Apr 23, 2020 15:00:00

AMD announces high cospa 4 core / 8 thread CPU 'Ryzen 3 3100' 'Ryzen 3 3300X' for gaming at a low price of about 10,000 yen

Chip maker AMD announced that it will release Zen 2 core architecture 4 core / 8 thread CPU ' Ryzen 3 3100 ' ' Ryzen 3 3300X ' for gamers and business users at a low price. Also, a motherboard with a chipset 'AMD B550' compatible with Socket AM4 will be released in the future.

AMD Expands 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen ™ Desktop Processor Family, Unleashing Powerful “Zen 2” Core For The Mainstream | AMD
https://www.amd.com/en/press-releases/2020-04-21-amd-expands-3rd-gen-amd-ryzen-desktop-processor-family-unleashing

AMD announces $ 99 Ryzen 3 desktop CPU
https://techxplore.com/news/2020-04-amd-ryzen-desktop-cpu.html

The nominal specifications of the Ryzen 3 3100 and Ryzen 3 3300X are as follows. Both are designed with 7nm process and are fully compatible with PCI Express 4.0 .

CPU	Number of cores / number of threads	Thermal design power (TDP)	Boost / bass frequency	Total cash	platform	Suggested retail price	Scheduled release date
Ryzen 3 3100	4 cores / 8 threads	65W	3.9GHz / 3.6GHz	18MB	Socket AM4	$ 99 (about 10,000 yen)	May 2020
Ryzen 3 3300X	4 cores / 8 threads	65W	4.3GHz / 3.8Ghz	18MB	Socket AM4	120 dollars (about 13,000 yen)	May 2020

Both Ryzen 3 3100 and Ryzen 3300X support simultaneous multi-threading (SMT) for the first time in the Ryzen 3 series. AMD claims that the Ryzen 3 3100 delivers up to 20% better game performance and up to 75% better creator performance than the similarly low-cost CPU, the Intel Core i3-9100.

Delivering world class desktop performance to mainstream gamers, meet the @AMD Ryzen 3 3100 and 3300X – the fastest AMD Ryzen 3 desktop processors ever.

Learn more: https://t.co/1hds1Zcbre pic.twitter.com/np0ss33wTH

— AMD Ryzen (@AMDRyzen) April 21, 2020

In addition, AMD added, “The Ryzen 3 3300X and Ryzen 3 3100 continue to demonstrate leadership in the home desktop space, delivering world-class desktop performance to mainstream gamers as the fastest Ryzen 3 processor in AMD history. 'By utilizing an 8MB cache, we dramatically reduce memory delays and achieve a high frame rate for CPU-intensive games, resulting in smoother and faster game performance.' Clarifies the concept of gaming PC applications.

And the B550 chipset that supports Socket AM4 is the successor to the B450 chipset that appeared in the market in 2018, and it is compatible with PCI Express 4.0. IT news site TechXplore reports AMD manufacturing partners ASUS, ASRock, Booster, GIGABYTE, and MSI will release a motherboard with a B550 chipset in June 2020.