AMD Ryzen 5 Will Hit The Shelves on April 11

Staff ReporterMar 17, 2017 05:48 AM EDT

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American multinational semiconductor company Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has announced that the AMD Ryzen 5 will be launched this April 11. This was revealed less than a month since the company revealed its flagship octa-core processor to the public.

With the company's announcement of the value-packed Ryzen 5-series chips, what could be the processors' competition in the market and what could be its advantage? Especially that it is just a fresh revelation to the public.

With the deal with the AMD Ryzen 5, there is the 1600x that features 6-cores and 12-threads. It would on sale for just $249. This is considered as a great deal especially for the thrifty tech savvy people, comparing that the cheapest hexacore processor from Intel costs $319, which is the Core i7-5820K.

Another competition of the AMD Ryzen 5 is the Intel Core i5-7600K. The Intel Core i5-7600K costs $239 and it has a base clock speed of 3.6GHz and a boost of 4.0GHz.

The Cinebench benchmark shows that the AMD Ryzen 5 produced a score of 1,196cb while the Intel chip Intel Core i5-7600K only scored 669cb, according to a report by PC World. This result was provided by the Sunnyvale-based company.

So what this could mean? Smarter Analyst reported that these numbers should be able to translate in a faster rendering time for producing media and better performance in CPU-intensive games like The Grand Theft Auto V and Battlefield 1.

The AMD Ryzen 5 processors, just like the Ryzen 7, come in pairs and below the 1600X is the Ryzen 5 1600. They are equipped with 6-scores and 12-threads, 3.2GHz that could be maxed out at 3.6GHz.

The AMD Ryzen 5 processors 1600, however, does not support the extended frequency range technology that would allow the 1600X's core to operate at 4.1GHz. It would be priced at $219.

The Inquirer has reported that the company promised to the public that it is not just the AMD Ryzen 3 that would be released this year. They said that the Ryzen 3 processors would be available in the second half of the year.