Ryzen 3’s release date and specifications have been announced
Ryzen 3’s release date and specifications have been announced
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AMD has officially revealed their new Ryzen 3 lineup of CPUs, which are designed to enter more value-oriented segments of the PC market and compete with Intel’s i3 series CPUs.Â
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Unlike Intel’s i3 lineup of CPUs, all AMD Ryzen 3 CPUs are overclockable and offer a total of four CPU cores. In contrast, only Intel’s most expensive i3 CPU can overclock and offer only two CPU threads, though both CPUs offer four total threads.Â
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Below is the all known specification for AMD’s Ryzen 3 lineup of CPUs, with the 1300X offering base/boost clocks of 3.5/3.7GHz and 1200 that offers base/boost clock speeds of 3.1/3.4GHz. At this time the pricing of AMD’s Ryzen 3 CPUs is unknown.Â
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| Processor Name | Cores | Threads | Base Clock Speeds | Boost Clock Speeds | XFR (MHz) | L3 Cache | TDP | Price UK |
| Ryzen 7 1800X | 8 | 16 | 3.6GHz | 4.0GHz | +100 | 16MB | 95W+ | £449 |
| Ryzen 7 1700X | 8 | 16 | 3.4GHz | 3.8GHz | +100 | 16MB | 95W | £369 |
| Ryzen 7 1700 | 8 | 16 | 3.0GHz | 3.7GHz | +50 | 16MB | 65W | £299 |
| Ryzen 5 1600X | 6 | 12 | 3.6GHz | 4.0GHz | +100 | 16MB | 95W | £229 |
| Ryzen 5 1600 | 6 | 12 | 3.2GHz | 3.6GHz | +100 | 16MB | 65W | £199 |
| Ryzen 5 1500X | 4 | 8 | 3.5GHz | 3.7GHz | +200 | 16MB | 65W | £174 |
| Ryzen 5 1400 | 4 | 8 | 3.2GHz | 3.4GHz | +50 | 8MB | 65W | £159 |
| Ryzen 3 1300X | 4 | 4 | 3.5GHz | 3.7GHz | ? | 8MB | 65W | ? |
| Ryzen 3 1200 |
4 | 4 | 3.1GHz | 3.4Ghz | ? | 8MB | 65W | ? |
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These new CPUs will release later this month on July 27th with pricing that is expected to be between £100 and £140. Right now Intel’s most expensive i3 dual core, the overclockable i3 7350K, is £139.99.  Â
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Ryzen 3 will likely be the favourite of budget gamers, offering 4 strong CPU threads and overclockability, which is something that Intel does not offer at this product’s expected price point.Â
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