Monday, March 25th 2024
AMD Readies Ryzen 5000XT Line of Socket AM4 Processors
AMD Socket AM4 platform gets yet another lease of life, as the company is planning another round of processor models for the platform. This was revealed by AMD in a meeting with its channel partners as part of the AMD Advantage Club event. The Ryzen 5000XT line of desktop Socket AM4 processors will be modeled along the Ryzen 3000XT series that formed the company's final refresh of the Ryzen 3000 "Zen 2" family before it launched the Ryzen 5000 series. The 3000XT series were criticized for being mere 100-200 MHz speed bumps that didn't offer tangible benefits over the parts they were replacing from the stack, but merely being a means for AMD to restore its presence at certain price-points. It remains to be seen what the 5000XT series looks like. In all likelihood, these will continue to be speed-bumps of the Ryzen 5000 "Vermeer" processors; but at attractive price-points. The slide revealing the 5000XT series also reveals two new SKUs—the Ryzen 7 8700F, and the Ryzen 5 8400F. Both are likely to be based on the 4 nm "Hawk Point" monolithic silicon, but with their iGPUs disabled.
Sources:
ITHome.com, Wccftech, VideoCardz, HXL (Twitter)
55 Comments on AMD Readies Ryzen 5000XT Line of Socket AM4 Processors
I'd like to build another machine, but what'd really tempt me is a dual-CCD X3D part. Which pretty much isn't happening I reckon.
I guess I'll need to wait further before buying a 5800x3d, I realize if XT versions materialize it only makes sense for them to be 3d versions and as it's the end of the line might as well get the best.