Tuesday, April 21st 2020
AMD Announces 3rd Gen Ryzen 3 Quad-Core Desktop Processors and AMD B550 PCIe 4.0 Chipset
Today, AMD announced the newest additions to the 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen desktop processor family, the AMD Ryzen 3 3100 and AMD Ryzen 3 3300X processors and AMD B550 Chipset for Socket AM4 designed for 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen desktop processors with over 60 designs in development. Taking advantage of the AMD world-class portfolio of technologies, these new Ryzen 3 desktop processors bring the groundbreaking "Zen 2" core architecture to business users, gamers, and creators worldwide, leveraging Simultaneous Multi-Threading (SMT) technology for increased productivity. With double the threads, twice the bandwidth, and a wide selection of motherboards in development the AMD B550 chipset and Ryzen 3 desktop processors deliver the ideal processing solution from top to bottom.
"Games and applications are becoming more and more demanding, and with this, users are demanding more from their PCs," said Saeid Moshkelani, senior vice president and general manager, client business unit. "AMD is committed to providing solutions that meet and exceed those demands for all levels of computing. With the addition of these new Ryzen 3 desktop processors we are continuing this commitment with our mainstream gaming customers. We've taken performance up a level, doubling the processing threads of our Ryzen 3 processors to propel gaming and multitasking experiences to new heights."
AMD Ryzen 3 3100 and AMD Ryzen 3 3300X
Continuing to demonstrate its leadership in the consumer desktop space, the AMD Ryzen 3 3100 and AMD Ryzen 3 3300X represent the fastest ever AMD Ryzen 3 desktop processors, bringing world class desktop performance to mainstream gamers. They also stand for AMD's commitment to improving CPU performance and technologies for consumers by enabling SMT on a Ryzen 3 desktop processor for the very first time.
The processors take advantage of 18 MB Cache, delivering dramatic memory latency reduction, translating directly to smoother, faster gaming performance for high framerates in CPU-heavy games. Further, with four cores, eight threads, and AMD SMT technology, the new Ryzen 3 processors provide incredible multitasking performance and responsiveness that consumers need.
The AMD Ryzen 3 3100 offers:
The new B550 chipset for socket AM4 is the latest addition to the AMD 500 Series chipset family with support for the industry-leading AMD Ryzen 3000 Series desktop processors. The upcoming B550 motherboards are the only mainstream modern chipset with compatibility for PCIe 4.0, unlocking twice the bandwidth of B450 motherboards for high-speed, high-power performance in gaming and multitasking.
Availability
The AMD Ryzen 3 3100 and AMD Ryzen 3 3300X are expected to be available from leading retailers and etailers worldwide beginning May 2020. AMD B550 motherboards are expected to be available beginning June 16, 2020 from ODM partners including ASRock, ASUS, Biostar, Colorful, GIGABYTE, and MSI at leading retailers and etailers.
"Games and applications are becoming more and more demanding, and with this, users are demanding more from their PCs," said Saeid Moshkelani, senior vice president and general manager, client business unit. "AMD is committed to providing solutions that meet and exceed those demands for all levels of computing. With the addition of these new Ryzen 3 desktop processors we are continuing this commitment with our mainstream gaming customers. We've taken performance up a level, doubling the processing threads of our Ryzen 3 processors to propel gaming and multitasking experiences to new heights."
Continuing to demonstrate its leadership in the consumer desktop space, the AMD Ryzen 3 3100 and AMD Ryzen 3 3300X represent the fastest ever AMD Ryzen 3 desktop processors, bringing world class desktop performance to mainstream gamers. They also stand for AMD's commitment to improving CPU performance and technologies for consumers by enabling SMT on a Ryzen 3 desktop processor for the very first time.
The processors take advantage of 18 MB Cache, delivering dramatic memory latency reduction, translating directly to smoother, faster gaming performance for high framerates in CPU-heavy games. Further, with four cores, eight threads, and AMD SMT technology, the new Ryzen 3 processors provide incredible multitasking performance and responsiveness that consumers need.
The AMD Ryzen 3 3100 offers:
- Up to 20% gaming performance than the competition
- Up to 75% creator performance than the competition
The new B550 chipset for socket AM4 is the latest addition to the AMD 500 Series chipset family with support for the industry-leading AMD Ryzen 3000 Series desktop processors. The upcoming B550 motherboards are the only mainstream modern chipset with compatibility for PCIe 4.0, unlocking twice the bandwidth of B450 motherboards for high-speed, high-power performance in gaming and multitasking.
Availability
The AMD Ryzen 3 3100 and AMD Ryzen 3 3300X are expected to be available from leading retailers and etailers worldwide beginning May 2020. AMD B550 motherboards are expected to be available beginning June 16, 2020 from ODM partners including ASRock, ASUS, Biostar, Colorful, GIGABYTE, and MSI at leading retailers and etailers.
83 Comments on AMD Announces 3rd Gen Ryzen 3 Quad-Core Desktop Processors and AMD B550 PCIe 4.0 Chipset
So does the CPU have 20% of the gaming performance of the competition, or 20% better gaming performance than the competition?
Seriously AMD, this is rookie stuff...
And we still don't know exactly how the B550 will support PCIe 4.0...
Very informative press release...
@Lionheart your wish was granted today... That also means you won't win on the lottery for at least a decade...
except for more pcie 4 support, this seems like a step backwards to me... seeings how intel kept us stuck on 4c/8t chips for like eons....
Wait until they hear about 400 series support for upcoming Zen3 chips
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As in, which interfaces will support PCIe 4.0?
It also reads like crap, as first it talks about the boards, then switches to the chipset. So is it the boards that support PCIe 4.0 through the CPU lanes only, or does the chipset also support PCIe 4.0?
The rookie who wrote this press release should get a good kicking, as should the rookies manager. This is piss poor command of the English language.Except Intel wanted $312-350 for their quad cores with HT... These start at $99...
B550 is about time though, and I was really hoping for more detail. Good to hear there are plenty of designs on the way, but I want specs. Full support for PCIe 4.0 from the CPU is a given, so that means 16+4 (and possibly 8+8+4 if it supports bifurcation). But what will the PCIe off the chipset look like? PCIe 2.0 like previous generations? PCIe 3.0 with a 3.0 uplink? 3.0 with a 4.0 uplink? And how many lanes? If the chipset supports two additional NVMe drives over a 4.0 x4 uplink, that would be really great. Two m.2s over a 3.0 x4 uplink would be okay. Anything less would be rather disappointing. Still, hoping for some good semi-budget designs with WiFi here, as one of those is a shoo-in for my next HTPC once 4000-series APUs hit.
common!
Just saying that the laptop platform is much better now..
Will be years before anything better makes sense.
Despite the fact that you do need RAM disk type of performance for your Windows and daily operations.Probably against a dual-core Intel :DB550 enables the PCIe 4 support which on its own is still pretty something, compared to B450 which doesn't support anything.
The "20%" and "75%" figures refer to i3-9100, which is a 4C/4T with IGP for ~$122 - it's actually competing with the older 3200G.
i3-9100F costs $95 according to ARK, but it's actually more like $80 in stores ($78 on newegg).
Both chips are being phased out because of the imminent 10th gen launch.
i3-10100 will be a 4C/8T with IGP for $120-130. I haven't seen any leaks for i3-10100F pricing.Actually it's more like "B550 doesn't disable PCIe 4.0".
Terrible pricing to be honest the 3100 should be 80$ and 3300 100$ would be more reasonable , i have both the 3500x from taobao and the 2600/2600x . Gladly i sold the 3500x