threads. nine0019

Data obtained from tests by users who tested their systems both with overclocking (maximum value in the table) and without (minimum). A typical result is shown in the middle, the more filled in the color bar, the better the average result among all tested systems.

Compare

Benchmarks

Benchmarks were run on stock hardware, that is, without overclocking and with factory settings. Therefore, on overclocked systems, the points can noticeably differ upwards. Also, small performance changes may be due to the BIOS version. nine0019

Cinebench R20 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

341

AMD Athlon 3000G

339

Intel Core i5-4670

339

Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3

334

AMD Athlon 240GE

334

AMD Ryzen 3 1200

333

AMD Ryzen 7 1700

331

Intel Core i7-5820k

329

AMD Ryzen 3 2300u

328

Intel Pentium G4600

327

Cinebench R20 Multi Core

Intel Core i7-3630QM

1230

Intel Core i5-4590

1227

Intel Core i5-4590S

1223

Intel Core i7-8550U

1211

Intel Core i7-4700HQ

1196

AMD Ryzen 3 1200

1191

Intel Core i5-4460

Intel Core INTEL CORE0019

AMD Phenom II X6 1100T

1093

Intel Core i5-4570

1089

AMD FX-8300

1088

Geekbench 3 Single Core

Intel Core i5-6400

3502

Intel Core i7 -7Y75

3487

Intel Core i3-7100T

3482

AMD Ryzen 5 2500U

3479

Intel Core i5-8400T

3472

AMD Ryzen 3 1200

3464

Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3

3460

Intel Core i7-4960X

3460

Intel Xeon E5-2630 V3

3450

Intel Pentium G4500

3448

Intel Core i5-5287U

3442

Geekbench 3 Multi Core

AMD Phenom II X6 1100t

9502

Intel Core i5-4460s

9501

Intel Core i5-4430

9501

Intel Core i5-7400t

9401

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9245

AMD Ryzen 3 1200

9145

Intel Core i3-7350K

9118

Intel Core i7-7567U

9087

AMD Phenom II X6 1075T

8988

Intel Core i7-7600U

8963

Intel Core i3-7320

8901

Cinebench R11.

AMD Ryzen 3 3300U

1.6

Intel Core i7-5700HQ

1.6

AMD Ryzen 5 2500U

1.6

Intel Core i7-4800MQ

1.6

Intel Pentium G4400

1.59

AMD Ryzen 3 1200

1.59

Intel Core i5-4570S

1.58

Intel Core i5-4570

1.58

Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3

1.58

Intel Core i7-3960X

1.57

Intel Core i5-7400T

1.57

Cinebench R11.5

Intel Core i5-2500K

5.42

Intel Core i5-6400 nine0019

5.42

Intel Core i3-7320

5. 41

Intel Core i5-4590S

5.4

Intel Core i5-4460

5.4

AMD Ryzen 3 1200

5.33

Intel Core i5-6300HQ

5.28

Intel Core i3-7300

5.28

Intel Core i5-4570S

5.23

Intel Core i5-4440

5.23

AMD Phenom II X6 1055T

5.18

Passmark

Intel Core i7-4850HQ

6345

Intel Core i5-10210U

6339

Intel Xeon E3-1245 v2

6336

Intel Core i5-6600K

6332

Intel Xeon E3-1240 v2

6327

AMD Ryzen 3 1200

6317

Intel Core i7-8650U

6303

Intel Xeon E5-2620 v2

6260

Intel Core i7-8565U

6256

Intel Core i7-8665U

6254

Intel Core i5-8350U

6252

Game benchmarks

FPS measured by us in popular games on AMD Ryzen 3 1200 and meets system requirements. Please note that the official requirements of developers in games do not always match the data of real tests. Also, the result is strongly influenced by the overclocking of the system and the graphic settings in the game. We test at high settings in FullHD resolution to get numbers close to real gameplay.

On average for all gaming tests, the processor scored 54.5 points out of 100, where 100 is the fastest gaming processor to date. nine0005 Fury 2666 C16 2x8GB

SSD

A400 240GB
A400 480GB
Green 240GB (2018)

We have collected a list of components most commonly selecting a computer on the basis of Ryzen 3 1200. components achieve the best results in tests and stable operation.

