AMD Silently Releases the Ryzen 5 5500X3D CPU

[Nomad76]

A little over a year has passed since we last heard rumors about AMD releasing a sub-$200 chip for price-conscious gamers, the Ryzen 5 5500X3D for AM4. Well those rumors recently became reality as leaker @Zed__Wang on X spotted it on AMD's website. The "new" AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D is a six-core, twelve-thread processor built on the Zen 3 architecture using TSMC's 7 nm process. It operates at a base clock of 3 GHz with boost speeds up to 4 GHz (the old 5600X3D runs 3.3 GHz base and 4.4 GHz boost clocks), with a 105 W power budget. The processor features 384 KB of L1 cache, 3 MB of L2 cache, and a substantial 96 MB of L3 cache.

The 5500X3D's main selling point is its 3D V-Cache technology combined with AM4 socket compatibility for existing systems. If you already have an AM4 system and aren't ready for a complete upgrade, the 5500X3D could be worth considering as a drop-in performance boost. The decision will largely depend on pricing when it becomes available since currently it isn't yet listed on any e-commerce websites. For new builds, a modern AM5 processor like the Ryzen 5 7600X or 9600X would be a better choice, offering more future upgrade paths.



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[windwhirl]

Interesting to note that AMD's product page states "Regional Availability: LATAM", so most likely it won't pop up much if at all in the US or Europe, rather South/Central America instead.

Which makes sense, since AM5 is still seen as somewhat expensive over here.

 

[Gameslove]

Great AMD! The AM4 is gold nowadays.

 

[Nomad76]

Interesting to note that AMD's product page states "Regional Availability: LATAM", so most likely it won't pop up much if at all in the US or Europe, rather South/Central America instead.

Which makes sense, since AM5 is still seen as somewhat expensive over here.

In the US, the older 5600X3D was exclusively available on Microcenter. I expect 5500X3D to be the same.

 

[dgianstefani]

Great AMD! The AM4 is gold nowadays.

I confess the fast boot and lack of memory training is something I miss somewhat from my 5800X3D, even with a 9800X3D. I'd consider Intel just for that reason, plus more fun to tweak.

 

[Rover4444]

I thought the 5700X3D was the sub-$200 CPU.

 

[Daven]

I know that there is barely any reporting on behind-the-scenes product business decisions but this is an inventory depletion strategy. Not all countries are the same and old kit can be moved as new technology in less developed nations. And since chips don’t go bad like bread, there is a strategy to make sure every single fabbed chip is sold eventually

The 5500X3Ds are the left over inventory of chips that did not make full validation at the time of production. Enough of these invalid chips have been stock piled for a limited off product listing in the developing world.

In other worlds, latin america only in this case.

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-launches-6-core-ryzen-5-5500x3d-budget-3d-v-cache-cpu-for-latin-america

 

[ixi]

I confess the fast boot and lack of memory training is something I miss somewhat from my 5800X3D, even with a 9800X3D. I'd consider Intel just for that reason, plus more fun to tweak.

Yeah, I'll consider intel too so that cpu could hang himself one night, lold.

 

[phints]

Can’t imagine wanting to game with a 6 core CPU, even consoles have been 8 cores for generations. You’re just asking for frametime issues and the 5700x3d is already reasonably priced.

Yeah, I'll consider intel too so that cpu could hang himself one night, lold.

Who cares about memory training my b850 / 9800x3d boots in under 10 seconds just like my old b550/ 5800x did. Something is up with your mobo and ram if it doesn’t. Make sure you flash latest bios and have expo enabled because it’s a solved problem.

 

[Rover4444]

Aw hell nevermind it looks like 5700X3Ds are gone or overpriced now, guess I'm running my Zen 2 into the ground or getting a 5700X.

 

[Baba]

I thought the 5700X3D was the sub-$200 CPU.

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[JustBenching]

How exciting...

Who cares about memory training my b850 / 9800x3d boots in under 10 seconds just like my old b550/ 5800x did. Something is up with your mobo and ram if it doesn’t. Make sure you flash latest bios and have expo enabled because it’s a solved problem.

