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[QUOTE="Munyaradzi Mafaro, post: 42431, member: 636"]
AMD keeps making processors for the eight-year-old AM4 platform. The company quietly released the Ryzen 5 5500X3D as its cheapest X3D chip. AMD did not announce the processor publicly but put its specs online. The AM4 system remains popular because of strong Ryzen 5000 series performance. The platform holds a large market share despite its age.

The new 5500X3D runs slower than the 5600X3D model. It has six cores and twelve threads with a 3 GHz base speed. Boost speeds reach 4 GHz compared to 4.4 GHz on the faster version. The chip comes with 96 MB of L3 cache like other X3D processors. Power consumption increases to 105 watts from 65 watts on the regular 5500.

Latin America receives the first shipments of the new processor. AMD expects to price the chip around $150 for budget gaming computers. The 5500X3D should boost gaming performance significantly over the regular 5500. Gaming builds will benefit from the extra cache memory. AMD continues supporting AM4 with occasional new releases.
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