AMD has announced three new processors into the Ryzen 3000 family, each with the XT name. These new models are essentially improved versions of the existing 3000-series ‘X’ processors that offer higher frequencies. Each of these processors will compatible with any motherboards that already supports Zen 2 architecture-based Ryzen 3000 hardware and will be available at retail from 7 July onwards.
The attractiveness of these processors lies in their pricing. For instance, the top new processor Ryzen 9 3900XT offers an increase 100MHz turbo over the 3900X, for the same official price as the 3900X. The 3800XT offers 200MHz upgrade on single-core turbo over the 3800X for the same price. Finally, the 3600XT comes with a 100MHz increase on the turbo frequency, again for the same price over the 3600X.
All of these should translate into a small, but no doubt measurable, performance advantage in a range of applications, from content creation to games. Other specifications of the processor, including core count, thread count, cache size and so on remain unchanged.
Model | Core/
Threads | Boost/Base Frequency (GHz) | Total Cache (MB) | TDP (Watts) | Platform | SEP (USD) | Expected Availability |
AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT | 12 / 24 | Up to 4.7 / 3.8 | 70 | 105 | AM4 | $499 | 7 July, 2020 |
AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT | 8 / 16 | Up to 4.7 / 3.9 | 36 | 105 | AM4 | $399 | 7 July, 2020 |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT | 6 / 12 | Up to 4.5 / 3.8 | 35 | 95 | AM4 | $249 | 7 July, 2020 |
We have known for a while that AMD will likely be debuting the new Ryzen 4000 models at some point this year, so these new XT processors did come as a little surprise.
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