Under 10 seconds? From power button to windows desktop? Nah. Unless my 9800x 3d had the same issue, it was a lot slower than my intel setup. And thats with the fastest mobo that exists in terms of boot times

 

[Dr. Dro]

If this arrives for 799 BRL or so, could prove an interesting option for gamers on a budget. A520 and B550 motherboards are still cheap and plentiful here, though the higher range options have begun to disappear.

 

[Igb]

Makes no sense. I beg you AMD, AM4 was a nice platform, let it die with honour and start bringing TRUE entry level products to AM5. DDR5 is quite cheap now, the only part impeding that is you.

5700X3D is already the exit point for the “bad” bins of 5800X3D. 5600X3D is the exit point for even worse bins.

This is literally selling trash at close to 200USD. Even for LATAM this makes little sense when they could have just lowered the price of their existing lineup. I could probably stand it a bit better if fans of this company stopped giving moral lessons to other consumers. Specially when they are acting like intel if not worse when they are leading the pack.

 

[dgianstefani]

Can’t imagine wanting to game with a 6 core CPU, even consoles have been 8 cores for generations. You’re just asking for frametime issues and the 5700x3d is already reasonably priced.



Who cares about memory training my b850 / 9800x3d boots in under 10 seconds just like my old b550/ 5800x did. Something is up with your mobo and ram if it doesn’t. Make sure you flash latest bios and have expo enabled because it’s a solved problem.

Buddy...

Six cores are fine for the budget sector this chip is aimed at, paired with a cheap GPU, not the 5090 we bench with. It's a legacy gen previous socket chip with a 2020 architecture ffs.

AM5 retains training settings if you keep power connected. I power off at the wall every night. Most motherboards also enable memory context restore by default, which is a shortcut that can occasionally lead to instability, noticeable or not, since DDR5 has basic error correction it just gets slower when unstable, not necessarily causes blue screens. Furthermore, it's a "solved" problem if you're running the base RAM support, so 5600/3600 MT, or even if you're running 6000/30 with 2*16 for the "sweetspot" which is not guaranteed and is OC.

I, however, am running 2*32 at 6000/28, with an all core 5.5 GHz OC, aren't using any cheats like MCR, aren't brute forcing with voltage, and power cycle every night. For my 2*2R config guess what the AMD validated speed is? DDR5-5600, drops to DDR5-3600 if you're running 4x16.

 

[freeagent]

The only time I see training is when I change mem settings or related voltages. Other than that it boots as quick as my AM4 rigs from power off

 

[A Computer Guy]

I'm patiently waiting for when they start doing this with 7000 series chips.

 

[Outback Bronze]

Holy shit, another AM4 released CPU. AM4 is going on close to ten years now.

Please Intel take note!

I'm assuming they are trying to use up all the left-over silicon they can. Good on em!

 

[JustBenching]

Holy shit, another AM4 released CPU. AM4 is going on close to ten years now.

Please Intel take note!

I'm assuming they are trying to use up all the left-over silicon they can. Good on em!

Take note of what though? What would be the point of intel releasing uber low tier chips 5 years down the line? The 5800x 3d was the last chip that boosted performance on am4 (just gaming, but still), everything else ever since is performance that has already existed. Say in 2030 Intel releases a cut down i3 for your motherboard, how would that affect you?

 

[dgianstefani]

Take note of what though? What would be the point of intel releasing uber low tier chips 5 years down the line? The 5800x 3d was the last chip that boosted performance on am4 (just gaming, but still), everything else ever since is performance that has already existed. Say in 2030 Intel releases a cut down i3 for your motherboard, how would that affect you?

The Intel approach is to release all the chips year 1, maybe a refined version the next year, or something for industrial etc. Interestingly I don't see the same praise when Intel releases new products alongside renamed slightly cheaper old products for a new CPU generation (see non-K series "Raptor" Lake on a platform that supported both DDR4/5. But then double standards sentiment on Intel and AMD always tends that way).

