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
why are you expecting things years before any roadmap says they're exist?It was removed due to high error rates on the boards - so while it may work and work reliably for you for some time, AMD found it could cause corruption on SSD's or issues with GPU's (In theory, similar to the random black screen issues some AMD users get with their 5700 cards)
Yes, the 1600af does exist for now, but on most games the 3300x will still be faster with 4 cores.
Then there is the upcoming i3. Sure it has an iGPU, but I just don't see the coming anywhere near this price. Combined with a B-450 or the newer B-550 you still will be able to buy a mainstream gpu for the price of an i3 and one of the new Z470 boards that are all looking very pricey.
ugh i have the upgrade itch
Though to be frank for HTPC use, upcoming Renoir APUs are much more tempting to me.
AMD would surely launch an -E variant if there was a market for such CPUs. Which seems unlikely.
A 3100 with an rx570 would be cheaper than a 3400g, at least here in Canada.
Sadly I could have picked up a 2700x for about 200 cnd about 3 months ago, about $400 now.
Waited for its release for a long time.
Got B450 a few weeks ago.
It definitely is better and it's why I didn't and still refuse to get a B450 or X470 chipset. You can't harsh Intel for not having PCIe 4.0 while still actively selling a product that is rocking lanes a decade out of date. Putting a NVME drive that's 4x 4.0 will be noticeably slower on 2.0, while it is in the noise on 3.0 and 4.0.
Still wish they'd get someone better to make these chipsets. -_-
1% real world performance when compared to SATA in gaming and most regular workloads.
If these are as fast as Core i7-7700K under normal conditions, then in gaming the Core i7-7700K might perform faster. We all know Ryzen's achilles heel - it's gaming.
Look at Core i5-4690K vs Core i5-7600K:
You got any other suggestions?I guess you haven't used a modern, fast NVMe drive then, but hey, you're on a forum, so maybe someone cares about your opinion...
I boot in less than half the time with an NVMe drive over a SATA drive, for starters. Large programs like Photoshop loads in less than half the time, etc.
Just because you're sour because you didn't get a B550 in a timely manner isn't our problem and no reason to diss other technology.
I guess there aren't many companies that can do chipsets left. :-(
As far as I can tell, AMD doesn't seem to be stopping a third party from making a suitable chipset for its Zen based CPUs and in theory, it shouldn't be all that complicated. However, the costs involved in getting all the interface licenses, if you don't already make products using them, makes it a very unappealing option.