A month after the announcement of the Ryzen 7 desktop processors, AMD has announced their newest series of processors designed for gamers and creators – the Ryzen 5.
The Ryzen 5 series aims to challenge Intel’s Core i5 processors. It comes in 4 models and features AMD’s “Zen” architecture in 6-core, 12-thread as well as 4-core, and 8-thread options. According to AMD, the Ryzen 5 1600X beats the Intel Core i5 7600K by 69% in CPU performance testing using Cinebench R15 nT.
Below are the Ryzen 5 SRPs:
* AMD Ryzen 5 1600X – $249
* AMD Ryzen 5 1600 – $219
* AMD Ryzen 5 1500X – $189
* AMD Ryzen 5 1400 – $169
The AMD Ryzen 5 models will be available beginning April 11 at retailers around the world.
source: AMD
its 6 core processor, its not cheap but great value for its performance.. tsk tsk