A red-team-focused leaker with a good track record has shared details about the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D, which could contend for #1 on our list of the best CPUs for gaming. image, shared via chi11eddog, what looks like a hastily snapped inventory or similar screen lists the new unannounced AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D alongside the proven Ryzen 7 5800X3D. Some of the key specs of the new AM4 X3D, hailed as the champion of affordable gaming, are listed in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, but please add salt to this unsourced and unexplained leak. please
It’s been less than a year since we reviewed the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D, when it was hailed as the “New Gaming Champion” with 3D V-Cache. Hence the X3D suffix. AMD’s first his X3D chip ranked impressively at the top of our 1080p and 1440p gaming benchmark suite in June 2022. AMD’s 5800X3D wins points thanks to its pioneering use of a total of 96MB of L3 cache via Hybrid Bonded 3D Stack SRAM technology. . According to today’s leak, the Ryzen 5 5600X3D will feature the same amount of 96MB of L3 cache.
Other key tech specs for the 5600X3D include, as expected, a 6C/12T CPU core configuration. However, the new chip’s base/boost clocks are a bit lower than his Ryzen 5 5600 in vanilla. Check out the table below for more comparison.
| Ryzen chip | core | Base/Boost (GHz) | Cache (MB) | TDP(W) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5800X | 8/16 | 3.8/4.7 | 32 | 105 |
| 5800X3D | 8/16 | 3.3/4.4 | 96 | 105 |
| 5600X | 6/12 | 3.7/4.6 | 35 | 65 |
| 5600X3D* | 6/12 | 3.3/4.4 | 96 | 105 |
Please note that these AMD Ryzen 5000 series desktop chips are using the 7nm Zen 3 core architecture. But until just a year ago, the 5800X3D was the top dog in the gaming world, and value-minded gaming PC builders had their , you might lean towards upgrading your AM4 system to a 5600X3D. released.
8C/16T AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D Launched For $449, Now $289 from Amazonagain $279 from Microcenter. It will be interesting to see how AMD and retailers price the new Ryzen 5 5600X3D if it actually becomes available.
Finally, the arrival of the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D suggests that AMD will eventually expand its Ryzen 7000 desktop chip family with the Ryzen 5 7600X3D. Read our AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D review for the generational advantages it might offer new AM5 system builders or upgraders. We also reviewed the Ryzen 9 7950X3D and Ryzen 9 7900X3D earlier this year. Both the Ryzen 5000X3D and 7000X3D processors are still firmly in our ranking of the best CPUs for gaming in 2023.
