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AMD CPU Naming Confusion Ryzen 5 7 9 v 3000 4000 5000 7000

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I'm currently still using an Intel i7 6700k set up that I built back in June 2016 and I'm doing some research with the view of potentially upgrading around Black Friday.

Looking into the currently available options and I'm really confused by the AMD CPU naming conventions.

I see on the OCUK website that there are sections for :
AMD Ryzen 7000 Processors (10)
AMD Ryzen 5000 Processors (11)
AMD Ryzen 4000 Processors (2)
AMD Ryzen 3000 Processors (1)
AMD Ryzen 9 Processors (5)
AMD Ryzen 7 Processors (7)
AMD Ryzen 5 Processors (7)

On the face of it I thought that didn't seem too complex but then when I actually look at model numbers I'm left a bit stumped.

Looking at comparison tables there are Ryzen 5 7 9 all with 7xxxx CPUs and so on.
I'm baffled how a Ryzen 5 7xxx fits in against say a Ryzen 7 5xxx etc. Some are Zen 3 and some are Zen 4, the latter I believe being the newer ones.
Though I've seen benchmarks where a Ryzen 9 5950X Zen 3 benches better than a Ryzen 7 7700X Zen 4.

I'd presume the 9 beats the 7 beats the 5 and a 7xxx would beat a 5xxx etc, though that doesn't seem to be the case all the time.

I tried searching in various places but I didn't find anything that explained the hierarchy in an idiots guide.

I think I've worked it out that the 7000 are newer than 5000 etc and the 5 7 9 are like the intel i3 i5 i7 i9 within each of those?

Could someone kindly confirm if I've got that right? If not please do correct me please!

Thanks!
 
Ryzen 5, 7 and 9 are the class within the range.

Ryzen 5 usually has 6 cores.
Ryzen 7 usually has 8 cores.
Ryzen 9 usually has 12 or 16 cores.

The x000 is the generation.

3000 is Zen 2 (AM4, DDR4).
5000 is Zen 3 (AM4, DDR4).
7000 is Zen 4 (AM5, DDR5).

Generally speaking, for games:
- The latest gen will win. E.g. a Ryzen 5 5600X, will beat a Ryzen 9 3900X.

For workstation stuff, it depends, in the example you gave (5950X v 7700X), the Ryzen 9 5950X has 16 cores and 32 threads, so despite the Ryzen 7 7700X being a later generation, it has to fight 8 versus 16. This means in a heavily mult-threaded workload like Blender, the 5950X can beat it, even though it is slower in most games.

For the average gamer, with a midrange card, then Ryzen 5 of the latest generation is fine (i.e. Ryzen 5 7600), while Ryzen 7 gives you a bit more headroom for the future, or for multi-tasking while you game.

If you have a secondary usage that hammers the cores over a long period of time, then Ryzen 7 or Ryzen 9 is worth considering to save you the wait.

If you're a gamer with a bigger budget, then the 7800X3D is the CPU to have, since the X3Ds perform even better for games than the rest of their gen (e.g. 5800X3D is better than 5950X and 7800X3D is better than 7950X).
 
Zenduri said:
No wonder you're confused, OCUK's filters and sections are shockingly bad. If they anyone doing UI design they need a P45
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Indeed, I remembered when they were relaunching the website and said there would be an improvement in this area.

Can't even filter motherboards by ATX ITX etc.

I also wanted to be able to filter monitors by their Vesa DisplayHDR rating too, which you can't do.

Making it hard for customers to find what they want does not seem ideal for a retail website.

Go to mechanical keyboards and there is a filter for TKL mini (60%) but only one is tagged but there is more than one on the page. Go to the 60% keyboard category and there is a filter for mechanical but again only one is tagged.

I'm sure there are many more examples.
 
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