News AMD launches Ryzen 5 5600T and 5600XT processors for AM4 sockets — prices start at $186

[Admin]

AMD launched the Ryzen 5 5600XT and 5600T AM4 processors, adding 100 to 200 MHz more over the previous Ryzen 5 5600X and 5600.

AMD launches Ryzen 5 5600T and 5600XT processors for AM4 sockets — prices start at $186 : Read more

 

[rluker5]

New name and 50% price hike for an existing product.
Just like if Intel released a 12600kf black edition for $225.

Hopefully nobody falls for this marketing ploy to sell new old stock as a new product.
Also by comparison Newegg has the 8 core 5700X with free 32GB 3600 DDR4 for $180.

 

[jkhoward]

I got my 5700X3D for $170 lol

 

[subspruce]

I don't think AMD is serious about the death of AM4 at this point

 

[mitch074]

I don't think AMD is serious about the death of AM4 at this point

I don't think they really want to kill it off as long as people are buying it - AMD don't kill off a socket as long as people want it. AM3+ survived for a long time after FM2 came out, there must be a reason. AM2 died only because AM3 was mostly backward compatible with it.
I think we have to go back to s939 to find an AMD socket that was announced to be short lived, and that was because it came out at the very end of DDR-SDRAM's lifespan.

 

[TheHerald]

What's the point of these chips?

 

[SunMaster]

What's the point of these chips?

They're proving AM4 is still a viable platform after 8+ years. It's a slight improvement of existing CPUs, and as long as the CPUs and platform is still selling it's a great idea. There are lots of zen/zen+/zen2 which are worth upgrading. Longevity is a winner - not everyone need the latest and greatest and everyone isn't a gamer.

 

[TheHerald]

They're proving AM4 is still a viable platform after 8+ years. It's a slight improvement of existing CPUs, and as long as the CPUs and platform is still selling it's a great idea. There are lots of zen/zen+/zen2 which are worth upgrading. Longevity is a winner - not everyone need the latest and greatest and everyone isn't a gamer.

How? The same cpus as these have existed for 4 years now. This doesn't improve longevity since this level of performance was already available

 

[SunMaster]

How? The same cpus as these have existed for 4 years now. This doesn't improve longevity since this level of performance was already available

It's a minor improvement of the Ryzen 5600 and 5600X, which they'll eventually replace.

 

[TheHerald]

It's a minor improvement of the Ryzen 5600 and 5600X, which they'll eventually replace.

With the price they are launching at you can buy an 8 core chip with higher clocks. This is just pointless

 

[jefferzbooboo]

They're proving AM4 is still a viable platform after 8+ years. It's a slight improvement of existing CPUs, and as long as the CPUs and platform is still selling it's a great idea. There are lots of zen/zen+/zen2 which are worth upgrading. Longevity is a winner - not everyone need the latest and greatest and everyone isn't a gamer.

But you can get a 5800x for $165 right now that has the same base/boost clocks and more cores.

 

[SunMaster]

But you can get a 5800x for $165 right now that has the same base/boost clocks and more cores.

With the price they are launching at you can buy an 8 core chip with higher clocks. This is just pointless

Yep, but they're not selling at msrp. Nor will these new chips.

 

[TheHerald]

Yep, but they're not selling at msrp. Nor will these new chips.

So why not just reduce the prices? What's the point of the 5600T when you can just reduce the price of the 5600x that is faster anyways? Im sorry but none of this makes any sense. The last actual AM4 cpu released was back in 2022 with the 5800x 3d. No other CPU since then has offered performance that didn't already exist on the platform.