Items tagged with ryzen 5

by Paul Lilly - Tue, Apr 10, 2018

AMD Lead Architect Name-Drops Zen 5 Processor Architecture That’s Already In Development

One year after launching Zen and reasserting itself into the high-end sector of the processor scene, AMD is getting ready to launch a new round of processors based on its optimized Zen+ architecture, followed by Zen 2 next year and Zen 3 in 2020. That will not be the end of the line, however, as AMD's Senior Fellow in... Read more...

by Brandon Hill - Mon, Nov 20, 2017

AMD Ryzen Threadripper, Ryzen 7, And Ryzen 5 Get Massive Discounts With Amazon Pre-Black Friday Blowout

Back in late October, Amazon broke out its pricing gun and started slashing prices on AMD's Ryzen Threadripper processors. Threadripper is already an incredible value compared to rival Core X processors from Intel, so the discount (which amounted to $120 on the Threadripper 1950X) were just the icing on the... Read more...

by Brandon Hill - Tue, Apr 25, 2017

id Software Praises AMD Ryzen’s Great Bang For The Buck Value

It should come as no surprise that the enthusiast community is very excited about AMD’s Zen architecture, which has been deployed on the Ryzen 7 and Ryzen 5 processor families. As we’ve already explained in our reviews for both product families, AMD is providing some impressive performance numbers for not a lot of... Read more...

by Marco Chiappetta - Tue, Apr 11, 2017

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X And 1500X Processor Review: Affordable Zen Takes On Core i5

Although it seems like it has been longer, AMD launched its Ryzen 7 family of processors based on the all-new Zen microarchitecture just a little over a month ago. Based on the level of engagement virtually all of our Ryzen-related articles have received, we have to assume all of you regulars have already seen... Read more...

by Paul Lilly - Fri, Mar 24, 2017

AMD Ryzen 5 CPUs Appear To Arrive At Retail For Purchase Weeks Before April 11 Launch

AMD is getting ready to flesh out its Ryzen lineup with its new Ryzen 5 series consisting of 4-core and 6-core processor options. These reasonably priced additions to the Ryzen family will arrive on April 11, or at least that is the official launch date that AMD announced last week. However, it appears that some... Read more...

by Marco Chiappetta - Wed, Mar 15, 2017

AMD Ryzen 5 Processors Unveiled, 4 and 6-Core Chips As Low As $169 Target Intel Core i5 And i3

After a prolonged development cycle and strategic build-up that got many enthusiasts worked into a frenzy, AMD launched its Ryzen 7 family of processors based on the company’s Zen microarchitecture a couple of short weeks ago. We’ve got the full scoop on Ryzen 7 available for you right here if you missed the news as... Read more...