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 world 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.
Performance, pricing and availability
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%.
| Model | Cores/ Threads |
TDP(Watts) | Boost/Base Freq. (GHz) | Total Cache (MB) | PCIe 4.0 Lanes (CPU+X570) | Pricw(USD) | 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 |
The 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen desktop processors are expected to be available for purchase globally on July 7, 2019.
Introducing the AMD X570 Chipset
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.
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.
