AMD Ryzen 3 5100 Spotted on Gigabyte X570 CPU Support List

[T0@st]

Gigabyte has updated the CPU support list for its X570 AORUS XTREME motherboard, and the usual internet hardware sleuths spotted the addition of an intriguing unreleased AMD CPU—compatible with said board when updated to BIOS version F35. Team Red could be readying the quad-core/eight-thread "Cezanne" Ryzen 3 5100 processor for a forthcoming market launch—the AM4 platform and Zen 3 continue to live on—co-existing with the 7000-series lineup—the "Vermeer-X" Ryzen 5 5600X3D arrives later this week as a Micro Center retail exclusive, and another Cezanne-based unit (an eight-core Ryzen 7 5700) has been added to motherboard support lists.

The Ryzen 3 5100 and Ryzen 7 5700 CPUs were included in SKU manifests from last spring, but did not end up launching in 2022. Both appear to be monolithic die APUs with their iGPUs disabled—the Cezanne CPU microarchitecture is based on TSMC's 7 nm process node. Other news sources posit that these processors have occasionally cropped up as OEM parts on e-commerce platforms, but AMD has (so far) kept very quiet about possible retail releases.



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[Chaitanya]

Some random OEM only development SKU which never came to market or a geniune new entry for low end markets?

 

[bug]

A testament to the smashing success of Zen4 and the "smart" decision to go for DDR5-only

 

[Daven]

Eventually AMD will want to retire all Zen2 implementations. Currently Zen2 provides sub $100 CPUs for ultra budget desktops.

 

[Tomgang]

With the just launched 5600X3D. A Ryzen 3 5100 does not sound out of the question any more to me.

We even may see more new Zen 3 releases in the coming months.

 

[holyprof]

It's all well until I read this:
"monolithic die APUs with their iGPUs disabled"
I can't rally see a reasonable use case for a 4C/8T CPU without a iGPU. Except for some headless server which is a quite limited use case.

 

[Daven]

It's all well until I read this:
"monolithic die APUs with their iGPUs disabled"
I can't rally see a reasonable use case for a 4C/8T CPU without a iGPU. Except for some headless server which is a quite limited use case.

Doesn’t intel sell IGP-less quad cores in the $100-$130 price range?

Edit: Yes they do. The i3-12100F for $88 and the i3-13100F for $122.

BTW, all CPUs had no IGP for decades (1970-2010) before Sandy Bridge.

 

[Avro Arrow]

Some random OEM only development SKU which never came to market or a geniune new entry for low end markets?

That's exactly what I was thinking.

 

[tabascosauz]

Doesn’t intel sell IGP-less quad cores in the $100-$130 price range?

Edit: Yes they do. The i3-12100F for $88 and the i3-13100F for $122.

BTW, all CPUs had no IGP for decades (1970-2010) before Sandy Bridge.

Yes, except the Intel -F SKUs aren't alone in the lineup like this one would be. And since Sandy Bridge, it's become the norm to use iGPU equipped parts in the target segment (low end prebuilts) to simplify things, no need to source a garbage tier dGPU that isn't any better than the iGPU and just adds cost all around for no good reason.

Ever since they brought Renoir back from the dead to reconstitute the low end (about 2 years too late), AMD seems to have taken a shine to iGPU-less ultra low end parts. Can't say I'm surprised it hasn't made much of a dent on the market.

 

[ixi]

Weird decision if they are without iGPU.

 

[deb]

Some random OEM only development SKU which never came to market or a geniune new entry for low end markets?

the latter option would be unprecedented for a socket this old, right?

 

[Chaitanya]

the latter option would be unprecedented for a socket this old, right?

Not really given we just saw 5600x3D being released.

 

[A Computer Guy]

First the 5600x3d now the 5100. I wonder if AM4 retail cpu stockpiles are finally being drained the only thing left are various defectives dies from the binning process that couldn't make the normal lineup?