AMD Unveils Ryzen 5000-Series ‘Zen 3’ Desktop CPUs Starting at $299

Oct. 9, 2020

Following a slew of leaks, speculations andofficial teasersover the past few months,AMDhas finally announced itsRyzen 5000 series of desktop processors based on Zen 3 micro-architecture. The lineup includes theRyzen 9 5950X and 5900X,Ryzen 7 5800XandRyzen 5 5600Xdesktop CPUs. All are compatible with AMD 500 (A520, B550 and X570) motherboards after a BIOS update. They will be available at retail starting November 5.

Ryzen 9 5950X and 5900X

AMD has already announced that it will launch its Radeon RX 6000-series ‘Big Navi‘ GPUs based on the RDNA 2 architecture on October 28. They are expected to compete against Nvidia’sGeForce RTX 3000-seriescards. Rumors suggest that theXbox Series XandPlayStation 5will both ship with Big Navi chips, but let’s hope we get an official confirmation of that at the upcoming event.

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