In November 2023, news emerged about AMD preparing more Ryzen processors with 3D cache for the AM4 platform, which is now nine years old. It took a while for the company to confirm those rumors, but it's finally here. The Ryzen 5 5500X3D is now official, a new entry-level chip with stacked cache to offer good gaming performance to those on tight budgets.
The Ryzen 5 5500X3D (first spotted on EEC last year) is basically a clocked-down Ryzen 5 5600X3D. This six-core, twelve-thread AM4 processor operates at a base speed of 3GHz, and it can boost itself up to 4GHz. For comparison, the Ryzen 5 5600X3D has a 3.3GHz base clock and a 4.4GHz boost clock. L3 cache, however, remains unchanged: 96MB, which is a big deal for games (the more cache, the better performance). The same goes for the platform: it is built using TSMC's 7nm process and Zen 3 architecture.
Unlike the current AM5 Ryzen chips with 3D cache, the Ryzen 5 5500X3D is not unlocked, which means its modest clocks cannot be overclocked beyond stock values.
For comparison, here is AMD's current portfolio of AM4 processors with 3D cache:
| AM4 3D V-Cache CPUs | Platform | Core Count | Base Clock | Boost Clock | L3 Cache |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D | AM4 | 8 cores, 16 threads | 3.4GHz | 4.5GHz | 96MB |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D | AM4 | 8 cores, 16 threads | 3.0GHz | 4.1GHz | 96MB |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D | AM4 | 6 cores, 12 threads | 3.3GHz | 4.4GHz | 96MB |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D | AM4 | 6 cores, 12 threads | 3.0GHz | 4.0GHz | 96MB |
Interestingly, the new Ryzen 5 5500X3D is listed as only available in Latin America (LATAM), which means you are unlikely to see it on sale in the United States or Europe. Therefore, you will have to look at other AM4 processors if you want to get more power without switching platforms.
Source: @Zed__Wang on X
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