The most popular config: motherboard for AMD Ryzen 3 1200 — Asus PRIME A320M-K, video card — GTX 1050-Ti, RAM — Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB, SSD — A400 240GB. nine0019

Features

Main

Socket Installed in motherboards with a suitable socket. Note that a socket is not guaranteed to be compatible. The manufacturer may not add support to the BIOS.	AM4
Chipsets Installed in motherboards with the correct chipset. However, some motherboards may not support or require a BIOS update. There are also various revisions of motherboards (with support out of the box and performance after the update). nine0072	AMD 300 Series, AMD 400 Series, AMD 500 Series
Manufacturer Firm	AMD
Presentation datePresentation in mass media, official information.	2017-07-27
Code name of the Microarchitecture family.	Zen
GenerationCode name for the microarchitecture generation. nine0072	Ryzen 3 (Zen (Summit Ridge))

Performance

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Cores The total number of physical cores.	4
ThreadsNumber of threads. The number of logical processor cores that the operating system sees.	4
Multi-Threading Technology With Intel’s Hyper-threading and AMD’s SMT technologies, one physical core is recognized by the operating system as two logical cores, thereby increasing processor performance in multi-threaded applications. nine0072	Missing
Base frequencyThe guaranteed frequency of all cores (P-cores in the case of the corresponding architecture) of the processor at maximum load. It is important to remember that speed and frequency are not directly related. For example, a new processor at a lower frequency may be faster than an old one at a higher one.	3.1 GHz
Turbo frequencyThe maximum frequency of one processor core in turbo mode. Manufacturers allow modern processors to independently increase the frequency of one or more cores under low-threaded loads, due to which performance is noticeably increased. It may depend on the nature of the load, the number of loaded cores, temperature and the specified limits. Significantly affects the speed in games and applications that are demanding on the frequency of the CPU, but do not load all threads. nine0072	3.4 GHz
XFReXtended Frequency Range — automatic Ryzen overclocking, focusing on the cooling system and increasing the frequency by 100-200 MHz according to AMD. Starting from the second generation, XFR 2 is used. Notebook versions have mXFR.	3.45 GHz
Free multiplier Allows you to specify any multiplier, which is convenient for manual overclocking. It’s worth mentioning that old-school multiplier or bus overclocking is a thing of the past. nine0072	Yes
BCLK System bus frequency. Some motherboards allow you to achieve a good performance boost by slightly raising the bus frequency. Often this has a bad effect on the stability of the system.	100
CPU multiplier. The final CPU frequency is determined by the simple formula BCLK * CPU multiplier. Modern processors instantly change the multiplier of each of the cores, taking into account the type of load, temperature, consumption and settings in the BIOS. nine0072	31
TDPThermal Design Power is an indicator that determines heat dissipation in standard operation. The cooler or water cooling system must be rated for a larger value. Remember that with a factory bus or manual overclocking, TDP increases significantly.	65 W
Maximum temperatureThe maximum core temperature after which throttling starts.

Cache and RAM

L1 Cache First level cache. Modern processors use a multi-level cache. The first is the fastest, but the smallest. In the case of an L1 access and a miss, the L2 cache is searched for the next stage.	96K (per core)
L2 Cache Second level cache. Holds more data, but is slower.	512K (per core)
L3 Cache L3 cache. AMD created the Ryzen 7 5800X3D with a record-breaking L3 volume, which reduced the requirements for memory frequency and significantly increased the number of frames in many games.	8MB (shared)
Supported type of RAM The type of RAM determines its frequency and timings (speed), availability, price.	DDR4-2666 MHz Dual-channel
ECC memory Support for error-correcting memory that is used in servers. Usually more expensive than usual and requires more expensive server components. However, second-hand server processors, Chinese motherboards and ECC memory sticks, which are sold relatively cheaply in China, have become widespread.	Yes

Video core

Integrated graphics core Allows you to use your computer without a discrete graphics card. The monitor is connected to the video output on the motherboard. If earlier integrated graphics made it possible to simply work at a computer, today it can replace budget video accelerators and makes it possible to play most games at low settings. nine0072

N/A

PCI

PCI-E The PCI Express computer bus version. The bandwidth and power limit depend on the version. There is backward compatibility.

Gen 3, 16 Lanes
(CPU only)

Detailed information

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ArchitectureCode name for the microarchitecture generation.	Zen
Chip manufacturer A company that manufactures chips in its own factory.	GlobalFoundries
Number of transistors	4,000,000
Process The manufacturing process, measured in nanometers. The smaller the technical process, the more perfect the technology, the lower the heat dissipation and power consumption. For Ryzen with a chiplet layout, the CCD process is implied. nine0072	14 nm
Die size Depends on process technology and number of transistors. For chiplet Ryzen, the area of all CCDs is indicated.	213 mm²
Socket type	µOPGA-1331
Spec Code	YD1200BBM4KAE YD1200BBAEBOX

Competitors

nine0069 Intel Core i5-6500

	Games	Office	Heavy duty
Better than	Intel Xeon E3-1240	Intel Core i7-3770	Intel Core i7-3920XM
Worse than	Intel Core i7-5700HQ	Intel Core i5-7500T

Please note that competitors are selected automatically based on performance in a particular task. Therefore, some may puzzle you. We are improving our selection algorithm, treat with understanding.