News Ryzen AF 2.0 Spotted: Zen 3-Powered R5 3600 Shows on Romanian Store

[Admin]

A new CPU has been spotted at a Romanian Retailer known as the Ryzen 5 3600AF. If this listing is real, it would suggest AMD is creating a successor to the Ryzen 5 1600 AF, featuring Zen 3 cores with the Ryzen 3000 series naming scheme.

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[RedBear87]

The one in the picture is quite likely an original 3600, it has the same "product ID tray" engraved, 100-000000031 .
EDIT: At a closer look, the picture is identical to the one used and reused in several websites from Eastern Europe, like this one. I guess it's still possible that they've got a real 3600AF and they are just using the stock picture because they are lazy, but I'm quite sceptical about it.

 

[Gillerer]

The "AE" and "AF" stood for Zen and Zen+ - not "original" and "new". They were present in all desktop CPUs of those generations. (2000G and 3000G series APUs were "FB" and "FH", though.)

E.g. (Boxed versions):
Ryzen 7 1800X: YD180XBCAEWOF
TR 1950X: YD195XA8AEWOF
R7 2700X: YD270XBGAFBOX

A Ryzen 5 3600 with an "AF" would logically be a Zen+ chip - a 2600 in disguise - in a reversal of the 1600 "AF" situation.

Also, the cache amount doesn't match either the 3600 or the 5600: 36 MB would require a 8-core CPU: 32 MB L3 cache + 0.5 MB L2 cache per core.

I'd wager this is either a bogus entry used as a placeholder for the storefront development and testing, or the store is trying to swindle customers. If they let people imagine they're getting a good deal without lying, they can get a better price, or at least get the unsold products moving; Having this now meaningless nomenclature - but one that has a good reputation among enthusiasts - must mean it's a 5000 series in disguise, right?

 

[NathanXp]

Its "Ancient Gameplays" not "Ancient Replays" lol you guys are clowns

 

[underscorehq]

It was a typo. Checked the site and it's a regular R5 3600.