It has been almost a year since the first Zen 2 processors for the AM4 platform were introduced. On the seventh of the seventh of 2019, AMD released its first 7nm chips and at the time it was the Ryzen 5 series, with the well-known 3600 and the 3600X. Those processors had to serve loafers, but with six SMT cores and suggested retail prices starting at $ 199, they were not very suitable. If you searched for AMD models under 150 euros, you had to wait for the 3200G or 3400G. However, with the older Zen + architecture you are at 12nm, so no economical 7nm architecture and not the performance gain of Zen2.
This changes with the introduction of the Ryzen 3 processors from the 3000 series; these are Zen2 processors, with modernized architecture at 7nm. That means you get exactly the same features as the previously released Ryzen 3000 series processors, with core chips and a central I / O die, produced at 7 and 12nm respectively and still suitable for the AM4 platform. In addition, unlike the entry-level processors of previous generations Ryzen 3, both quadcores are equipped with SMT. Four cores, eight threads for suggested retail prices of $ 99 and $ 120 for the Ryzen 3 3100 and Ryzen 3 3300X respectively.
Speaking of the AM4 platform: that too will get an update for these new budget processors with the B550 chipset. It is positioned between the B450 chipset and the X570 chipset, and the main feature is that motherboards with this cheaper chipset now have pci-e gen4-lanes on board. Although only between video card or m2 slots and the processor, that’s where it counts. We have to wait until June for that chipset, but we can already share the information. We have of course tested the Ryzen 3 3100 and 3300X for you.
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