Only benefit of this approach is new stock on shelves I suppose, if you really care about new vs used CPUs.

While it's nice AMD is still "supporting" the socket, these aren't "new" products, they're just slightly cheaper, slightly worse versions of products that have existed for years. AMD shouldn't get fanfare for this, but for their general approach of several gen on one socket (which ended with Zen 3, years ago). This isn't a new gen.

 

[Daven]

Makes no sense. I beg you AMD, AM4 was a nice platform, let it die with honour and start bringing TRUE entry level products to AM5. DDR5 is quite cheap now, the only part impeding that is you.

5700X3D is already the exit point for the “bad” bins of 5800X3D. 5600X3D is the exit point for even worse bins.

This is literally selling trash at close to 200USD. Even for LATAM this makes little sense when they could have just lowered the price of their existing lineup. I could probably stand it a bit better if fans of this company stopped giving moral lessons to other consumers. Specially when they are acting like intel if not worse when they are leading the pack.

See my comment above. Not all chips can be validated at existing product versions. They just won’t run at higher settings reliably but corporations don’t like to leave ANY money on the table or throw poor performing bins in the trash.

Since fabbing chips have advanced to the point where few defective chips exist, it takes time to build up supply of such chips. Hence why these chips have taken so long to be released.

 

[dgianstefani]

See my comment above. Not all chips can be validated at existing product versions. They just won’t run at higher settings reliably but corporations don’t like to leave ANY money on the table or throw poor performing bins in the trash.

Yes. This is nice, if you really can't drop the extra $20-50 on the 5700X3D, but it's not a "goodness of heart" thing, just logical conclusion of same approach every vendor does to maximise profit. No difference to the 5900XT, a worse binned 5950X, except this truly is a bottom bin product.

Hence the "silent" release.

 

[JustBenching]

The Intel approach is to release all the chips year 1, maybe a refined version the next year, or something for industrial etc.

Only benefit of this approach is new stock on shelves I suppose, if you really care about new vs used CPUs.

While it's nice AMD is still "supporting" the socket, these aren't "new" products, they're just slightly cheaper, slightly worse versions of products that have existed for years. AMD shouldn't get fanfare for this, but for their general approach of several gen on one socket (which ended with Zen 3, years ago). This isn't a new gen.

It would be welcome if the price would make sense (80-100$) but I don't think that's anywhere near what it's going to cost. Im theoretically the prime candidate for these new AM4 cpus since im still on a 3700x but none of the recently released products are good enough to compel an upgrade. The 5800x 3d / 5700x 3d are just super expensive, to the point that im better off just going for a brand new platform with the same money, and all other products are very meeeh.

 

[dgianstefani]

It would be welcome if the price would make sense (80-100$) but I don't think that's anywhere near what it's going to cost. Im theoretically the prime candidate for these new AM4 cpus since im still on a 3700x but none of the recently released products are good enough to compel an upgrade. The 5800x 3d / 5700x 3d are just super expensive, to the point that im better off just going for a brand new platform with the same money, and all other products are very meeeh.

No, will be borderline pointless to buy this over 5700X3D, just like the limited edition 5600X3D, considering, besides the 5800X3D, they're all within lunch money of each other in the sub $200 bracket.

 

[RaphaelOne]

Great AMD! The AM4 is gold nowadays.

The first AM4 boards started appearing in late 2016 and, alongside ZEN1 support, supported the Excavator APU from 2015, the last and most refined APU from the Bulldozer line, the only one with a DDR4 controller.
In 2025, AMD still rarely releases single units for the socket from 9 years ago, even if only for the OEM market. It is worth noting that the (OEM) R5 5600X3D is occasionally available on the secondary market.
While on the subject, AMD has returned to a very cool practice from the AM2/AM3 era, i.e. rarely releasing single models of server processors for the civilian socket with a 2-channel DRAM controller, i.e. EPYC 4004 for the AM5 socket.