AMD may need cracked open the AM5 lid with Ryzen 9000-series processors such because the Ryzen 9 9950X, but it surely appears to be set on churning out extra AM4 platform CPUs, too. And so far as I am involved, that is excellent news—milk AM4 for all it is value, I say.
The 2 new chips are headed to the now-two-generations-out 5000-series. It appears to be like like AMD would possibly quickly be launching two new Ryzen 5000-series CPUs within the type of the Ryzen 5 5600T and 5600XT, as, following momomo’s point out of the 5600T, VideoCardz famous the looks of those CPUs on varied motherboard producers’ pages.
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AMD’s been pumping out 5000-series chips for fairly some time now. There was 2023’s Ryzen 5 5600X3D (restricted to MicroCenter), and 2024’s Ryzen 7 5800XT and Ryzen 9 5900XT, plus a Ryzen 7 5700X3D that launched at the beginning of the 12 months which we reckon is now the perfect AM4 CPU improve for players. Oh, and a possible Ryzen 5 5500X3D, however we’ve not seen a lot point out of that since August.
Initially and formally, a ‘T’ suffix was meant to imply ‘low-power’, however that does not appear to have been the case for a while. The 5900XT, for instance, has the identical TDP because the 5900X, and is extra highly effective as a result of it has extra cores. A ‘T’ suffix simply appears to designate a refreshed model of the earlier non-T model. Or perhaps AMD is simply operating out of names.
Based mostly Asus’ listings for these CPUs, here is how the specs ought to evaluate to the non-refreshed variations of the 5000-series CPUs:
| Header Cell – Column 0 | Ryzen 5 5600 | Ryzen 5 5600T | Ryzen 5 5600X | Ryzen 5 5600XT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cores | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Base clock | 3.5 GHz | 3.5 GHz | 3.7 GHz | 3.8 GHz |
| TDP | 65 W | 65 W | 65 W | 65 W |
| L3 cache | 32 MB | 32 MB | 32 MB | 32 MB |
This does not inform us a lot. We are able to see that the 5600XT may need a base clock 100 MHz greater than the 5600X, however enhance clocks are extra essential for gaming. There may be precedent for enhance clocks being raised with AMD ‘T’ refreshes—the 5800XT, for example, has a lift clock 100 MHz greater than the 5800X—and this will surely differentiate the 5600T and 5600XT from their non-refreshed counterparts.
What would additionally differentiate them is worth. If AMD can deliver out two new 6-core 5000-series processors with barely greater enhance clocks and slap on decreased worth tags, this may be a giant win for potential PC builders on a price range. Although we’re additionally prone to see these utilized by some system builders in lieu of older components.
You’ll be able to at the moment decide up a Ryzen 5 5600X for $128 at Amazon, and that is nonetheless a wonderfully affordable chip for gaming. It isn’t among the finest gaming CPUs available on the market, but it surely will get the job carried out. Now think about in the event you may reduce even simply $10-15 off that price ticket, add an additional 100 MHz on the bottom clock and the enhance clock, and keep a 65 W TDP as well. Such a CPU could be a improbable price range improve possibility for these utilizing an older AM4 system.
All hypothesis, in fact. We do not even have official affirmation that these CPUs can be launched, not to mention what their last specs could be. However based mostly on earlier 5000-series refreshes, such speculations aren’t unreasonable fantasies. We’ll simply have to attend and see.
