A new leak has shed light on a potentially upcoming CPU for AMD’s aging AM4 platform – the Ryzen 5 5500X3D.
AMD has been the center of attention in the last few weeks – and not for all the right reasons. Amidst massive Intel issues, AMD had the chance to really close the market share gap with a solid Ryzen 9000 series launch. However, poor generational performance comparisons for both the 9600X and 9700X (from early reviewers) have seemingly laid rest to that ever being a possibility.
Team Red still has a decent chance for its higher-end 9950X and 9900X to win over some fans, but only time will tell whether that becomes a reality. Early benchmarks for both CPUs look promising – but I suppose the same could be said for the 9600X and 9700X and we saw how that played out.
Ryzen 5 5500X3D leak spotted online
Regardless, a new leak shared by @harukaze5719 has shed light on an unlikely new arrival in the AM4 range – the Ryzen 5 5500X3D. That’s right, AMD could be bringing more CPUs to its 5000 series of CPUs – and we’re just confused as to why. It looks set to feature a 3.0GHz base clock, a 4.0GHz boost clock, and 96MB of L3 cache – making it around 300-400MHz slower than that of the current low-end X3D model, the 5600X3D.
The CPU in question could be the Ryzen 5 5500X3D – presumably a budget-tailored gaming CPU that benefits from 3D V-cache. It was spotted on Portal.eaeunion.org alongside a bunch of other CPUs and many are already mocking its potential existence, with one X user stating “all this work AM4 that they could of put into 9xxx not being trash”.
It seems a strange move for AMD to keep putting work behind its AM4 platform when it could be spending more time on its 9000 series. However, as one user pointed out, “Its spare cores they cannot use for other stuff, so better to sell them to trash them…”.
Right now, we’re not sure how much weight the leak holds and we’re unsure if this CPU will ever see the light of day. However, one thing is for sure, AMD had a great opportunity to win over some disgruntled Intel fans and, right now, seem to be doing their best to persuade them against making the transition.
