AMD to launch five Zen 2-based Ryzen 3000 CPUs on July 7

The other big announcement from AMD at the firm's Computex keynote was the introduction of the Zen 2 core. This new design promises 15 percent higher IPC versus its predecessor, it has more cache memory and a redesigned floating point engine. The Ryzen 3000 series consumer lineup will be offered in configurations of up to 12 cores. Also launched is the AMD X570, this new Socket AM4 chipset is the first to support PCI Express 4.0.

Continuing its path of PC leadership and industry firsts, AMD announced the 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen desktop processor, the most advanced desktop processor in the world3 with ground-breaking performance across gaming, productivity, and content creation applications. Based on the new “Zen 2” core architecture with AMD chiplet design approach, 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen desktop processors are expected to offer more performance-critical on-die cache than ever before to unleash elite gaming performance. Additionally, all 3rd Gen Ryzen desktop processors are supported by the world’s first PCIe 4.0 PC readiness for the most advanced motherboards, graphics, and storage technologies available, setting a new standard of performance and providing the ultimate consumer experience.

With the 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen desktop processor family, AMD introduced a new category of Ryzen 9 desktop processor with the flagship 12 core/24 thread Ryzen 9 3900X. Pushing the high-performance envelope for socket AM4 by offering leadership performance1, the family is rounded out with 8 core Ryzen 7 models and 6 core Ryzen 5 models.

During the keynote, Dr. Su showed various live demonstrations highlighting leadership performance of the 3rd Gen Ryzen desktop processors versus competitive production parts:

Ryzen™ 7 3700X vs. i7-9700K with real-time rendering: The Ryzen 7 3700X offered 1% more single-threaded, and 30% more in multi-threaded performance.

Ryzen™ 7 3800X vs. i9-9900K with PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds gameplay: The Ryzen 7 3800X matched the performance of the i9-9900K.

Ryzen™ 9 3900X vs. i9-9920X with Blender Render: The Ryzen 9 3900X beat the Intel i9 9920X by more than 16%.

AMD also introduced a new X570 chipset for socket AM4, supporting the world’s first PCIe 4.0 readiness, which exhibited 42% faster storage performance than PCIe 3.0, enabling high-performance graphics card, networking devices, NVMe drives, and more. With PCIe 4.0 doubling the bandwidth for motherboards with the X570 chipset over PCIe 3.0, PC enthusiasts can gain more performance and flexibility when building custom systems. The X570 offers the broadest ecosystem readiness in AMD history, with over 50 new motherboard models anticipated from ASRock, Asus, Colorful, Gigabyte, MSI, as well as PCIe 4.0 storage solutions from partners including Galaxy, Gigabyte, and Phison. The 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen desktop processors are expected to be available for purchase globally on July 7, 2019.

In addition, major OEMs and System Integrators, including Acer, Asus, CyberPowerPC, HP, Lenovo, and MAINGEAR reinforced strong ecosystem support for the new platforms by announcing plans to offer 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen processor-based gaming desktop systems over the coming months.

The first five Zen 2-based Ryzen 3000 CPUs will hit the market on July 7, 2019:

Model	Cores/ Threads	TDP7 (Watts)	Boost/Base Freq. (GHz)	Total Cache (MB)	PCIe4.0 Lanes (processor+AMD X570)	SEP8 (USD)	Expected Availability
Ryzen™ 9 3900X CPU	12/24	105W	4.6/3.8	70	40	$499	July 7, 2019
Ryzen™ 7 3800X CPU	8/16	105W	4.5/3.9	36	40	$399	July 7, 2019
Ryzen™ 7 3700X CPU	8/16	65W	4.4/3.6	36	40	$329	July 7, 2019
Ryzen™ 5 3600X CPU	6/12	95W	4.4/3.8	35	40	$249	July 7, 2019
Ryzen™ 5 3600 CPU	6/12	65W	4.2/3.6	35	40	$199	July 7, 2019