In the year 2024, as the year comes to a close, we witness the emergence of Zen 5 architecture on both the desktop side with Ryzen 9000 and the laptop side with Ryzen AI 300. However, AMD remains faithful to the Zen 3 CPU architecture, first introduced in 2020. Midway through the year, they released the Ryzen 5900XT and 5800XT, minor clock speed upgrades for those with AM4 socket motherboards.
This trend continues as AMD recently unveiled lower-tier CPUs, the Ryzen 5 5600XT and Ryzen 5 5600T, silently entering the market as clock speed boosted versions of the existing Ryzen 5600X and 5600 models released in 2020 and 2022 respectively. The specifications remain largely unchanged across the board.
The pricing of the Ryzen 5600XT and 5600T may not be appealing to all, as they are more expensive than their predecessors, with the 5600XT priced at $192 while the 5600X can be found for as low as $128. This price difference equates to a mere 100-200 MHz clock speed increase.
On the bright side, AMD continues to diligently release top-tier desktop CPUs for the AM4 socket, fulfilling their promise to support the AM4 socket until the cost of DDR4 RAM surpasses that of DDR5.
Source: Videocardz, Neowin
TLDR: AMD remains committed to their Zen CPU architecture, introducing incremental upgrades like the Ryzen 5 5600XT and 5600T while continuing to support the AM4 socket with top-tier desktop CPUs.
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