Ryzen Release Thread

[SteelCrysis]

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/amd-r...00/23.html

AMD does not sample the Ryzen 5 3600 processor. Instead, we went out and bought one because it is a highly interesting product. It is the most affordable Zen 2 processor currently available—kind of like the gateway drug to Ryzen 3000. Despite its competitive price, it offers six cores and twelve threads; the competition from Intel only gives you six cores—HyperThreading is reserved for the more expensive models. AMD successfully addressed the weaknesses in their Zen architecture with Zen 2, which helps improve IPC significantly. When averaged over all our application performance benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 3600 easily beats its main competitor, the Core i5-9600K, by a solid 20% margin. The Ryzen 5 3600 even goes neck to neck with the much more expensive Core i7-9700K and Core i7-8700K, which both are merely 2% faster, but roughly twice (!) as expensive. AMD's next-fastest, the $50 more expensive Ryzen 5 3600X, is only 2% faster, which makes it a bad alternative, more on that later. Based on our application benchmarks, I'd say the next real step up is the AMD Ryzen 7 3700X—there is no 3700 non-X, at least not yet, which means that step will cost you $130 more (or 65%) for a 13% application gain on average, which is probably not worth it for the average user.
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With a price of $200, the Ryzen 5 3600 is the price/performance king in its segment. It offers more application performance than anything comparable and is close enough in gaming. Pair that with the slightly lower platform cost on AMD than on Intel (don't bother with the expensive X570 motherboards), as well as the improved memory compatibility, and you'll have a winner on your hands. It's time for Intel to look at their product stack and adjust their pricing.