It’s starting to look like AM4 will never die as AMD has launched yet another processor for the nearly ten-year-old platform. AMD launched the AM4 platform in 2016, which has gone on to host many generations of processors designed for anything from the most budget-friendly builds to advanced premier gaming rigs that were ever capable of driving even the most powerful GPUs of the time. Now, Team Red is throwing one more nugget to the aging platform with its Ryzen 5 5500X3D processor. AMD had unceremoniously posted its website that the new CPU launched last week without nary a peep to the media regarding what is likely to be another budget-friendly offering. However, there may be a reason for the lack of publicity.
According to details listed in its specifications, the new processor will only be released in Latin America. As happy as some should be for another release, it’s unfortunate that it is not getting a wider release given its specifications. The AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D is based on the Zen3 architecture and features 6 cores / 12 threads with a 96 MB L3 Cache. It has a base clock of 3 GHz and can boost up to 4 GHz. The default TDP is a modest 105W, which most modern air coolers, and some passive, can easily handle, but does not come with a cooling solution, nor does it include any integrated graphics solution, so a dGPU would be needed. Otherwise, the 5500X3D supports features common to other Zen3-based X3D processors, such as PCIe Gen 4.0, USB Gen 3.2, DDR4 up to 3200 MHz, and a maximum memory of 128 GB. Pricing has not been revealed.
Specifications (per product page):
- Name: AMD Ryzen™ 5 5500X3D
- Market Segment: Enthusiast Desktop
- Regional Availability: LATAM
- Former Codename: Vermeer
- Processor Architecture: Zen 3
- Number of CPU Cores: 6
- Multithreading (SMT): Yes
- Number of Threads: 12
- Max. Boost Clock: Up to 4 GHz
- Base Clock: 3 GHz
- L1 Cache: 384 KB
- L2 Cache: 3 MB
- L3 Cache: 96 MB
- Default TDP: 105W
- Processor Technology for CPU Cores: TSMC 7nm FinFET
- Processor Technology for I/O Die: 12nm (Globalfoundries)
- CPU Compute Die (CCD) Size: 74mm²
- I/O Die (IOD) Size: 125mm²
- Package Die Count: 2
- CPU Socket: AM4
- Supporting Chipsets: X570 , X470 , X370 , B550 , B450 , B350 , A520
- CPU Boost Technology: Precision Boost 2
- Instruction Set: x86-64
- Supported Extensions: AES , AMD-V , AVX , AVX2 , FMA3 , MMX-plus , SHA , SSE , SSE2 , SSE3 , SSE4.1 , SSE4.2 , SSE4A , SSSE3 , x86-64
- Max. Operating Temperature (Tjmax): 90°C
- Launch Date: 6/5/2025
- *OS Support: Windows 11 – 64-Bit Edition , Windows 10 – 64-Bit Edition , RHEL x86 64-Bit , Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
- Native USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10Gbps): 4
- Native USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5Gbps): 0
- Native USB 2.0 (480Mbps):0
- Native SATA Ports: 2
- PCI Express® Version: PCIe® 4.0
- Native PCIe® Lanes (Total/Usable): 24 , 20
- Additional Usable PCIe Lanes from Motherboard: X570 16x Gen 4, X470 2x Gen 3, 8x Gen 2
- NVMe Support: Boot , RAID0 , RAID1 , RAID10
- System Memory Type: DDR4
- Memory Channels: 2
- Max. Memory: 128 GB
- System Memory Subtype: UDIMM
- Max Memory Speed: 2x1R DDR4-3200, 2x2R DDR4-3200, 4x1R DDR4-2933, 4x2R DDR4-2667