… Within the last two years, we've had a few AM4 CPU launches , including the Ryzen 9 5900XT, Ryzen 7 5800T, Ryzen 5700X3D, Ryzen 5 5600XT, Ryzen 5 5600T, Ryzen 5 5600F, and Ryzen 5 5500X3D. There's plenty of choice for upgrading from other AM4 Ryzen chips. …
… X3D CPUs are less sensitive to RAM speed The 3D V-cache allows my 9800X3D to be less reliant on system memory Probably the biggest reason why I didn't feel the drop from 6400MT/s to 6000MT/s comes down to how AMD's X3D chips are designed. …
… The company is still launching AM4 chips in 2026, when AM5 is already two generations old, supporting the Ryzen 7000 and Ryzen 9000 series. …
… It's still behind the AMD Ryzen X3D range, but it beats pretty much every non-X3D chip from either AMD or Intel, and let's not forget this is a $299 CPU, while the 285K is twice that. …