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AMD have two new budget Ryzen 3000 CPUs on the wayThere’s a lot to process
There’s a lot to process
After claiming several top spots in mybest gaming CPUlist last year, AMD have just announced they’ve got two moreRyzen 3000 CPUson the way for desktop PCs: the Ryzen 3 3100 and Ryzen 3 3300X. Based on AMD’s Zen 2 core architecture, these are set to be AMD’s fastest Ryzen 3 processors to date. They’re also the first Ryzen 3 CPUs to make use of AMD’s simultaneous multi-threading technology for better productivity, too, offering a tangible step-up from AMD’s current (and only) Ryzen 3 processor, the Ryzen 3 3200G. That’s not all AMD have announced today, either, as they’ve also unveiled a brand-new motherboard chipset to go with them - the long-awaited AMD B550 series, which is the successor to the popular B450 chipset. Here’s everything you need to know.
Arriving this May for $99 and $120 respectively, the Ryzen 3 3100 and Ryzen 3 3300X are both quad-core, eight-thread CPUs with a TDP (or thermal design point) of just 65W, which will be good news for energy-conscious PC builders on a tight budget. To see where they slot into the wider Ryzen 3000 family, have a look at the table below.
AMD haven’t revealed much about how they compare to Intel’s 9th GenCoffee LakeCPUs just yet, but one figure they have shared about the Ryzen 3 3100 is that it should offer up to 20% more gaming performance than “the competition” on High quality settings at 1920x1080, which includes their own Ryzen 3 2300X CPU from their previous generation of Ryzen 3 desktop CPUs and Intel’s Core i3-9100. The Ryzen 3 3100 will also be one to watch for anyone looking to do more creative tasks on a budget as well, as AMD claim the Ryzen 3 3100 will offer up to 75% more performance than the competition here, which is quite the leap if you’re a budding photo or video editor.
As for AMD’s new B550 motherboard chipset, this is still based on AMD’s current AM4 socket, so it should be compatible with all of AMD’s current Ryzen 3000 CPUs, not just the two new Ryzen 3 processors - although it’s likely that existing Ryzen CPU owners will need to perform a BIS update first before dropping in their existing processor. I’ll update with more information on exactly which processors are compatible with the B550 chipset as soon as I can. What’s more, just like their high-end X570 chipset, the B550 boards will have built-in support for the super fast PCIe 4.0 standard, which AMD say should offer twice the bandwidth of their existing B450 motherboard chipsets.
